Pikachu 12/17

Set: POP Series 5 Released: Mar 1, 2007
Pokémon: Pikachu Lightning Type Common Illustrator: Naoyo Kimura Pull Rate: 1 in 3.9 packs (25.6%) Evolves To: Raichu

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Pikachu #12/17 FAQs: Price, Grading & Collecting

Answers about Pikachu #12/17 from POP Series 5 — live market value, pull rates, PSA grading returns and tournament legality.

Over the last 30 days, an ungraded Pikachu has stayed flat at $62.87. PSA 10 copies are up 15.3% 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 $62.87 raw, you need a PSA 10 to profit. A PSA 10 sells for $2,010.10, giving a net return of +$1,657.92 after grading costs and selling fees. PSA 9 returns +$261.19 and PSA 8 returns +$98.58, so PSA 8, 9 and 10 can all return a profit on this card.

PSA have graded 393 copies of Pikachu #12/17, of which 36 came back as PSA 10. That is a gem rate of 9.2%, or roughly 1 in 11 graded copies.

No. At a 9.2% gem rate, Pikachu grades better than the POP Series 5 average by 2.3 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.