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Pikachu 049/203

Set: Evolving Skies Released: Aug 27, 2021
Pokémon: Pikachu Lightning Type Common Illustrator: chibi Pull Rate:1 in 8.4 packs (11.9%) Evolves To: Raichu

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Pikachu #049/203 FAQs: Price, Grading & Collecting

Answers about Pikachu #049/203 from Evolving Skies — live market value, pull rates, PSA grading returns and tournament legality.

Over the last 30 days, an ungraded Pikachu has moved down 12.5% to $0.35. PSA 10 copies are up 8.8% over the same period.

Pikachu #049/203 appears roughly 1 in 8.4 packs, which works out at 11.9% per pack. That makes it one of the harder cards to pull from Evolving Skies.

Pikachu #049/203 is a Common, one of the higher rarity tiers in Evolving Skies.

At $0.35 raw, you need a PSA 10 to profit. A PSA 10 sells for $190.36, giving a net return of +$137.26 after grading costs and selling fees. PSA 9 returns −$10.47 and PSA 8 returns −$13.78, so anything below a 10 loses money on this card.

PSA have graded 627 copies of Pikachu #049/203, of which 277 came back as PSA 10. That is a gem rate of 44.2%, or roughly 1 in 2.3 graded copies.

No. At a 44.2% gem rate, Pikachu grades better than the Evolving Skies average by 16.7 points. Most submitted copies come back clean.

Pikachu #049/203 was illustrated by chibi, who has illustrated 95 Pokémon cards in total.

Pikachu #049/203 carries regulation mark E and is currently not legal in Standard, legal in Expanded and legal in Unlimited.

Pikachu #049/203 was released on 27 August 2021 as part of Evolving Skies. It belongs to the Modern era and features a Generation 1 Pokémon from the Kanto region.