Base · #58 · 1999
Market price: The going rate for an ungraded copy of this exact printing, from actual sales data — TCGplayer for USD, Cardmarket for EUR. Updated daily. · Normal (non-holo): The plain printing — no foil anywhere. Price trackers say “Normal,” collectors say “non-holo”; usually the cheapest version of the card.
$11.50
down17% · 29dvia TCGplayer, updated Oct 13, 2026
Set rank: Where this card's market price ranks among the priced cards in its set — #1 is the set's most valuable card. in Base
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Today's TCGplayer market price for Pikachu is $11.50 for the Normal printing.
Among the 101 priced cards in Base, it sits 17th. (Charizard leads the set at $969.) Since we started tracking it on Feb 8, 2024, it's risen 327.5% — from $2.69 to $11.50. Over the last year it's climbed 266.2%, from $3.14 to $11.50. The 90-day move: up 49.7%, $7.68 to $11.50. Its highest point since we started tracking (February 2024) was $17.11 in August 2026; its lowest, $1.57 in November 2024. Over the last 30 days it's touched $14.72 at the top and $9.57 at the bottom. That's the Normal printing — the same card also trades as the Shadowless 1st Edition at $187 and the Shadowless Unlimited at $45.66. On Cardmarket, the European printings of this card go for about €37.58.
By Printing
By printing: Normal (non-holo): The plain printing — no foil anywhere. Price trackers say “Normal,” collectors say “non-holo”; usually the cheapest version of the card. $11.50 · Shadowless: An early Base Set print run with no drop shadow beside the art frame. Scarcer than Unlimited, and priced on its own. $187 · Shadowless: An early Base Set print run with no drop shadow beside the art frame. Scarcer than Unlimited, and priced on its own. $45.66
TCGplayer prices each printing on its own — the Normal printing is the headline number on this page. Same card, same number — the print run or foil treatment is what changes.
Gnaw10
Cost: Colorless
Thunder Jolt30
Cost: Lightning, Colorless
Flip a coin. If tails, Pikachu does 10 damage to itself.
“When several of these Pokémon gather, their electricity can cause lightning storms.”
About $11.50 for an ungraded copy. That's the TCGplayer market price for the Normal printing, updated Oct 13, 2026. Graded copies in great shape usually sell for more. What grading means →
Up about 50% over the last 3 months — from $7.68 to $11.50 (TCGplayer market price). Zoom out a whole year and it's up 266%. Prices move a little every day, so the chart on this page has the freshest line.
The highest market price we've logged is $17.11 — that was August 2026. We've been writing this card's price down since February 2024, so that's the record on our watch, not an all-time record.
The European printings list around €37.58 on Cardmarket — they share one price there, because Cardmarket prices the physical card across languages. This English print trades at $11.50 on TCGplayer. Two marketplaces, two currencies — so watch both numbers instead of converting one into the other.
eBay is the easiest place — this page links straight to the live listings for Pikachu (Base #58). Check the photos and the seller's rating first. That's the rule.
Cards trading near $11.50 today.
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