Raikou 3/17

Set: POP Series 2 Released: Aug 1, 2005
Pokémon: Raikou Lightning Type Rare Illustrator: Kouki Saitou Pull Rate: 1 in 70 packs (1.4%)

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Raikou #3/17 FAQs: Price, Grading & Collecting

Answers about Raikou #3/17 from POP Series 2 — live market value, pull rates, PSA grading returns and tournament legality.

Over the last 30 days, an ungraded Raikou has moved down 0.7% to $24.41. PSA 10 copies are unchanged over the same period.

Raikou #3/17 appears roughly 1 in 70 packs, which works out at 1.4% per pack. That makes it one of the harder cards to pull from POP Series 2.

Raikou #3/17 is a Rare, one of the higher rarity tiers in POP Series 2.

At $24.41 raw, you need a PSA 10 to profit. A PSA 10 sells for $952.28, giving a net return of +$776.07 after grading costs and selling fees. PSA 9 returns +$65.08 and PSA 8 returns +$50.07, so PSA 8, 9 and 10 can all return a profit on this card.

PSA have graded 78 copies of Raikou #3/17, of which 20 came back as PSA 10. That is a gem rate of 25.6%, or roughly 1 in 3.9 graded copies.

Yes. At a 25.6% gem rate, Raikou grades worse than the POP Series 2 average by 0 points. Clean copies are harder to come by.

Raikou #3/17 was illustrated by Kouki Saitou, who has illustrated 1287 Pokémon cards in total.

Raikou #3/17 was released on 1 August 2005 as part of POP Series 2. It belongs to the Vintage era and features a Generation 2 Pokémon from the Johto region.