Pokémon Ash's Pikachu GX #005/026 — Japanese Promo 2017, PSA 10 Gem Mint

One of the promotional cards issued in Japan in 2017 to trace the many hats Ash wore across the anime, #005/026 belongs to a series that turned a costume change into a collecting category of its own: each card in the run marks a different chapter of the story, and this is the entry tied to the fifth.

Japanese promos of this kind were never sold through ordinary retail channels, and their distribution left them exposed to handling from the moment they left the printer; the bordered, foil-finished stock used for the series is particularly unforgiving of surface marks. Copies that reach the top grade are correspondingly scarce.

PSA has graded this example 10 Gem Mint, the highest assessment the service issues, and the holder records that result in a sealed slab. For collectors pursuing the Ash's Pikachu series in top grade, or building a Pikachu collection around promotional releases, this is a quietly rare piece: an anime-era card whose appeal rests as much on narrative as on print quality.