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Lt. Surge’s Pikachu 81/132

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Set: Gym Heroes Released: Aug 14, 2000
Pokémon: Moltres Lightning Type Common Illustrator: Ken Sugimori Pull Rate:1 in 7 packs (14.3%) Evolves To: Raichu

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first Edition

Found in Booster Packs
31.36 $1.62 (5.45%)

unlimited

Found in Booster Packs
7.96 $0.67 (7.76%)
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Lt. Surge’s Pikachu #81/132 FAQs: Price, Grading & Collecting

Answers about Lt. Surge’s Pikachu #81/132 from Gym Heroes — live market value, pull rates, PSA grading returns and tournament legality.

Over the last 30 days, an ungraded Lt. Surge’s Pikachu has moved up 5.5% to $31.36. PSA 10 copies are up 15.3% over the same period.

Lt. Surge’s Pikachu #81/132 appears roughly 1 in 7 packs, which works out at 14.3% per pack. That makes it one of the harder cards to pull from Gym Heroes.

Lt. Surge’s Pikachu #81/132 is a Common, one of the higher rarity tiers in Gym Heroes.

At $31.36 raw, you need a PSA 10 to profit. A PSA 10 sells for $2,454.82, giving a net return of +$2,076.33 after grading costs and selling fees. PSA 9 returns +$111.05 and PSA 8 returns +$6.50, so PSA 8, 9 and 10 can all return a profit on this card.

PSA have graded 1,965 copies of Lt. Surge’s Pikachu #81/132, of which 227 came back as PSA 10. That is a gem rate of 11.6%, or roughly 1 in 8.7 graded copies.

Yes. At a 11.6% gem rate, Lt. Surge’s Pikachu grades worse than the Gym Heroes average by 3.3 points. Clean copies are harder to come by.

Lt. Surge’s Pikachu #81/132 was illustrated by Ken Sugimori, who has illustrated 2072 Pokémon cards in total.

Lt. Surge’s Pikachu #81/132 was released on 14 August 2000 as part of Gym Heroes. It belongs to the Vintage era and features a Generation 1 Pokémon from the Kanto region.