Its also gotten stricter over time, according to SGC grader Derek Grady, who told Sports Collector Digest in 2019 that In the early days of PSA, cards that were graded an 8 for the most part now if you cracked them out and resubmitted, they would grade lower. Nowadays, PSA uses the half-point system that many other services in the card grading industry also favor, which can be broken down like this: PSA 10 / Gem-Mint (GEM-MT): a virtually perfect card, according to PSAs website
This Pikachu sports a closed mouth, which in a way makes it look quite a bit more pleased with itself than the silver one
Remember, the four pillars of Pokmon card value are Rarity, Playability, Nostalgia, and Aesthetics
The most valuable printing of this card would have been from Magic's very first set, Limited Edition Alpha