Pikachu
Base · #58 · Common · Vintage · 1999
Pulling Pikachu in a Base pack is about 100% (Basic Energy slot). Published, provably-fair odds you can verify.
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Pikachu market value
Pikachu (Base #58) has a live market value of 1,033 Sparks, about $10.33 at the latest market price. That market price for Pikachu was last updated on October 19, 2026. On PackLab one Spark equals one cent of card value, so 1,033 Sparks is the figure shown for Pikachu in the set browser, on this page and in your vault after you pull it. If you pull Pikachu, you can sell it back instantly at 85% of market value, which comes to 878 Sparks at the current price. Sparks have no cash value and are only used on PackLab. A Base pack is 8,300 Sparks; this card's market value is 1,033 Sparks. Among the 102 priced cards in Base, Pikachu is the 19th most valuable. The median priced card in the set is 246 Sparks, and the most valuable card is Charizard at 95,465 Sparks.
How to pull Pikachu
In a Base pack, the Basic Energy slot shows a Common card about 100% of the time. Pikachu is one of 32 priced Common cards in Base that can fill that result, so landing this exact card is less likely than the rarity figure. These are the published odds for Base: the full slot-by-slot table is on the Base page, and the odds page explains how each set's rates are built. Every Base box commits its card order before the first pack is sold, so each rip can be checked once the box sells out.
Rarity and era
Pikachu is a Common card, number 58 in Base. Base lists 32 Common cards out of 102 cards in total, about 31% of the set list. Among the 32 priced Common cards, market values run from 29 Sparks to 1,033 Sparks, and Pikachu ranks 1st of them. Base is part of the Base series and sits in the Vintage era of the PackLab catalog. Vintage sets come from the early years of the hobby, when holographic rares were the main chase and sealed packs were far fewer.
About Base
Base was released on January 9, 1999 and lists 102 cards on PackLab, 102 of them with a live market price. Together, the priced cards in Base carry a combined market value of 230,938 Sparks. By market value, Pikachu sits just below Dugtrio (1,111 Sparks) and just above Electabuzz (1,002 Sparks).
