Pokespective

Raichu

POP Series 9 · Rare · Reverse Holofoil

Forecast: ahead · 70%Reverse HolofoilJust released
Price
$17.42
Interest score
93/100 — Notable
Pricing
Rarely trades

Pricier than 83% of the cards we track in this set · at the top of its 12-month range ($10.00–$17.42)

Raichu — price history
$5.00$7.50$10.00$12.50$15.00$17.50 2024-022024-072024-122025-052025-112026-042026-09

Why it scores where it does

What's driving the score
2-month trend: +0.2152-month trend+0.215Unusual move: +0.173Unusual move+0.173Seller confidence: +0.152Seller confidence+0.1521-month trend: +0.1471-month trend+0.147Near its high: +0.042Near its high+0.042Listing tightness: -0.037Listing tightness-0.0374-month trend: +0.0334-month trend+0.033Price steadiness: +0.029Price steadiness+0.029

Its interest score of 93 out of 100 is driven most by 2-month trend — climbing for 2 months. Blue bars pushed the score up, red bars pulled it down. The ingredients are weighted by how well each one has actually predicted price moves in this market, measured on your own price history rather than assumed.

What the numbers say

Is this card interesting right now?

Notable - 93 out of 100

It ranks above 93% of the cards we track. The score describes the conditions around the card today - how sellers are pricing it, how it is trending, how steadily it trades. It is not a prediction, and it says nothing about whether you will enjoy owning the card.

Why is it interesting?

Climbing for 2 months and sudden jump

It has outpaced the market over two months, which is long enough to be a trend rather than a blip. The recent move is far larger than this card's normal week-to-week wobble - something happened. Working against it: asking prices are scattered, so the quoted price is not really the price.

Is it becoming more popular?

Yes - consistently

Compared with the Pokemon market as a whole, so a rising tide does not count as popularity. In this market these trends have tended to keep going rather than reverse.

Past month+8.2%
Past 2 months+30.7%
Past 4 months+36.1%

Is it expensive or cheap?

$17.42 - expensive for its set

At $17.42 it is expensive for its set - number 5 of 23 by price. Against other Rare cards it sits at the 85th percentile - toward the top. It is at or near its highest price of the past year.

What makes this card unusual?

An ordinary Rare from a recent set

Rare is a common tier - 6,033 tracked cards share it. This is the Reverse Holofoil printing, which is priced as a completely separate market from the other printings of the same artwork. The set is brand new - prices this early are driven by hype and packs still being opened, and usually settle downward.

Could you actually buy or sell it?

Slowly - it rarely trades

The price changed in 10% of our checks over the past year across 365 observations. TCGplayer's market price only updates when a copy sells, so a low figure means the price shown may be stale and any trend reading is built on very few real sales.

Is grading worth considering?

Probably not

At $17.42 raw, a graded copy would need to fetch about $39.42 just to cover the roughly $22.00 fee - and that assumes a high grade. The maths only works on cards that grade well and carry a real premium for it. This is a rule of thumb from the card's raw price, age and price stability. We track raw ungraded prices only - no graded sales and no population data - so this cannot tell you what a PSA 10 of this card is worth. Check a graded price guide before spending money.

What happens next (60 days)

Expected to outpace the market

An estimated 70% chance of beating the typical tracked card over the next 60 days, by around +8.2% on a middling outcome.

Chance of beating market
70%
50% would be average
Expected vs market
+8.2%
the part actually predicted
Forecast confidence
67
higher = tighter, better-grounded

$17.19 – $23.78 — 80% likely. The middle half lands between $18.36 and $21.28. Today it is $17.42.

Assumes the market as a whole drifts +4.0% over 60 days, its recent average. That part is an assumption carried forward, not a prediction — the 'vs market' figure above does not depend on it.

Prices here are TCGplayer's market price, which is an average of recent sales and lags a real move by a few weeks. Part of any short-term forecast is that lag catching up — visible in the chart, but not something you can buy at.

Every number behind this page

Market price$17.42What copies have recently sold for
Cheapest listing$9.93The lowest price anyone is currently asking
Middle of listings$21.50The midpoint of what sellers are asking
Seller confidence+23.4%Asking prices are above recent sales — sellers are in no hurry
1-month trend vs market+8.2%Outpacing the market
2-month trend vs market+30.7%Outpacing the market
4-month trend vs market+36.1%Outpacing the market
Versus same-set, same-rarity cards+28.6%Shown for interest only — this one is not part of the score
Unusual move+1.2Within its normal range of movement
Below its 12-month high-0.0%At or near its high
Day-to-day price movement0.0138Calm and steady
How often it trades10%Rarely trades — the price shown may be stale
Price checks on record365Observations in the past year
Times the price changed38How many of those were real moves
Actively tradedYesWhether there is enough activity for the trend figures to mean anything
Set age0.0 yearsJust released
Interest score93 / 100Ranks above 93% of tracked cards
TCGplayer product ID88,514For looking it up elsewhere

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