So theyre not expensive to pick up these days, despite their age
The best ones to get your hands on more humans are both of the horns, Herald's Horn and Horn of Gondor, as they can be a turn-by-turn way to fill your hand
Key facts: Artwork by Atsuko Nishida , the original designer of Pikachu Classified as a Trainer card , not a Pokmon card, adding to its oddity Credited with "Illus." in the illustrator field rather than a name, an intentional callback to the contest winners Approximately 41 copies were officially distributed (39 to contest winners, plus 2 additional copies that surfaced in 2019 from Yuichi Konno, one of the original TCG rule designers) As of early 2026, PSA has graded 44 total copies , suggesting a few more have entered circulation The $16.49 million sale In April 2022 , YouTuber Logan Paul acquired the only PSA 10 Pikachu Illustrator in existence through a private sale, trading his own PSA 9 copy plus roughly $4 million in cash, for a combined value around $5.275 million
If youre in a deck with access to more colors, however, then the card becomes a much stronger proposition
You may put an artifact, creature, or land card from among the milled cards into your hand