Emerald · #60 · 2005
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.
$16.31
up2% · 28dvia TCGplayer, updated Oct 12, 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 Emerald
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Right now Pikachu trades at $16.31 for the Normal printing (TCGplayer market price).
That makes it the 30th most valuable of Emerald's 107 priced cards. The set's top card is Rayquaza at $400. We've logged its price daily since Feb 8, 2024: $4.06 then, $16.31 now (up 301.7%). A year ago it sat around $5.26; today's $16.31 is 210.1% higher. Over the last 90 days it's down 10.9%, from $18.31. Since February 2024 it's run as high as $18.31 (May 2026) and as low as $3.15 (January 2025). Its 30-day range runs from $16.04 up to $16.31. The Normal printing is the headline number here; the Reverse Holofoil at $600 prices separately. Across the Atlantic, the European prints list around €4.38 on Cardmarket.
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. $16.31 · Reverse holo: Everything except the artwork is foil — the reverse of a normal holo. It's a separate printing and prices on its own. $600
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.
Pika Ball10
Cost: Lightning
Thundershock20
Cost: Colorless, Colorless
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.
About $16.31 for an ungraded copy. That's the TCGplayer market price for the Normal printing, updated Oct 12, 2026. Graded copies in great shape usually sell for more. What grading means →
Down about 11% over the last 3 months — from $18.31 to $16.31 (TCGplayer market price). Zoom out a whole year and it's up 210%. Prices move a little every day, so the chart on this page has the freshest line.
The highest market price we've logged is $18.31 — that was May 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 €4.38 on Cardmarket — they share one price there, because Cardmarket prices the physical card across languages. This English print trades at $16.31 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 (Emerald #60). Check the photos and the seller's rating first. That's the rule.
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