Ash's Pikachu

Grading with PSA pays if your copy has better than a 5% chance of a 10.

11% of the 1,226 copies PSA has graded got a 10. People mostly send their cleanest copies, so a typical raw copy's odds are lower.

Raw (NM)

$62.50

TCGplayer

PSA 10

$887.50

6 sales

PSA 9

$173.76

19 sales

If it misses

$101.72

below 10, by PSA's grades