Pikachu 43/95

Over the last 30 days, an ungraded Pikachu has moved up 0.9% to $32.90. PSA 10 copies are up 47% over the same period.

Pikachu #43/95 appears roughly 1 in 6.4 packs, which works out at 15.6% per pack. That makes it one of the harder cards to pull from Team Magma vs Team Aqua.

Pikachu #43/95 is a Common, one of the higher rarity tiers in Team Magma vs Team Aqua.

At $32.90 raw, you need a PSA 10 to profit. A PSA 10 sells for $1,496.49, giving a net return of +$1,241.05 after grading costs and selling fees. PSA 9 returns +$89.52 and PSA 8 returns −$26.31, so a PSA 9 or 10 can profit, while anything below that loses money on this card.

PSA have graded 287 copies of Pikachu #43/95, of which 61 came back as PSA 10. That is a gem rate of 21.3%, or roughly 1 in 4.7 graded copies.

No. At a 21.3% gem rate, Pikachu grades better than the Team Magma vs Team Aqua average by 6.8 points. Most submitted copies come back clean.

Pikachu #43/95 was illustrated by Ken Sugimori, who has illustrated 2072 Pokémon cards in total.

Pikachu #43/95 was released on 15 March 2004 as part of Team Magma vs Team Aqua. It belongs to the Vintage era and features a Generation 1 Pokémon from the Kanto region.