Pikachu 40/147

Set: Burning Shadows Released: Aug 5, 2017
Pokémon: Pikachu Lightning Type Common Illustrator: Saya Tsuruta Pull Rate: 1 in 7.8 packs (12.8%) Evolves To: Raichu

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Pikachu #40/147 FAQs: Price, Grading & Collecting

Answers about Pikachu #40/147 from Burning Shadows — live market value, pull rates, PSA grading returns and tournament legality.

Over the last 30 days, an ungraded Pikachu has moved up 13.1% to $1.12. PSA 10 copies are up 3,143.6% over the same period.

Pikachu #40/147 appears roughly 1 in 7.8 packs, which works out at 12.8% per pack. That makes it one of the harder cards to pull from Burning Shadows.

Pikachu #40/147 is a Common, one of the higher rarity tiers in Burning Shadows.

At $1.12 raw, you need a PSA 10 to profit. A PSA 10 sells for $1,000.00, giving a net return of +$840.88 after grading costs and selling fees. PSA 9 returns −$6.62 and PSA 8 returns −$15.10, so anything below a 10 loses money on this card.

PSA have graded 356 copies of Pikachu #40/147, of which 85 came back as PSA 10. That is a gem rate of 23.9%, or roughly 1 in 4.2 graded copies.

Yes. At a 23.9% gem rate, Pikachu grades worse than the Burning Shadows average by 6.9 points. Clean copies are harder to come by.

Pikachu #40/147 was illustrated by Saya Tsuruta, who has illustrated 267 Pokémon cards in total.

Pikachu #40/147 was released on 5 August 2017 as part of Burning Shadows. It belongs to the Modern era and features a Generation 1 Pokémon from the Kanto region.