Pikachu #042 XY Price

Pikachu #042 price, trend & prediction

Pikachu #042 (Normal, Common) from XY (2014) has a market price of $3.18 raw as of October 14, 2026, the TCGplayer market price for this exact printing. It sits well above the set's median card ($0.75), ranking #40 of 269 priced printings. Over the last 30 days the price has edged up (+4.3%), +15.2% in the last week, +7.8% over 90 days. Its 180-day range is $2.23 to $3.55.

Graded copies of Pikachu sell for more than raw. Other grades we track: CGC 9 at $33.00. Graded medians come from recent eBay sold listings and refresh daily.

Pikachu #042 price prediction: if recent momentum continues, the 30-day trend for this card is upward. Momentum is pointing up: the price is higher across the windows we track (+4.3% over 30 days, +15.2% over 7 days, +7.8% over 90 days). This is a read of past price moves, not a model forecast and not investment advice — see the forecast methodology and public accuracy scoreboard for how our ML outlooks are built and scored.