Pikachu

Grading with PSA pays if your copy has better than an 8% chance of a 10.

3% of the 12,961 copies PSA has graded got a 10. People mostly send their cleanest copies, so a typical raw copy's odds are lower.

Raw (NM)

$49.50

TCGplayer

PSA 10

$584.80

137 sales

PSA 9

$116.81

331 sales

If it misses

$89.53

below 10, by PSA's grades