Pikachu

Grading with PSA pays if your copy has better than a 48% chance of a 10.

40% of the 21,375 copies PSA has graded got a 10. People mostly send their cleanest copies, so a typical raw copy's odds are lower.

Raw (NM)

$97.48

TCGplayer

PSA 10

$292.74

245 sales

PSA 9

$75.50

119 sales

If it misses

$69.42

below 10, by PSA's grades