Pikachu Pokémon cards — how many are there and what are they worth?
There are 177 Pikachu cards on file, 151 of them with a price, and the typical one costs $29.06.
Pokédex number · 177 cards · 151 with a price · $0.40 to $3,216.67 · read August 14, 2026
How much is a Pikachu Pokémon card worth?
The typical Pikachu card costs $29.06. Across the 151 of them that carry a price, the cheapest is $0.40 and the dearest is $3,216.67 — Pikachu ★ 104, at $3,216.67. That spread is why the group price is a starting point and not a valuation of any one card.
Card facts are read from openly published card files; prices are read once a day from public marketplace listings into this site's own archive. Figures on this page were read on August 14, 2026.
Pikachu 177 cardsPokédex number
Pikachu price summary
151 with a price · $0.40 to $3,216.67 · No. 33 of 206 Pokémon by typical price · +112.0% in 11 months · 101 HP on average · weak to Fighting
173 Pokémon cost less than this one
What stands out about Pikachu cards
- Scale 177 cards carry this Pokémon — 0.9% of the 20,444 English cards on file.
- Price Half of the priced cards cost under $29.06, but the dearest reaches $3,216.67 — a gap of 111×.
- Place By typical price this is No. 33 of 206 Pokémon; 173 of them cost less.
- Record 151 of the 177 cards have a price on file. The rest are counted but left out of every price figure rather than guessed at.
How 20,444 English cards narrow down to these 177
Full bar = that step's denominator · filled = what carries over- English cards on file 20,4447,142 cardsonly cards that record a Pokédex number remain · 34.9% of 20,444
- Cards with a Pokédex number 7,142177 cardsonly Pikachu remain · 2.5% of 7,142
- The 177 cards on this page177 cards0.9% of every English card on file
The middle step counts every card that records a Pokédex number, including Pokémon too small to have a page of their own. That is why its figure is larger than the totals on the Pokédex number list, which only counts the groups it can open.
Pikachu Pokémon cards at a glance
- What this group is. 177 cards share the Pokédex number Pikachu. The Pokédex number ties every print of the same Pokémon together, whatever the set is called and whatever extra words the card name carries. Grouping by the number keeps prints of one Pokémon in one place instead of scattering them by name.
- What they cost. The typical card is $29.06. Across the 151 priced cards the range runs $0.40 to $3,216.67.
- Where it stands. No. 33 of 206 Pokémon by typical price, with 173 of them cheaper.
- What the cards are like. They average 101 HP and 75 maximum damage, and are most often weak to Fighting.
- What is listed below. The 50 most expensive of the 151 cards that carry a price, each with its own price page. Cards without a price are counted in the total but are not listed.
- When it was read. Every figure on this page comes from the archive as it stood on August 14, 2026.
Every Pikachu card with a price on file
The 50 dearest Pikachu cards, most expensive first, each badged with the year it was printed. Hover a card to see it full size.
The grid above carries pictures for the 50 dearest cards only. Putting a picture on all 151 cards would make the first screen slow to arrive. The list below instead carries every one of them as a row.
Show the other 42They carry on in the same order — you do not leave this page+42
Which Pikachu cards share a name across several printings?
Pikachu22 printings · 21 sets
Pikachu ex5 printings · 3 sets
Ash's Pikachu5 printings · 1 set
Pikachu & Zekrom-GX4 printings · 2 sets
Surfing Pikachu2 printings · 2 sets
Pikachu VMAX2 printings · 2 sets
Flying Pikachu2 printings · 2 sets
Pikachu V2 printings · 2 sets
Are Pikachu Pokémon cards going up in value?
What one Pikachu card cost over twelve months
Middle price of one card · 13 readings · latest $29.06How Pikachu Pokémon card prices are spread
An average hides the shape of a group. These four points say where the money actually sits among Pikachu cards.
| Price band | Cards | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Under $1 | 2.0% | |
| $1 to $5 | 9.9% | |
| $5 to $20 | 27.8% | |
| $20 to $50 | 25.8% | |
| $50 to $100 | 14.6% | |
| $100 to $500 | 17.9% | |
| $500 and up | 2.0% |
Counted across the 151 Pikachu cards that carry a price. The bands are the round numbers people use when they talk about price, not equal-width steps.
The two ends of that spread are both Pikachu cards. Put side by side, they show what you are actually paying for.
Rarity Rare Holo Star VS Common
Set Holon Phantoms VS Paldean Fates
When were Pikachu Pokémon cards printed, and are the old ones worth more?
