Pikachu ex #238/191 from Pokemon Surging Sparks (2024)

PIKACHU EX #238/191 - SURGING SPARKS

Set: Pokemon Surging Sparks (Scarlet & Violet series)
Number: 238/191
Rarity: Special Illustration Rare
Card type: Pokémon - Basic, Tera, ex (Lightning)
Released: November 8, 2024 (2024-11-08)
Raw card reference RAW / UNGRADED: $288.57 USD (TCGplayer market, holofoil, as of 2026-09-11)Loose, ungraded copy. Not a graded slab - graded values are charted below.
Graded slab data GRADED SLAB: 8 Rip Station marks, 2 cited public sales - per grader and grade, see the chart.
In our machines: 1 in the $200.00 machine, 4 in the $250.00 machine

RIP IT

Pikachu ex is in the $200.00 machine right now - PSA 9 loaded. A pack reveals one random card from that machine.

ABOUT THIS CARD

Pikachu ex is a special illustration rare Pokemon card from Pokemon Surging Sparks, card 238 of 191, released November 8, 2024 in the Scarlet & Violet series.

VALUE

What is Pikachu ex #238 from Surging Sparks worth?

Two different numbers answer this, and they are not interchangeable. Raw/ungraded: a loose, ungraded copy of Pikachu ex #238 (Surging Sparks) carries a market reference of $288.57 USD for the holofoil 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 - documented public sales on file for this card run from $444.00 (CGC 10, 2025-06-01) to $949.99 (PSA 10, 2026-08-15), each listed with its source below. Both are references, not offers. The graded copy in our machine carries a Rip Station estimated slab value of $228.00 (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.

Graded slab values only. Indexed to 100 at each grade series' first observation - relative movement, not dollar levels; the tables below carry the dollars. Solid lines are Rip Station marks (first-party estimates). Diamonds are reported public sale results from the cited sources listed below, across every grade documented for this card; they are individual results, not a continuous series. Raw/ungraded reference (not plotted): $288.57 USD (TCGplayer market price, holofoil, as of 2026-09-11).

Graded slab values - Rip Station marks (first-party estimates, USD). Not raw/ungraded prices.
Date	Grader	Grade	Estimated slab value (USD)
2026-06-17	PSA	9	$264.00
2026-07-27	PSA	9	$264.00
2026-08-03	PSA	10	$956.50
2026-08-03	PSA	9	$228.00
2026-08-07	PSA	10	$956.50
2026-08-07	PSA	9	$228.00
2026-08-19	PSA	9	$228.00
2026-09-11	PSA	9	$265.00

Graded slab values - reported public sales (realized prices, USD). Individual documented results, each with its source; not Rip Station estimates and not raw/ungraded prices.
Date	Grader	Grade	Printing	Sale price (USD)	Source
2025-06-01	CGC	10	Special Illustration Rare	$444.00	Fanatics Collect Sold Items search results page, sold via Auction w/ buyer's premium
2026-08-15	PSA	10	Special Illustration Rare	$949.99	Fanatics Collect Sold Items search results page, sold via Buy Now

PULL RATE

What are the odds of pulling Pikachu ex #238?

No published per-card pack odds are documented for Surging Sparks. Rip Station's machine composition is measurable, though: 1 of 900 cards loaded in the $200.00 machine is this card - about 0.11% per rip.

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	10	8
PSA	9	12
Total		20

IN OUR MACHINES

Is Pikachu ex #238 in a Rip Station machine?

Yes. 1 graded copy of Pikachu ex is loaded in the $200.00 machine; 4 graded copies of Pikachu ex are loaded in the $250.00 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
$250.00 machine: 4 of 491 loaded cards (0.81% 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.
Reported graded-slab sales (2): documented public results, each linked to its source in the value section above - sales-history.fanaticscollect.com. Third-party realized prices, not Rip Station estimates.
Machine availability, composition odds, graded vault population and graded price marks: Rip Station first-party data.