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Pokémon TCG · grading decisions
Know which cards are worth grading before you pay to find out.
For every card: the PSA 10 odds at which grading beats selling raw, worked out from real graded sales and your own costs.
Example verdictsv8pt5-161
Umbreon ex
Prismatic Evolutions · 161/131
Grade it
Pays if your copy has at least a 8.7% chance of a PSA 10.
Raw $1,184 · PSA 10 $4,325 · 776 sales
Where grading pays most easily
The lowest PSA 10 odds needed to beat selling raw, across 1,644 cards with enough graded sales, at default costs: PSA Standard plus shipping and eBay selling fees. “No 10 needed” means the usual mix of 9s and 8s already beats selling raw. Card pages use your own costs.
#CardVerdict
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Magikarp & Wailord GX (Alternate Full Art)Team Up · 161Break-even No 10 neededGrade2
Gardevoir & Sylveon GX (205) (Alternate Full Art)Unbroken Bonds · 205Break-even No 10 neededGrade3
Lugia GX (Secret)Lost Thunder · 227Break-even No 10 neededGrade4
Shining MewShining Legends · 40Break-even Under 1%Grade5
Rayquaza GX (Full Art)Celestial Storm · 160Break-even No 10 neededGrade6
Pikachu exAscended Heroes · 276/217Break-even No 10 neededGrade7
Sylveon GX (Full Art)Guardians Rising · 140Break-even No 10 neededGrade8
Slowpoke & Psyduck GX (Full Art)Unified Minds · 217Break-even No 10 neededGrade9
MagikarpPaldea Evolved · 203/193Break-even Under 1%Grade10
Blastoise & Piplup GX (Alternate Full Art)Cosmic Eclipse · 215Break-even 1.2%GradeJust opened packs? Start with your set.
Each set page lists every card with its price. Check the hits before you sleeve them.
Pokémon TCG · 158 cards
30th Celebration
Too new to judge: few graded sales yet
Pokémon TCG · 120 cards
Pitch Black
Too new to judge: few graded sales yet
Pokémon TCG · 122 cards
Chaos Rising
Too new to judge: few graded sales yet
Pokémon TCG · 124 cards
Perfect Order
1 worth gradingPSA 10 median 3.6× raw
Don’t grade these
Even a PSA 10 would net less than selling these raw today, once grading and selling costs are paid.
#CardVerdict
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Green's Exploration (Full Art)Unbroken Bonds · 209A PSA 10 nets −$16 vs rawSell raw2
Mega Venusaur exMega Evolution · 177/132A PSA 10 nets −$3.95 vs rawSell raw3
N's Zoroark exAscended Heroes · 286/217A PSA 10 nets −$1.30 vs rawSell raw4
Galarian Rapidash V (Alternate Full Art)Chilling Reign · 168A PSA 10 nets −$9.29 vs rawSell raw5
Gardevoir GXHidden Fates Shiny Vault · SV75A PSA 10 nets −$29 vs rawSell raw6
Rapid Strike Urshifu VMAX (Alternate Art Secret)Battle Styles · 170A PSA 10 nets −$4.56 vs rawSell rawWhat grading costs you
Every verdict uses these numbers. Change them once and every page updates.
Grading service
$59.99
PSA Standard, per card, 90–100 business days
Shipping and insurance
$10.00
Per card, both directions
Selling fees
13.25%
Plus $0.40 per order, the eBay trading card rate
Total per card
$69.99
Before upcharges on high-value results