This counts how many Pikachu cards were printed in each year on file. The busiest year is 2017 with 28.
Bar height is that year against the busiest one (2017, 28 cards). Press a bar for the exact count.
| Year | Cards | Share | Typical price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 5.1% | $57.62 | |
| 2000 | 2.3% | $24.66 | |
| 2002 | 1.1% | — | |
| 2003 | 2.3% | — | |
| 2004 | 1.7% | $10.47 | |
| 2005 | 1.1% | — | |
| 2006 | 2.8% | $204.27 | |
| 2007 | 3.4% | $48.11 | |
| 2008 | 1.1% | — | |
| 2009 | 4.0% | $116.14 | |
| 2010 | 1.7% | $48.75 | |
| 2011 | 1.7% | — | |
| 2012 | 1.1% | — | |
| 2013 | 4.0% | $70.42 | |
| 2014 | 1.7% | — | |
| 2015 | 1.7% | — | |
| 2016 | 3.4% | $11.79 | |
| 2017 | 15.8% | $29.71 | |
| 2018 | 0.6% | — | |
| 2019 | 15.8% | $10.19 | |
| 2020 | 3.4% | $12.88 | |
| 2021 | 5.1% | $5.85 | |
| 2022 | 5.6% | $26.29 | |
| 2023 | 6.2% | $35.77 | |
| 2024 | 4.0% | $28.73 | |
| 2025 | 1.1% | — | |
| 2026 | 2.3% | $192.03 |
Years with no card of this group are left out rather than drawn as an empty bar. "Typical price" is the middle price of the cards printed that year.
Back to summaryWhat Pikachu Pokémon cards are made of, and which of them hold the value
The words printed after the name split Pikachu cards into kinds, and each kind plays by different rules.
| Card kind | Cards | Share | Typical price (median) | A card from it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| V | 7.3% | $5.92 | ||
| ex | 6.2% | $28.73 | ||
| Tera | 4.5% | $44.61 | ||
| VMAX | 4.5% | $16.00 | ||
| GX | 3.4% | $190.05 | ||
| TAG TEAM | 2.8% | $190.05 | ||
| V-UNION | 2.3% | $8.32 | ||
| EX | 1.7% | — | ||
| Star | 0.6% | — |
Counted across all 177 Pikachu cards on file. "Typical price" is the middle price inside that row, left as a dash where fewer than three of its cards carry a price — a median of one or two cards is not a typical price.
| Rarity | Cards | Share | Typical price (median) | A card from it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Promo | 36.7% | $39.74 | ||
| Common | 30.5% | $16.20 | ||
| Rare Secret | 5.6% | $156.07 | ||
| Rare Holo V | 2.8% | $4.48 | ||
| Double Rare | 2.3% | $3.60 | ||
| Rare Holo VMAX | 2.3% | $10.51 | ||
| Rare Ultra | 2.3% | $100.13 | ||
| Special Illustration Rare | 1.7% | $380.75 | ||
| Hyper Rare | 1.1% | — | ||
| Rare Holo | 1.1% | — |
Counted across all 177 Pikachu cards on file. "Typical price" is the middle price inside that row, left as a dash where fewer than three of its cards carry a price — a median of one or two cards is not a typical price.
| Printing | Cards | Share | Typical price (median) | A card from it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | 46.9% | $38.88 | ||
| Normal | 35.6% | $18.42 | ||
| 1st Edition | 2.3% | $25.89 | ||
| Reverse Holofoil | 0.6% | — |
Counted across all 177 Pikachu cards on file. "Typical price" is the middle price inside that row, left as a dash where fewer than three of its cards carry a price — a median of one or two cards is not a typical price.
| Set | Cards | Share | Typical price (median) | A card from it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SM Black Star Promos | 13.6% | $39.79 | ||
| SWSH Black Star Promos | 9.6% | $9.68 | ||
| Wizards Black Star Promos | 4.0% | $70.95 | ||
| XY Black Star Promos | 3.4% | $61.52 | ||
| Celebrations | 2.8% | $5.85 | ||
| Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos | 2.8% | $30.31 | ||
| Ascended Heroes | 2.3% | $192.03 | ||
| Lost Origin Trainer Gallery | 2.3% | $79.68 | ||
| Surging Sparks | 2.3% | $61.89 | ||
| Vivid Voltage | 2.3% | $29.49 |
Counted across all 177 Pikachu cards on file. "Typical price" is the middle price inside that row, left as a dash where fewer than three of its cards carry a price — a median of one or two cards is not a typical price.
