Pikachu 12/17

Over the last 30 days, an ungraded Pikachu has moved up 6.9% to $67.20. PSA 10 copies are unchanged over the same period.

Pikachu #12/17 appears roughly 1 in 3.9 packs, which works out at 25.6% per pack. That makes it one of the harder cards to pull from POP Series 5.

Pikachu #12/17 is a Common, one of the higher rarity tiers in POP Series 5.

At $67.20 raw, you need a PSA 10 to profit. A PSA 10 sells for $2,010.10, giving a net return of +$1,653.59 after grading costs and selling fees. PSA 9 returns +$256.98 and PSA 8 returns +$284.35, so PSA 8, 9 and 10 can all return a profit on this card.

PSA have graded 404 copies of Pikachu #12/17, of which 36 came back as PSA 10. That is a gem rate of 8.9%, or roughly 1 in 11 graded copies.

No. At a 8.9% gem rate, Pikachu grades better than the POP Series 5 average by 2.2 points. Most submitted copies come back clean.

Pikachu #12/17 was illustrated by Naoyo Kimura, who has illustrated 523 Pokémon cards in total.

Pikachu #12/17 was released on 1 March 2007 as part of POP Series 5. It belongs to the Vintage era and features a Generation 1 Pokémon from the Kanto region.