Raikou Pokémon Card Value Guide 2026 (Japanese Prints, Our Listed Prices)

How This Guide Measures Value

This guide uses one measure. The only prices it prints are the prices at which we currently list Raikou cards, and each one is linked so you can see the product page and its current terms.

Three of those listings are PSA 10 back orders. A back order is a PSA 10 copy that we source to order; the product page shows the current terms. That wording matters for reading the ranking below: a back-order price is a price for an order we then source, not a claim about any one slab sitting on a shelf.

The same rule applies to prints we do not list. Where the table later says “not listed”, there is no price in this guide, and none is implied. Sourcing requests for a specific card go through Quick Order.

Rarity letters appear only where our listing name or our earlier guides print them, and the card text is rendered into English from the official Japanese database rows rather than quoted. The database itself does not print rarity letters.

Raikou e4 039/088 1st Edition

As of October 29, 2026 this is the highest-priced Raikou we list, offered as a PSA 10 back order at ¥264,600 (~$1,718) — sourced to order; the product page shows the current terms.

The card belongs to the e-series. Our e-series guide explains the series: only e1 to e5 carry the dot-code strip, the Card e Reader launched in Japan on Saturday, December 1, 2001, and e1 was released the same day. Our Raikou 162/103 guide describes the e4 card as an older e-Series 1st Edition print.

What we cannot tell you about this print is stated openly: the illustrator and the rarity of the e4 Raikou are not given in our sources, and the card is not in the official database, which starts at a later era. The listing name carries the 1ED mark and the 039/088 number, and those two details are what to match against a slab label.

Raikou V SAR 218/172

The third listing is the secret-numbered V print from VSTAR Universe (s12a). Its listing name carries the SAR letters, and as of October 29, 2026 it is offered as a PSA 10 back order at ¥18,574 (~$121) — sourced to order; the product page shows the current terms.

The database credits nagimiso, with HP 200 and the Basic stage. The card text, rendered: the ability しゅんそく lets you draw 1 card once during your turn if this Pokémon is in the Active Spot, and the attack ライトニングロンド does 20 damage plus 20 more for each Benched Pokémon on both sides. As a V, a knock-out gives the opponent 2 Prize cards. That text is shared by the regular S12a 038/172 (PLANETA Mochizuki), by the two database entries for SI 137/414 (also PLANETA Mochizuki) and by this secret-numbered print, which differ in number and artist credit, not in text.

We do not list the three non-SAR entries. The PSA 10 side of the V is covered in our Raikou V PSA 10 guide.

Raikou Prints We Do Not List, Era by Era

For every row below the answer is the same: not listed; sourcing requests go through Quick Order. The table gives the print, who is credited where a source names one, and nothing else.

The Arita rows are the subject of our Mitsuhiro Arita Raikou guide. Cards from before the database era, the first three rows, are recorded in our earlier guides only; this guide does not add a number or an illustrator that those guides do not state.

What a Listed Price Can and Cannot Tell You

A listed price tells you three things: what we ask for the item as of a date, what format it is in (a PSA 10 back order, a sealed box), and where the product page is. It does not tell you what any buyer elsewhere paid, and it does not say what the price will be on another day.

Before relying on any Raikou price, match the number first. An e4 039/088 and a BW4 071/069 are different cards from the Raikou V 218/172, from the base Raikou EX 025/069 and from the Raikou ex 024/076, and the same character appears under every one of those names. The number above the set count marks the secret-numbered prints; the 1ED mark in our listing names marks a 1st Edition copy.

Where to Buy Raikou Cards from Japan

As of October 29, 2026 we list these Raikou products. The three PSA 10 back orders: the e4 039/088 1ED at ¥264,600 (~$1,718), the Raikou EX SR 1ED 071/069 at ¥148,720 (~$966) and the Raikou V SAR 218/172 at ¥18,574 (~$121), each sourced to order with the current terms on its product page. The sealed boxes: the M6 Storm Emeralda booster box (Sealed ¥8,926 (~$58) / No Shrink ¥8,853 (~$57)) and the M6a 30th CELEBRATION booster box. Browse the full Japanese card list, and send any Raikou print we do not list through Quick Order.