Best Altaria Cards to Grade
The Altaria cards worth grading, ranked by expected profit per submission — every grade outcome weighted by how often the card actually receives it — after current grading fees. The PSA 10 best case is shown on every row but does not decide the order. Top pick: Altaria (HS—Triumphant) at an expected +$1,147.
Ranked by expected profit 18
| # | Card | Raw | PSA 9 | PSA 10 | Cost | Best case | Gem rate | Expected | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Expected +$1,147 per submission: 14.7% of 218 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($8,000), and a PSA 9 ($300) still clears the $710 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $11 | $300 | $8,000 | $699 | +$7,290 | 14.7% | +$1,147 | 218 high |
| 2 | Expected +$845 per submission: 7.7% of 52 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($7,800), and a PSA 9 ($1,000) still clears the $741 you have in it. Confidence medium on that sample. | $44 | $1,000 | $7,800 | $697 | +$7,059 | 7.7% | +$845 | 52 medium |
| 3 | Expected +$839 per submission: 4.7% of 191 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($14,300), and a PSA 9 ($1,000) still clears the $1,212 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $50 | $1,000 | $14,300 | $1,162 | +$13,088 | 4.7% | +$839 | 191 high |
| 4 | Expected +$665 per submission: 2.7% of 551 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($17,000), and a PSA 9 ($1,625) still clears the $1,319 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $130 | $1,625 | $17,000 | $1,189 | +$15,681 | 2.7% | +$665 | 551 high |
| 5 | Expected +$642 per submission: 8.5% of 468 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($5,823), and a PSA 9 ($1,193) still clears the $1,007 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $330 | $1,193 | $5,823 | $677 | +$4,816 | 8.5% | +$642 | 468 high |
| 6 | Expected +$632 per submission: 11.5% of 356 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($6,100), and a PSA 9 ($202) still clears the $741 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $61 | $202 | $6,100 | $680 | +$5,359 | 11.5% | +$632 | 356 high |
| 7 | Expected +$621 per submission: 3.2% of 371 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($7,001), and a PSA 9 ($2,326) still clears the $970 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $281 | $2,326 | $7,001 | $689 | +$6,031 | 3.2% | +$621 | 371 high |
| 8 | Expected +$514 per submission: 21% of 784 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($3,000), and only a PSA 10 covers the $410 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $11 | $80 | $3,000 | $399 | +$2,590 | 21% | +$514 | 784 high |
| 9 | Expected +$303 per submission: 14.3% of 294 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($2,660), and a PSA 9 ($106) still clears the $411 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $15 | $106 | $2,660 | $396 | +$2,250 | 14.3% | +$303 | 294 high |
| 10 | Expected +$153 per submission: 29.9% of 1,418 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($784), and only a PSA 10 covers the $111 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $23 | $55 | $784 | $88 | +$673 | 29.9% | +$153 | 1,418 high |
| 11 | Expected +$111 per submission: 51.2% of 363 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($400), and only a PSA 10 covers the $120 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $36 | $65 | $400 | $84 | +$280 | 51.2% | +$111 | 363 high |
| 12 | Expected +$48 per submission: 4.3% of 483 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($1,900), and a PSA 9 ($120) still clears the $258 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $20 | $120 | $1,900 | $238 | +$1,642 | 4.3% | +$48 | 483 high |
| 13 | Expected +$32 per submission: 27.7% of 1,121 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($405), and only a PSA 10 covers the $99 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $15 | $26 | $405 | $84 | +$306 | 27.7% | +$32 | 1,121 high |
| 14 | Expected +$1 per submission: 32.2% of 497 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($240), and only a PSA 10 covers the $92 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $10 | $30 | $240 | $82 | +$148 | 32.2% | +$1 | 497 high |
| 15 | Expected loss −$8 per submission: 31.9% of 2,614 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($197), and only a PSA 10 covers the $87 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $5 | $23 | $197 | $82 | +$110 | 31.9% | −$8 | 2,614 high |
| 16 | Expected loss −$10 per submission: 2.7% of 111 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($250), and a PSA 9 ($218) still clears the $114 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $32 | $218 | $250 | $82 | +$136 | 2.7% | −$10 | 111 high |
| 17 | Expected loss −$16 per submission: 29.5% of 6,918 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($270), and only a PSA 10 covers the $138 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $55 | $60 | $270 | $83 | +$132 | 29.5% | −$16 | 6,918 high |
| 18 | Expected loss −$67 per submission: 3.6% of 28 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($101), and only a PSA 10 covers the $87 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence low on that sample. | $6 | $37 | $101 | $81 | +$14 | 3.6% | −$67 | 28 low |
Expected = every grade outcome weighted by its share of the card's graded population, minus the raw price and the grading cost (PSA tier fee for the graded value plus ~$20 round-trip shipping, fees as of 2026-09-26). Best case is the PSA 10 leg alone. Gem rates come from a self-selected population — collectors grade their cleanest copies — so read them as an upper bound. Raw is a blended market price, not a sale of your copy. Full method and filters on the grading index.
How to read the Altaria ranking
Every Altaria card listed here clears one bar: its PSA 10 price beats its raw price by more than the cost of grading it. 18 Altaria printings pass. 18 of them (100%) have a gem-rate sample of at least ten graded copies in the population reports, and 14 of those keep a positive expected value once every grade outcome is weighted by how often the card actually receives it.
The order is expected profit, not the PSA 10 best case, which rewards the widest raw-to-gem gap whether the card gems one time in two or one in fifty. Here the top row, the Altaria from HS—Triumphant, gems 14.7% of the time across 218 graded copies: +$1,147 is what a long run of submissions would average, $7,290 is what one lucky copy returns.
The median gem rate across the sampled Altaria cards is 14.3%. Roughly one submitted copy in 7 came back PSA 10, and most rows here still cover raw price plus fee at PSA 9, so the PSA 9 price does most of the work. Of the 18 ranked cards, 10 still cover raw price plus fee at PSA 9, 8 need a 10 to break even and 4 lose money on expectation. 16 rest on a hundred or more graded copies.
Before you submit a Altaria card
Grading pays on condition. The four things every grader scores — centering, corners, edges and surface — can be checked at home before paying a fee, and a copy that is visibly off-centre or has a whitened corner will not gem whatever the population says. Those gem rates come from a self-selected population of clean copies, so a random copy does worse.
The cost column assumes a PSA submission at the tier covering the card's PSA 10 value, fees as of 2026-09-26, and raw is CardTrack's blended near-mint price, not a sale of your copy: pay more, or hold a lighter copy, and the break-even moves against you. Test a card with your own numbers in the ROI calculator, see the printings that fail the bar on the Altaria card list, or see how gem-mint premiums run across the whole catalogue on the PSA premium index.