PICHU #12/111 - NEO GENESIS
- Set
- Pokemon Neo Genesis (Neo series)
- Number
- 12/111
- Rarity
- Rare Holo
- Card type
- Pokémon - Baby (Lightning)
- Artist
- Ken Sugimori
- Released
- (2000-12-16)
- Raw card reference RAW / UNGRADED
- $272.54 USD (TCGplayer market, 1stEditionHolofoil, as of 2026-09-11)Loose, ungraded copy. Not a graded slab - graded values are charted below.
- Graded slab data GRADED SLAB
- 3 Rip Station marks - per grader and grade, see the chart.
- In our machines
- 1 in the $200.00 machine, 1 in the $500.00 machine
Despite its small size, it can zap even adult humans. However, if it does so, it also surprises itself.
RIP IT
Pichu is in the $200.00 machine right now - PSA 8 loaded. A pack reveals one random card from that machine.
Rip the $200.00 machineABOUT THIS CARD
Pichu is a rare holo Pokemon card from Pokemon Neo Genesis, card 12 of 111, released December 16, 2000 in the Neo series. The illustration is by Ken Sugimori.
VALUE
What is Pichu #12 from Neo Genesis worth?
Two different numbers answer this, and they are not interchangeable. Raw/ungraded: a loose, ungraded copy of Pichu #12 (Neo Genesis) carries a market reference of $272.54 USD for the 1stEditionHolofoil printing (TCGplayer market price, as of 2026-09-11). Graded slabs: a graded example is priced per grading company and per grade and can sit far above that raw figure - our own graded marks for this card are charted and tabled below, per grader and grade. Both are references, not offers. The graded copy in our machine carries a Rip Station estimated slab value of $405.00 (PSA 9).
Graded slab values over time GRADED SLAB
Slab values, per grading company and grade. These are a different market from the raw/ungraded reference in the facts block above - do not read one as the other.
| Date | Grader | Grade | Estimated slab value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-09 | PSA | 7 | $338.20 |
| 2026-06-12 | PSA | 8 | $164.70 |
| 2026-08-10 | PSA | 9 | $438.00 |
PULL RATE
What are the odds of pulling Pichu #12?
From published pack odds, any holofoil rare appeared about 1 in 3 packs in Neo Genesis boosters. With 19 cards sharing that slot, pulling Pichu specifically works out to roughly 1 in 57 packs, assuming equal seeding. In the Rip Station $200.00 machine right now, 1 of 900 loaded cards is this card - about 0.11% per rip.
Source: Bulbapedia: Booster pack (TCG). Per-card figure derived as slot odds x 19 eligible cards.
POP REPORT
Rip Station vault population - graded slabs GRADED SLAB
Counts of GRADED copies, by grading company and grade, that have passed through our machines. Raw/ungraded copies are counted separately in the Raw row.
| Grader | Grade | Copies |
|---|---|---|
| PSA | 9 | 1 |
| PSA | 8 | 1 |
| PSA | 7 | 1 |
| Total | 3 | |
IN OUR MACHINES
Is Pichu #12 in a Rip Station machine?
Yes. 1 graded copy of Pichu is loaded in the $200.00 machine; 1 graded copy of Pichu is loaded in the $500.00 machine. A pack from that machine reveals one random card from everything loaded in it.
- $200.00 machine: 1 of 900 loaded cards (0.11% per rip). Rip this machine
- $500.00 machine: 1 of 519 loaded cards (0.19% per rip). Rip this machine
SOURCES
- Card metadata and image: the open pokemontcg.io dataset.
- Raw/ungraded reference value: pokemontcg.io market snapshot (tcgplayer), as of 2026-09-11. An ungraded single, an estimate, not an offer - and not a graded slab value.
- Pack odds: cited above per slot.
- Machine availability, composition odds, graded vault population and graded price marks: Rip Station first-party data.