Pikachu

Grading with PSA pays if your copy has better than a 25% chance of a 10.

17% of the 2,185 copies PSA has graded got a 10. People mostly send their cleanest copies, so a typical raw copy's odds are lower.

Raw (NM)

$49.49

TCGplayer

PSA 10

$247.00

113 sales

PSA 9

$76.00

78 sales

If it misses

$89.47

below 10, by PSA's grades