Pikachu

Grading with PSA pays if your copy has better than a 70% chance of a 10.

29% of the 1,685 copies PSA has graded got a 10. People mostly send their cleanest copies, so a typical raw copy's odds are lower.

Raw (NM)

$99.00

TCGplayer

PSA 10

$220.00

216 sales

PSA 9

$69.50

109 sales

If it misses

$82.73

below 10, by PSA's grades