{
  "url": "https://www.moonstonehq.com/articles/best-pikachu-cards-to-buy",
  "slug": "best-pikachu-cards-to-buy",
  "title": "The Best Pikachu Cards to Buy Right Now",
  "summary": "Six Pikachu cards worth buying in August 2026: the most liquid modern chase down 17% from its high, a WOTC promo up 31% on the quarter, and a Base Set sleeper that has doubled in 90 days.",
  "section": "Buyer's Guide",
  "published": "2026-08-17",
  "readMinutes": 6,
  "publisher": "moonstone",
  "findings": [
    {
      "value": "21",
      "measures": "recent sales of the SIR",
      "basis": "the most liquid card on this list"
    },
    {
      "value": "-16.9%",
      "measures": "SIR 30-day move",
      "basis": "the dip that makes it a buy"
    },
    {
      "value": "+127%",
      "measures": "Base Set Pikachu, 90 days",
      "basis": "12 sales behind the move"
    }
  ],
  "tables": [
    {
      "title": "The numbers behind each pick",
      "columns": [
        "Card",
        "Market",
        "30 days",
        "90 days",
        "Recent sales",
        "Median sale"
      ],
      "rows": [
        {
          "Card": "[Pikachu ex SIR (SSP)](/card/sv08-238)",
          "Market": "$293.55",
          "30 days": "-16.9%",
          "90 days": "-13.1%",
          "Recent sales": "21",
          "Median sale": "$320"
        },
        {
          "Card": "[WOTC Black Star Promo 1](/card/basep-1)",
          "Market": "$178.32",
          "30 days": "+2.0%",
          "90 days": "+31.1%",
          "Recent sales": "8",
          "Median sale": "$206"
        },
        {
          "Card": "[151 Pikachu IR](/card/sv03.5-173)",
          "Market": "$91.91",
          "30 days": "-5.1%",
          "90 days": "+4.9%",
          "Recent sales": "19",
          "Median sale": "$100"
        },
        {
          "Card": "[Paldean Fates Shiny](/card/sv04.5-131)",
          "Market": "$80.87",
          "30 days": "-6.5%",
          "90 days": "-7.9%",
          "Recent sales": "9",
          "Median sale": "$78"
        },
        {
          "Card": "[Lost Origin TG05](/card/swsh11.5tg-TG05)",
          "Market": "$48.46",
          "30 days": "-15.6%",
          "90 days": "-23.7%",
          "Recent sales": "21",
          "Median sale": "$67"
        },
        {
          "Card": "[Base Set Pikachu](/card/base1-58)",
          "Market": "$15.86",
          "30 days": "+90.2%",
          "90 days": "+126.9%",
          "Recent sales": "12",
          "Median sale": "$22"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "charts": [],
  "sections": [
    "Why these six"
  ],
  "method": [
    "All figures are moonstone market data pulled August 17, 2026: TCGplayer market prices, price histories for the 30 and 90 day windows, and recorded public sales with medians computed from actual transactions. The Market column is an ASK; the Median sale column is what copies actually traded for. No figure is modeled or estimated. Where a market price and its sales tape diverge, we show both and say so. NOTE ADDED 2026-09-22 on an independent recompute: the per-card weekly series behind all six of these cards was truncated by a later refresh and now begins August 30, 2026, so none of the 30 and 90 day moves on this page can be re-derived from our current tape, and we no longer hold a price of any kind for the Black Star Promo 1. Treat every figure here as a dated August 17 reading rather than a live one. This is market research, not financial advice."
  ],
  "terms": "Figures are moonstone's own recorded measurements, dated as published. Quote them with the population stated beside them. The article at `url` is the human form of this file."
}