# Pichu #35 — Wizards Black Star Promos

## Summary

Pichu is a Johto baby that fans adore, and Sugimori, the original designer, illustrating a Pokémon he helped create gives this promo real sentiment. It was never a competitive piece and sits as a modest oddity in the Wizards promo run, so demand is nostalgic completists. The modelled guide sits at $98, up 8% over 30 days on 75 copies traded, with 175 days of inventory on the board; the slab is the real edge, with PSA 10s at $10,000 and a 2% observed gem rate putting about $110 of expected profit per submission, with original packs long past any pull-rate math.

## Identity

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Set | Wizards Black Star Promos |
| Number | 35 |
| Rarity | Common |
| Era | WOTC |
| Illustrator | Ken Sugimori |
| Release date | 1999-07-01 |
| Image | Unavailable |

## Card details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Card type | POKEMON |
| Stage | Basic |
| HP | 30 |
| Types | Lightning |
| Attack: Let's Play! | cost Colorless — Search your deck for a Baby Pokémon card and put it onto your Bench. Shuffle your deck afterward. (You can't use this attack if your Bench is full.) |
| Legal | Standard no · Expanded no |
| Pokédex entry | [Pichu #172](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/pokedex/pichu) |
| Finishes | Reverse Holo |
| Languages | EN |

## Current stats

- Headline price: **$97.94** (ITEM_MEDIAN; modelled guide price) — as of 2026-10-20T22:16:49.636Z
- Headline basis: MODELLED_GUIDE — The venue’s published daily market guide, which the venue itself declares MODELLED. Nothing is confirmed to have traded at it, no copy is listed at it, and it is not our estimate — it is theirs.
- 24h change: n/a · 7d change: n/a — as of 2026-10-20T22:16:49.636Z
- Floor delivered ask: $96.51 — as of 2026-10-20T22:16:49.636Z
- Quant score: 73/100, regime MARKUP — as of 2026-10-20T22:16:49.636Z — 7 of 11 inputs · 72% weight · -14% confidence

## Provenance

- Catalog — observed 1999-07-01T00:00:00Z, confidence 98%
- Live ask — observed 2026-10-16T16:00:34.269Z, confidence 90%
- Guide price (modelled) — observed 2026-10-20T00:00:00.000Z, confidence 90%
- Price statistic — observed 2026-10-13T09:47:34.158Z, confidence 90%
- Confirmed sale — observed 2026-10-10T13:42:21.310Z, confidence 85%
- Inventory count — observed 2026-10-13T09:47:34.158Z, confidence 70%
- Population census — observed 2026-10-18T20:04:47.870Z, confidence 60%

## Links

- [View on Cardboard Alpha](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/wizards-black-star-promos/pichu-35)
- [JSON snapshot](https://cardboardalpha.com/api/terminal/raw~tcgdex%3Abasep-35%3AEN%3AREVERSE_HOLO~NM)