Best Arcanine Cards to Grade
The Arcanine 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: Arcanine (Aquapolis) at an expected +$6,354.
Ranked by expected profit 17
| # | Card | Raw | PSA 9 | PSA 10 | Cost | Best case | Gem rate | Expected | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Expected +$6,354 per submission: 6.9% of 1,054 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($59,990), and a PSA 9 ($10,000) still clears the $3,999 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $380 | $10,000 | $59,990 | $3,619 | +$55,991 | 6.9% | +$6,354 | 1,054 high |
| 2 | Expected +$5,557 per submission: 16.2% of 839 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($33,000), and a PSA 9 ($3,240) still clears the $3,108 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $759 | $3,240 | $33,000 | $2,349 | +$29,892 | 16.2% | +$5,557 | 839 high |
| 3 | Expected +$1,256 per submission: 6.1% of 1,237 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($16,200), and a PSA 9 ($1,792) still clears the $1,647 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $466 | $1,792 | $16,200 | $1,181 | +$14,553 | 6.1% | +$1,256 | 1,237 high |
| 4 | Expected +$812 per submission: 37.9% of 103 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($2,500), and only a PSA 10 covers the $253 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $9 | $32 | $2,500 | $244 | +$2,247 | 37.9% | +$812 | 103 high |
| 5 | Expected +$463 per submission: 2.5% of 326 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($4,325), and a PSA 9 ($917) still clears the $453 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $41 | $917 | $4,325 | $412 | +$3,872 | 2.5% | +$463 | 326 high |
| 6 | Expected +$455 per submission: 1.8% of 2,013 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($25,000), and a PSA 9 ($1,020) still clears the $1,669 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $400 | $1,020 | $25,000 | $1,269 | +$23,331 | 1.8% | +$455 | 2,013 high |
| 7 | Expected +$232 per submission: 33.5% of 200 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($950), and only a PSA 10 covers the $192 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $103 | $165 | $950 | $89 | +$758 | 33.5% | +$232 | 200 high |
| 8 | Expected +$128 per submission: 43.2% of 322 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($710), and only a PSA 10 covers the $225 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $138 | $81 | $710 | $87 | +$485 | 43.2% | +$128 | 322 high |
| 9 | Expected +$88 per submission: 12% of 2,063 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($1,000), and a PSA 9 ($168) still clears the $122 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $32 | $168 | $1,000 | $90 | +$878 | 12% | +$88 | 2,063 high |
| 10 | Expected +$87 per submission: 1.4% of 212 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($590), and a PSA 9 ($450) still clears the $121 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $35 | $450 | $590 | $86 | +$469 | 1.4% | +$87 | 212 high |
| 11 | Expected +$78 per submission: 17.2% of 273 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($675), and a PSA 9 ($110) still clears the $99 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $12 | $110 | $675 | $87 | +$576 | 17.2% | +$78 | 273 high |
| 12 | Expected +$55 per submission: 1% of 5,923 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($6,500), and a PSA 9 ($450) still clears the $784 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $100 | $450 | $6,500 | $684 | +$5,716 | 1% | +$55 | 5,923 high |
| 13 | Expected +$13 per submission: 3.1% of 579 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($946), and a PSA 9 ($378) still clears the $158 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $69 | $378 | $946 | $89 | +$787 | 3.1% | +$13 | 579 high |
| 14 | Expected loss −$11 per submission: 41.2% of 3,409 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($158), and only a PSA 10 covers the $98 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $16 | $36 | $158 | $82 | +$61 | 41.2% | −$11 | 3,409 high |
| 15 | Expected loss −$40 per submission: 15.4% of 13 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($177), and only a PSA 10 covers the $89 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence low on that sample. | $7 | $59 | $177 | $82 | +$88 | 15.4% | −$40 | 13 low |
| 16 | Expected loss −$60 per submission: 15.4% of 26 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($101), and only a PSA 10 covers the $86 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence low on that sample. | $5 | $18 | $101 | $81 | +$15 | 15.4% | −$60 | 26 low |
| 17 | Expected loss −$63 per submission: 0% of 50 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($153), and only a PSA 10 covers the $89 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence medium on that sample. | $7 | $50 | $153 | $82 | +$65 | 0% | −$63 | 50 medium |
Best case only — no gem-rate evidence 1
Fewer than 10 graded copies in the PSA and CGC population reports. They clear the grading cost if they gem — that is all the numbers support.
| # | Card | Raw | PSA 9 | PSA 10 | Cost | Best case | Gem rate | Expected | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | $20 | — | $3,950 | $409 | +$3,522 | — | — | none <10 |
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 Arcanine ranking
Every Arcanine card listed here clears one bar: its PSA 10 price beats its raw price by more than the cost of grading it. 18 Arcanine printings pass. 17 of them (94%) have a gem-rate sample of at least ten graded copies in the population reports, and 13 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 Arcanine from Aquapolis, gems 6.9% of the time across 1,054 graded copies: +$6,354 is what a long run of submissions would average, $55,991 is what one lucky copy returns.
The median gem rate across the sampled Arcanine cards is 12%. Roughly one submitted copy in 8 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 17 ranked cards, 10 still cover raw price plus fee at PSA 9, 7 need a 10 to break even and 4 lose money on expectation. 14 rest on a hundred or more graded copies.
1 card sits below the ranking with a best case only, fewer than ten graded copies.
Before you submit a Arcanine 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 Arcanine card list, or see how gem-mint premiums run across the whole catalogue on the PSA premium index.