Pikachu
- Set
- Base Set 2
- Number
- 087/130
- Rarity
- Common
- Artist
- Mitsuhiro Arita
- Released
- Feb 24, 2000
Sold price movement
- 12 months ago
- $3.14£2.36€2.77
- Today
- $2.21£1.66€1.95
- Change
- -$0.93-£0.70-€0.82 (-29.6%)
Market activity
| Price type | Pop share | PopulationPop | Sold 90d | Median | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raw | – | 118 | $2.50£1.88€2.20 | $2.21£1.66€1.95 | |
| PSA 1 | 8 | 1 | – | – | |
| PSA 2 | 11 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 3 | 23 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 4 | 53 | 2 | – | – | |
| PSA 5 | 112 | 1 | – | $15.50£11.67€13.65 | |
| PSA 6 | 152 | 2 | – | $16.50£12.42€14.53 | |
| PSA 7 | 254 | 9 | $25£18.82€22.02 | $18.45£13.89€16.25 | |
| PSA 8 | 506 | 11 | $30.99£23.32€27.29 | $25.50£19.19€22.46 | |
| PSA 9 | 1,098 | 17 | $40£30.11€35.23 | $37.75£28.41€33.25 | |
| CGC/BGS 9.5 | – | – | – | $42£31.61€36.99 | |
| PSA 10 | 636 | 10 | $362£272.46€318.80 | $324.52£244.25€285.79 | |
About these prices
22.3% of copies sent to PSA come back a 10. Sold and median are 90 days of PSA sales. The 9.5 is a CGC and BGS grade, so it carries no PSA population.
Priced from 1,090 completed sales, updated Sep 30, 2026.
Price history
Recent sales
1,090 completed listings on eBay, Fanatics CollectShow 288 more, the newest 300 of 1,090
Pokémon TCG Pikachu Base Set 2 87/130 Regular Unlimited Common NM 087/130$3.30£2.48€2.91Pokemon Pikachu 87/130 Common Base Set 2 Lightly Played Some Surface Issues 87/130$1.99£1.50€1.75
Pikachu - 87/130 - Base Set 2 - Vintage WOTC Era Pokemon Card_5 87/130$3.25£2.45€2.86Pikachu - 87/130 - Base Set 2 - Vintage WOTC Era Pokemon Card_6 87/130$1.25£0.94€1.10Pikachu - 87/130 - Base Set 2 - Vintage WOTC Era Pokemon Card_4 87/130$0.39£0.29€0.34Pikachu - 87/130 - Base Set 2 - Vintage WOTC Era Pokemon Card_3 87/130$0.19£0.14€0.178CGC 8.5 Pikachu 87/130 Base Set 2 Pokemon 2000 Wotc Wizards Tcg Card 87/130$14.50£10.91€12.77Pokemon TCG Base Set 2 Pikachu 87/130 Unlimited Regular Common 40 HP Eng 087/130$1£0.75€0.88Pokémon TCG Pikachu 087/130 Base Set 2 Common Regular English Unlimited MINT 087/130$5.99£4.51€5.28PIKACHU - Base Set 2 - 87/130 - Common - Pokemon Card - Unlimited Edition NM #2$5.50£4.14€4.84Pokemon TCG Pikachu 087/130 Base Set 2 Common Regular Unlimited English 087/130$2£1.51€1.768POP 2 TAG 8.5 - Pokemon Pikachu 1999-2000 Base Set Unlimited - #58/102 4th Print$99.99£75.26€88.06
9Wizards of the Coast Pokemon TCG Pikachu Base Set 2 87/130 PSA 9 English 087/130$23.90£17.99€21.0510PSA 10 Pikachu 2000 Pokémon Base Set 2 #87/130 GEM MINT WOTC Vintage Rare 087/130$335£252.14€295.029Pokemon PSA 9 PIKACHU 87/130 - BASE SET 2 - COMMON NON HOLO - MINT 87/130$50£37.63€44.03102000 Pokémon Base Set 2 Pikachu #87/130 PSA 10 GEM MINT WOTC Vintage Rare 087/130$459.99£346.21€405.109CGC 9 Blue Label MINT Pikachu Base Set 2 2000 #087/130 Pokémon Card 087/130$48.95£36.84€43.11More from Base Set 2
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AlakazamGrading odds
PSA has graded 3,024 copies. Where they landed:
Why the verdict weights the odds
Only 21.1% of copies reach a 10, which is why the top price is the wrong number to plan around. Weighting each grade’s PSA price by these odds, a submission is worth $89.37£67.26€78.70 on average against $102.20£76.92€90 for the card plus $79.99£60.20€70.44 at Regular, the cheapest level PSA will insure it at. That loses $12.83£9.66€11.30, so a copy is worth more raw.
