Raichu ex 97/106

Set: Emerald Released: May 1, 2005
Pokémon: Raichu Lightning Type Rare Holo EX Illustrator: Mitsuhiro Arita Pull Rate: 1 in 132 packs (0.8%) Evolves From: Pikachu

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Raichu ex #97/106 FAQs: Price, Grading & Collecting

Answers about Raichu ex #97/106 from Emerald — live market value, pull rates, PSA grading returns and tournament legality.

Over the last 30 days, an ungraded Raichu ex has stayed flat at $124.74. PSA 10 copies are up 409.2% over the same period.

Raichu ex #97/106 appears roughly 1 in 132 packs, which works out at 0.8% per pack. That makes it one of the harder cards to pull from Emerald.

Raichu ex #97/106 is a Rare, one of the higher rarity tiers in Emerald.

At $124.74 raw, you need a PSA 10 to profit. A PSA 10 sells for $9,907.06, giving a net return of +$8,466.40 after grading costs and selling fees. PSA 9 returns +$534.34 and PSA 8 returns +$249.38, so PSA 8, 9 and 10 can all return a profit on this card.

PSA have graded 549 copies of Raichu ex #97/106, of which 27 came back as PSA 10. That is a gem rate of 4.9%, or roughly 1 in 20 graded copies.

Yes. At a 4.9% gem rate, Raichu ex grades worse than the Emerald average by 16.1 points. Clean copies are harder to come by.

Raichu ex #97/106 was illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita, who has illustrated 1418 Pokémon cards in total.

Raichu ex #97/106 was released on 1 May 2005 as part of Emerald. It belongs to the Vintage era and features a Generation 1 Pokémon from the Kanto region.