| Illustrator | Cards | Share | Typical price (median) | A card from it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5ban Graphics | 5.1% | $109.75 | ||
| aky CG Works | 5.1% | $8.01 | ||
| Kagemaru Himeno | 4.5% | $29.69 | ||
| Mitsuhiro Arita | 4.5% | $7.13 | ||
| 2017 Pikachu Project | 4.0% | $56.83 | ||
| Ken Sugimori | 4.0% | $26.52 | ||
| Kouki Saitou | 4.0% | $100.80 | ||
| Atsuko Nishida | 3.4% | $26.99 | ||
| Toshinao Aoki | 3.4% | $72.42 | ||
| Naoyo Kimura | 2.8% | $50.37 |
Counted across all 177 Pikachu cards on file. "Typical price" is the middle price inside that row, left as a dash where fewer than three of its cards carry a price — a median of one or two cards is not a typical price.
The energy symbol in the corner decides what a Pikachu card can attack with.
| Energy type | Cards | Share | Typical price (median) | A card from it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightning | 97.7% | $28.97 | ||
| Metal | 2.3% | $48.11 |
Counted across all 177 Pikachu cards on file. "Typical price" is the middle price inside that row, left as a dash where fewer than three of its cards carry a price — a median of one or two cards is not a typical price.
| Series | Cards | Share | Typical price (median) | A card from it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sword & Shield | 23.2% | $9.56 | ||
| Sun & Moon | 20.9% | $29.11 | ||
| Scarlet & Violet | 10.2% | $26.79 | ||
| XY | 8.5% | $16.20 | ||
| Other | 6.2% | $23.33 | ||
| Base | 5.6% | $44.29 | ||
| EX | 5.6% | $20.91 | ||
| Black & White | 3.4% | $92.65 | ||
| POP | 3.4% | $56.23 | ||
| Platinum | 2.8% | $172.70 |
Counted across all 177 Pikachu cards on file. "Typical price" is the middle price inside that row, left as a dash where fewer than three of its cards carry a price — a median of one or two cards is not a typical price.
| Regulation mark | Cards | Share | Typical price (median) | A card from it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 9.0% | $46.09 | ||
| E | 7.9% | $7.19 | ||
| F | 6.8% | $8.41 | ||
| H | 6.2% | $28.73 | ||
| G | 5.6% | $30.31 | ||
| J | 0.6% | — |
Counted across all 177 Pikachu cards on file. "Typical price" is the middle price inside that row, left as a dash where fewer than three of its cards carry a price — a median of one or two cards is not a typical price.
Back to summaryHow much HP and damage Pikachu Pokémon cards print
| Measure | Lowest | Lower quarter | Typical | Upper quarter | Highest | Cards counted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HP | 30 | 60 | 60 | 130 | 310 | 177 |
| Biggest attack | 10 | 20 | 40 | 100 | 300 | 174 |
Trainer and energy cards carry no HP or attack, so they are left out of these counts rather than entered as zero. "Biggest attack" is the largest printed damage number on the card, before any condition the attack text adds.
HP printed on the 177 Pikachu cards that carry one. The typical card is 60 HP. Bar length is that HP against the highest in the group.
Half of these cards sit between 60 and 130 HP. The distance between the two ends is what a single average would have hidden.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest | 9.7% of the highest | 30 HP |
| Lower quarter | 19.4% of the highest | 60 HP |
| Typical | 19.4% of the highest | 60 HP |
| Upper quarter | 41.9% of the highest | 130 HP |
| Highest | 100.0% of the highest | 310 HP |
The largest printed damage number on each of the 174 Pikachu cards that print one. The typical card hits for 40. Bar length is that number against the hardest hitter in the group.
Half of these cards hit between 20 and 100. Attack text that adds a condition is not counted here — only the printed number.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest | 3.3% of the highest | 10 damage |
| Lower quarter | 6.7% of the highest | 20 damage |
| Typical | 13.3% of the highest | 40 damage |
| Upper quarter | 33.3% of the highest | 100 damage |
| Highest | 100.0% of the highest | 300 damage |
What are Pikachu Pokémon cards weak to?
What Pikachu Pokémon cards are weak to
- Fighting99%
- Lightning1%
| Item | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Fighting | 172 | 99% |
| Lightning | 2 | 1% |
An attack of this type does double damage to the card. Counted across the 174 Pikachu cards that print a weakness.
Which Pikachu Pokémon cards print a resistance?
What Pikachu Pokémon cards resist
- Metal93%
- Fighting7%
| Item | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Metal | 69 | 93% |
| Fighting | 5 | 7% |
Resistance cuts incoming damage from that type. Only some Pikachu cards print one, which is why this count is smaller than the card total.
