Pikachu 028/078

Set: Pokémon GO Released: Jul 1, 2022
Pokémon: Pikachu Lightning Type Rare Holo Illustrator: Narumi Sato Pull Rate: 1 in 23.0 packs (4.3%) Evolves To: Raichu

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Pikachu #028/078 FAQs: Price, Grading & Collecting

Answers about Pikachu #028/078 from Pokémon GO — live market value, pull rates, PSA grading returns and tournament legality.

Over the last 30 days, an ungraded Pikachu has moved down 14.4% to $1.84. PSA 10 copies are up 48.4% over the same period.

Pikachu #028/078 appears roughly 1 in 23.0 packs, which works out at 4.3% per pack. That makes it one of the harder cards to pull from Pokémon GO.

Pikachu #028/078 is a Rare, one of the higher rarity tiers in Pokémon GO.

At $1.84 raw, you need a PSA 10 to profit. A PSA 10 sells for $534.55, giving a net return of +$435.22 after grading costs and selling fees. PSA 9 returns +$0.12 and PSA 8 returns −$9.66, so a PSA 9 or 10 can profit, while anything below that loses money on this card.

PSA have graded 2,178 copies of Pikachu #028/078, of which 339 came back as PSA 10. That is a gem rate of 15.6%, or roughly 1 in 6.4 graded copies.

Yes. At a 15.6% gem rate, Pikachu grades worse than the Pokémon GO average by 11.1 points. Clean copies are harder to come by.

Pikachu #028/078 was illustrated by Narumi Sato, who has illustrated 107 Pokémon cards in total.

Pikachu #028/078 carries regulation mark F and is currently not legal in Standard, legal in Expanded and legal in Unlimited.

Pikachu #028/078 was released on 1 July 2022 as part of Pokémon GO. It belongs to the Modern era and features a Generation 1 Pokémon from the Kanto region.