Pikachu 42/146

Over the last 30 days, an ungraded Pikachu has moved up 6.2% to $3.10. PSA 10 copies are down 0.3% over the same period.

Pikachu #42/146 appears roughly 1 in 8.6 packs, which works out at 11.6% per pack. That makes it one of the harder cards to pull from XY Base.

Pikachu #42/146 is a Common, one of the higher rarity tiers in XY Base.

At $3.10 raw, you need a PSA 10 to profit. A PSA 10 sells for $152.93, giving a net return of +$101.95 after grading costs and selling fees. PSA 9 returns +$77.28 and PSA 8 returns −$0.54, so a PSA 9 or 10 can profit, while anything below that loses money on this card.

PSA have graded 302 copies of Pikachu #42/146, of which 22 came back as PSA 10. That is a gem rate of 7.3%, or roughly 1 in 14 graded copies.

Yes. At a 7.3% gem rate, Pikachu grades worse than the XY Base average by 13.9 points. Clean copies are harder to come by.

Pikachu #42/146 was illustrated by MAHOU, who has illustrated 249 Pokémon cards in total.

Pikachu #42/146 was released on 5 February 2014 as part of XY Base. It belongs to the Modern era and features a Generation 1 Pokémon from the Kanto region.