What CGC copies sold for
Sold prices from listings that named the grader and the grade, not asking prices, and not a PSA figure converted across. A CGC 9 runs about 0.44x the PSA 9 on the cards where we hold both, but the spread is wide enough that it is only worth quoting where copies actually traded, which is what these are. The count beside each price is how many.
CGC 9 and 9.5 are one row on purpose. A CGC 9.5 sells for 3% more than a 9 across the corpus and is the cheaper of the two on nearly half of cards, so the market is not pricing them apart and splitting them here would invent a distinction. BGS is left split because there the same test says a 9.5 really is worth about 30% more.
| Grade | Median sold | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| CGC 9 or 9.5 | $27£20.32€23.78 | 6 |
| CGC 7.5 | $13.97£10.51€12.30 | 6 |
Card facts
- Card number
- 087/130
- Rarity
- Common
- Illustrator
- Mitsuhiro Arita
- Set released
- Feb 24, 2000
- PSA population, all printings
- 3,024
- Printings priced
- 1
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The same card in other sets
Legendary Collection086/110$1,575£1,185€1,387
Rumble7$750£564.48€660.50
EX Emerald60/106$599.99£451.58€528.39
Base Set (Shadowless)058/102$429.98£323.62€378.67
Countdown Calendar PromosDP16$378.27£284.70€333.13
POP Series 4013/017$369.63£278.20€325.52
Rising Rivals112/111$328.45£247.21€289.26
POP Series 5012/017$313.23£235.75€275.85What moves the price of this card
The Pikachu on this page is the Normal printing from Base Set 2, and it trades at $3.24£2.44€2.85 in near mint condition. Only one printing of this card was produced, so there is no cheaper version to confuse it with.
Graded, it runs PSA 5 $15.50£11.67€13.65, PSA 6 $16.50£12.42€14.53, PSA 7 $18.45£13.89€16.25, PSA 8 $25.50£19.19€22.46, PSA 9 $37.75£28.41€33.25, CGC/BGS 9.5 $42£31.61€36.99, PSA 10 $324.52£244.25€285.79. PSA has graded 3,024 copies of it. 1,090 completed sales are on file.
What is a PSA 10 Pikachu worth?
A PSA 10 Pikachu from Base Set 2 sells for $324.52. 22.3% of the copies PSA has graded came back a 10, so that price is the best case rather than the one a submission should expect.
Is Pikachu from Base Set 2 worth grading?
On the numbers, no. The average submission is worth $93.31 with every grade weighted by how often this card comes back at it, against $2.21 for a raw copy plus $99.99 to send it through PSA Regular, so it loses $8.89.
Condition does most of the work below the surface. A copy with soft corners or a print line off centre trades well under the market price shown here, and a copy clean enough to grade trades well above it, which is why the PSA 10 sits at $324.52£244.25€285.79. Before you value your own copy, look at the corners under a light and check the centring on the back, where most cards give themselves away.
What Pikachu does
Basic · 40 HP · retreat 1
Gnaw10Thunder Jolt30Flip a coin. If tails, Pikachu does 10 damage to itself.
Weak to Fighting ×2. Tournament legal in neither standard nor expanded.