Pikachu 088

Pokémon: Pikachu Lightning Type Promo Illustrator: saino misaki

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Pikachu #088 FAQs: Price, Grading & Collecting

Answers about Pikachu #088 from Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos — live market value, pull rates, PSA grading returns and tournament legality.

Over the last 30 days, an ungraded Pikachu has moved down 3.1% to $24.54. PSA 10 copies are down 11.2% over the same period.

Pikachu #088 is a Promo, one of the higher rarity tiers in Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos.

At $24.54 raw, you need a PSA 10 to profit. A PSA 10 sells for $208.77, giving a net return of +$129.09 after grading costs and selling fees. PSA 9 returns −$20.57 and PSA 8 returns −$30.96, so anything below a 10 loses money on this card.

PSA have graded 19,078 copies of Pikachu #088, of which 6,584 came back as PSA 10. That is a gem rate of 34.5%, or roughly 1 in 2.9 graded copies.

No. At a 34.5% gem rate, Pikachu grades better than the Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos average by 7.6 points. Most submitted copies come back clean.

Pikachu #088 was illustrated by saino misaki, who has illustrated 90 Pokémon cards in total.

Pikachu #088 carries regulation mark G and is currently legal in Standard, legal in Expanded and legal in Unlimited.

Pikachu #088 was released on 1 January 2023 as part of Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos. It belongs to the Modern era and features a Generation 1 Pokémon from the Kanto region.