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Raikou 28/144

Set: Skyridge Released: May 12, 2003
Pokémon: Raikou Lightning Type Rare Illustrator: Mitsuhiro Arita Pull Rate:1 in 35 packs (2.9%)

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Raikou #28/144 FAQs: Price, Grading & Collecting

Answers about Raikou #28/144 from Skyridge — live market value, pull rates, PSA grading returns and tournament legality.

Over the last 30 days, an ungraded Raikou has stayed flat at $81.64. PSA 10 copies are up 181.2% over the same period.

Raikou #28/144 appears roughly 1 in 35 packs, which works out at 2.9% per pack. That makes it one of the harder cards to pull from Skyridge.

Raikou #28/144 is a Rare, one of the higher rarity tiers in Skyridge.

At $81.64 raw, you need a PSA 10 to profit. A PSA 10 sells for $1,082.51, giving a net return of +$832.14 after grading costs and selling fees. PSA 9 returns +$45.33 and PSA 8 returns −$1.52, so a PSA 9 or 10 can profit, while anything below that loses money on this card.

PSA have graded 292 copies of Raikou #28/144, of which 108 came back as PSA 10. That is a gem rate of 37%, or roughly 1 in 2.7 graded copies.

No. At a 37% gem rate, Raikou grades better than the Skyridge average by 11.9 points. Most submitted copies come back clean.

Raikou #28/144 was illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita, who has illustrated 1419 Pokémon cards in total.

Raikou #28/144 was released on 12 May 2003 as part of Skyridge. It belongs to the Vintage era and features a Generation 2 Pokémon from the Johto region.