Raikou
- Set
- POP Series 2
- Number
- 003/017
- Rarity
- Rare
- Artist
- Kouki Saitou
Sold price movement
- 12 months ago
- $7.99£6.01€7.04
- Today
- $30.30£22.81€26.68
- Change
- +$22.31+£16.79+€19.65 (+279%)
Market activity
| Price type | Pop share | PopulationPop | Sold 90d | Median | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raw | – | – | – | $30.30£22.81€26.68 | |
| PSA 1 | 3 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 3 | 1 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 5 | 1 | – | – | $22£16.56€19.37 | |
| PSA 6 | 4 | – | – | $39.25£29.54€34.57 | |
| PSA 7 | 8 | – | – | $14.99£11.28€13.20 | |
| PSA 8 | 13 | – | – | $75.49£56.82€66.48 | |
| PSA 9 | 26 | – | – | $103.50£77.90€91.15 | |
| CGC/BGS 9.5modelled | – | – | – | $114£85.80€100.40 | |
| PSA 10 | 20 | – | – | $324.15£243.97€285.47 | |
About these prices
26.3% of copies sent to PSA come back a 10. The 9.5 is a CGC and BGS grade, so it carries no PSA population.
Priced from 425 completed sales, updated Sep 12, 2026.
Price history
Recent sales
425 completed listings on eBay, Fanatics CollectPokemon TCG Raikou 003/017 POP Series 2 Rare Basic HP 70 English 003/017$20£15.05€17.61
9PSA 9 Raikou POP Series 2 Non-Holo Pokemon TCG League Promo Very Rare$103.50£77.90€91.15Show 288 more, the newest 300 of 425
Pokemon TCG Raikou 003/017 POP Series 2 Rare Basic HP 70 English 003/017$15£11.29€13.21
8Pokemon Raikou Pop Series 2 3/17 Legendary Beasts 2 Pk. Blister CGC 8 #17-Mar$39.10£29.43€34.4310Pokémon Play! Raikou V 048/172 Prize Pack Series 2 Card PSA 10 - POP 9$324.15£243.97€285.479Pokémon Raikou POP Series 2 2005 Promo Rare #3/17 PSA 9 Pokémon TCG Card Stock 3/17$135£101.61€118.89Pokémon Raikou POP Series 2 Card 3/17 70 HP Rare Lightning Nintendo English 2006 3/17$4.25£3.20€3.742005 Raikou - 3/17 - Pokemon Pop Series 2 Non-Holo Rare Card Promo 3/17$8.50£6.40€7.4910Pokémon Play! Raikou V 048/172 Prize Pack Series 2 Card PSA 10 - POP 9$253.47£190.77€223.222005 Raikou - 3/17 - Pokemon Pop Series 2 Non-Holo Rare Card Promo 3/17$24.99£18.81€22.01More from POP Series 2
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SuicuneGrading odds
PSA has graded 534 copies. Where they landed:
Why the verdict weights the odds
Only 5.1% 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 $65.66£49.42€57.82 on average against $130.29£98.06€114.74 for the card plus $79.99£60.20€70.44 at Regular, the cheapest level PSA will insure it at. That loses $64.63£48.65€56.92, so a copy is worth more raw.
1 of the 7 grades priced above had no sales at that grade, so the figure is modelled from the grades that did rather than observed.
Card facts
- Card number
- 003/017
- Rarity
- Rare
- Illustrator
- Kouki Saitou
- Set released
- PSA population, all printings
- 534
- Printings priced
- 2
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The same card in other sets
What moves the price of this card
The Raikou on this page is the Holofoil printing from POP Series 2, and it trades at $39.93£30.05€35.17 in near mint condition. The other 1 printing of the same card sits lower, which is normal: the scarcer print run always carries the premium.
Graded, it runs PSA 5 $22£16.56€19.37, PSA 6 $39.25£29.54€34.57, PSA 7 $14.99£11.28€13.20, PSA 8 $75.49£56.82€66.48, PSA 9 $103.50£77.90€91.15, CGC/BGS 9.5 $114£85.80€100.40, PSA 10 $324.15£243.97€285.47. PSA has graded 534 copies of it. 425 completed sales are on file.
What is a PSA 10 Raikou worth?
A PSA 10 Raikou from POP Series 2 sells for $324.15. 26.3% 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 Raikou from POP Series 2 worth grading?
On the numbers, yes. The average submission is worth $138.79 with every grade weighted by how often this card comes back at it, against $30.30 for a raw copy plus $99.99 to send it through PSA Regular, so it clears $8.50.
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 $324.15£243.97€285.47. 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 Raikou does
Basic · 70 HP · retreat 1
RoarYour opponent switches the Defending Pokémon with 1 of his or her Benched Pokémon, if any.
Thunder50Flip a coin. If tails, Raikou does 20 damage to itself.
Weak to Fighting undefined. Tournament legal in neither standard nor expanded.