Pikachu 28/73

Set: Shining Legends Released: Jul 15, 2017
Pokémon: Pikachu Lightning Type Common Illustrator: Kagemaru Himeno Pull Rate: 1 in 4.6 packs (21.7%) Evolves To: Raichu

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Pikachu #28/73 FAQs: Price, Grading & Collecting

Answers about Pikachu #28/73 from Shining Legends — live market value, pull rates, PSA grading returns and tournament legality.

Over the last 30 days, an ungraded Pikachu has moved down 10.7% to $2.08. PSA 10 copies are up 25.5% over the same period.

Pikachu #28/73 appears roughly 1 in 4.6 packs, which works out at 21.7% per pack. That makes it one of the harder cards to pull from Shining Legends.

Pikachu #28/73 is a Common, one of the higher rarity tiers in Shining Legends.

At $2.08 raw, you need a PSA 10 to profit. A PSA 10 sells for $372.40, giving a net return of +$293.91 after grading costs and selling fees. PSA 9 returns −$6.10 and PSA 8 returns −$9.71, so anything below a 10 loses money on this card.

PSA have graded 404 copies of Pikachu #28/73, of which 128 came back as PSA 10. That is a gem rate of 31.7%, or roughly 1 in 3.2 graded copies.

Yes. At a 31.7% gem rate, Pikachu grades worse than the Shining Legends average by 4.4 points. Clean copies are harder to come by.

Pikachu #28/73 was illustrated by Kagemaru Himeno, who has illustrated 1241 Pokémon cards in total.

Pikachu #28/73 was released on 6 October 2017 as part of Shining Legends. It belongs to the Modern era and features a Generation 1 Pokémon from the Kanto region.