Pikachu

Grading with PSA pays if your copy has better than a <1% chance of a 10.

4% of the 1,137 copies PSA has graded got a 10. People mostly send their cleanest copies, so a typical raw copy's odds are lower.

Raw (NM)

$20.43

TCGplayer

PSA 10

$1,775

9 sales

PSA 9

$143.50

11 sales

If it misses

$86.97

below 10, by PSA's grades