Pikachu

Nintendo Black Star Promos · #12/40 · Promo · 2003

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$156.59
Market price ▲ 164.6% (1Y)
Prices as of Nov 5, 2026
HP 50LightningBasicArt · Kouki Saitou
3,810graded pop
10%gem rate
-3%off ATH $162.50 · Oct 2026
Market data

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Graded market

Graded values

PSA 10 report →updated 2026-11-05
Grade 6 est.$149.15
Grade 5 est.$125.60
Grade 4 est.$103.62
Grade 3 est.$86.35
Grade 2 est.$70.65
Grade 1 est.$59.66

Grades 1–6 are estimates modeled from the raw price — PSA/CGC/BGS 7–10 and Ungraded are live tracked market values.

PSA 10 price history$7,022.24

PSA 10 chart is building — graded values are tracked nightly, a new point appears each day.

Graded population census · updated 2026-09-21

PSA3,810 graded · 398 gem 10

Population data from PriceCharting, updated monthly.

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Attacks

Agility
Flip a coin. If heads, prevent all effects of an attack, including damage, done to Pikachu during your opponent's next turn.
20Thundershock
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.

How much is Pikachu #12/40 worth?

Pikachu #12/40 is a Promo card from Nintendo Black Star Promos (2003) — today it trades at roughly $156.59 ungraded.

Grading changes the math on this one: a PSA 10 is valued around $7,022.24, roughly 44.8x the raw price, while a PSA 9 sits near $1,012.50. 3,810 copies have been graded to date, and 10% of them came back a 10 — worth knowing before you pay grading fees.

We update this valuation every night from live market data and verify it against real completed sales — see the chart above for how Pikachu has moved over time.

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