Can you still play Pikachu Pokémon cards, and what do they cost to retreat?
What it costs to retreat a Pikachu Pokémon card
- 186%
- 28%
- 03%
- 33%
| Item | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 152 | 86% |
| 2 | 15 | 8% |
| 0 | 5 | 3% |
| 3 | 5 | 3% |
The number of energy cards you discard to move this Pokémon back to the bench. Zero means it retreats for free.
| Question | Cards | Share of the group |
|---|---|---|
| Legal in Standard today | 33 | 18.6% |
| Legal in Expanded today | 131 | 74.0% |
| Cards with an Ability | 13 | 7.3% |
| Cards with a special rule | 47 | 26.6% |
Standard and Expanded are the two tournament formats. A card leaves Standard when its set rotates out, so this share moves each year while the card itself does not change.
Each track is the whole of the 177 Pikachu cards on file, so the empty part of a bar is the share the answer does not cover.
The four rows are not slices of one whole — a card can be legal in Standard and carry an Ability at the same time, so the bars are read one at a time against the group.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Legal in Standard today | 18.6% | 33 cards |
| Legal in Expanded today | 74.0% | 131 cards |
| Cards with an Ability | 7.3% | 13 cards |
| Cards with a special rule | 26.6% | 47 cards |
Which Pikachu Pokémon cards moved most this year
Biggest risers over 12 months
Biggest fallers over 12 months
Counted on the 137 cards that carried a price on both the first and the last reading, so a card that only appeared recently is not in here.
Back to summaryThe cheapest Pikachu Pokémon cards you can buy
Cheapest first. Each card opens its own price page. Prices exclude shipping, which on a card at this level is usually more than the card.
These six together cost $5.13, against $3,216.67 for the single dearest Pikachu card. The two ends of the same group sit 8,042× apart, and both of them are correctly described as "Pikachu".
How Pikachu compares with the other Pokémon
"Which Pokémon is the most expensive" has three different answers depending on what you measure, so this section keeps them apart.
Ranked by its single dearest card, Pikachu is number 2 of 206 Pokémon, on Holon Phantoms #104 at $3,216.67. By card count it is number 1, and by the price of an ordinary card number 33 — three different answers to "is it the most expensive".
These are the Pokémon that sit next to Pikachu on that ladder.
How do Pikachu Pokémon cards evolve?
Every one of the 165 Pikachu cards that prints a stage prints Basic, so there is nothing to split inside the group. The tracks count the 206 Pokémon on file instead, and the highlighted one is the row Pikachu sits in.
Pikachu is one of 117 Pokémon whose cards are typically Basic. Basic cards are played straight from the hand; the later stages have to evolve from the card before them.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | 56.8% | 117 Pokémon |
| Stage 1 | 28.6% | 59 Pokémon |
| Stage 2 | 14.6% | 30 Pokémon |
4 things that split what a Pikachu card is worth — press a panel to drop to the working behind it
Pikachu Pokémon cards — frequently asked questions
How many Pikachu Pokémon cards are there?
How much is a Pikachu Pokémon card worth?
What is the most expensive Pikachu Pokémon card?
Are Pikachu Pokémon cards rare?
Do all Pikachu Pokémon cards have a price?
Where can I see every Pikachu Pokémon card?
How often are Pikachu Pokémon card prices updated?
Are Pikachu Pokémon cards going up in value?
How much does a cheap Pikachu Pokémon card cost?
Which Pikachu Pokémon cards are worth the most?
What is the highest HP on a Pikachu Pokémon card?
Are Pikachu Pokémon cards legal in tournaments?
What are Pikachu Pokémon cards weak to?
Are old Pikachu Pokémon cards worth more than new ones?
Which Pikachu Pokémon card rose the most this year?
Which sets have Pikachu Pokémon cards?
How these Pikachu figures are collected, and where you can check them
Primary official source
First-party official sources — the body that issues the data itself, such as a government agency, a statutory register or a rights holder publishing its own records.
Industry source
Second-party sources — marketplaces, trade associations, research institutes and companies that compile data about the market.
Before you rely on these figures
Note: Prices on this page are asking and market prices for ungraded English Pikachu cards, taken from a daily snapshot of public marketplace listings read on August 14, 2026. They are not offers, they exclude shipping, duty and marketplace fees, and they move. Counts cover only the English cards this site holds on file. Graded prices, population counts, sealed product values and pack odds are not published on this site because no free commercial source provides them.
Last updated: 2026-08-14