Best Blaziken Cards to Grade
The Blaziken 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: Blaziken (Great Encounters) at an expected +$1,134.
Ranked by expected profit 19
| # | Card | Raw | PSA 9 | PSA 10 | Cost | Best case | Gem rate | Expected | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Expected +$1,134 per submission: 24% of 304 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($5,250), and a PSA 9 ($251) still clears the $692 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $20 | $251 | $5,250 | $672 | +$4,559 | 24% | +$1,134 | 304 high |
| 2 | Expected +$944 per submission: 7.2% of 470 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($12,500), and a PSA 9 ($746) still clears the $1,219 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $75 | $746 | $12,500 | $1,144 | +$11,281 | 7.2% | +$944 | 470 high |
| 3 | Expected +$701 per submission: 15.4% of 469 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($4,000), and a PSA 9 ($500) still clears the $432 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $23 | $500 | $4,000 | $409 | +$3,568 | 15.4% | +$701 | 469 high |
| 4 | Expected +$587 per submission: 6% of 235 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($11,000), and a PSA 9 ($249) still clears the $1,155 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $26 | $249 | $11,000 | $1,129 | +$9,845 | 6% | +$587 | 235 high |
| 5 | Expected +$574 per submission: 3.7% of 1,097 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($4,500), and a PSA 9 ($2,333) still clears the $564 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $150 | $2,333 | $4,500 | $414 | +$3,936 | 3.7% | +$574 | 1,097 high |
| 6 | Expected +$571 per submission: 4.5% of 890 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($7,500), and a PSA 9 ($1,499) still clears the $894 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $200 | $1,499 | $7,500 | $694 | +$6,606 | 4.5% | +$571 | 890 high |
| 7 | Expected +$483 per submission: 3.3% of 961 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($8,000), and a PSA 9 ($1,650) still clears the $1,088 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $389 | $1,650 | $8,000 | $699 | +$6,912 | 3.3% | +$483 | 961 high |
| 8 | Expected +$448 per submission: 4.8% of 893 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($5,924), and a PSA 9 ($975) still clears the $768 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $90 | $975 | $5,924 | $678 | +$5,156 | 4.8% | +$448 | 893 high |
| 9 | Expected +$361 per submission: 5.7% of 261 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($5,000), and a PSA 9 ($999) still clears the $457 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $38 | $999 | $5,000 | $419 | +$4,543 | 5.7% | +$361 | 261 high |
| 10 | Expected +$245 per submission: 42.1% of 496 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($765), and a PSA 9 ($150) still clears the $143 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $55 | $150 | $765 | $88 | +$622 | 42.1% | +$245 | 496 high |
| 11 | Expected +$234 per submission: 11.3% of 177 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($3,000), and only a PSA 10 covers the $408 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $9 | $60 | $3,000 | $399 | +$2,592 | 11.3% | +$234 | 177 high |
| 12 | Expected +$183 per submission: 3.9% of 203 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($2,130), and a PSA 9 ($350) still clears the $256 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $16 | $350 | $2,130 | $240 | +$1,874 | 3.9% | +$183 | 203 high |
| 13 | Expected +$104 per submission: 46% of 574 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($470), and only a PSA 10 covers the $157 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $72 | $100 | $470 | $85 | +$313 | 46% | +$104 | 574 high |
| 14 | Expected +$101 per submission: 65.7% of 10,160 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($630), and only a PSA 10 covers the $416 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $330 | $327 | $630 | $86 | +$214 | 65.7% | +$101 | 10,160 high |
| 15 | Expected +$68 per submission: 47.8% of 366 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($299), and only a PSA 10 covers the $96 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $13 | $45 | $299 | $83 | +$203 | 47.8% | +$68 | 366 high |
| 16 | Expected +$47 per submission: 35.4% of 48 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($310), and only a PSA 10 covers the $91 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence medium on that sample. | $8 | $54 | $310 | $83 | +$218 | 35.4% | +$47 | 48 medium |
| 17 | Expected loss −$12 per submission: 62% of 1,191 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($114), and only a PSA 10 covers the $93 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $12 | $30 | $114 | $81 | +$20 | 62% | −$12 | 1,191 high |
| 18 | Expected loss −$25 per submission: 66.8% of 6,585 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($115), and only a PSA 10 covers the $110 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $29 | $25 | $115 | $81 | +$5 | 66.8% | −$25 | 6,585 high |
| 19 | Expected loss −$34 per submission: 27.7% of 7,327 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($144), and only a PSA 10 covers the $89 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $8 | $23 | $144 | $81 | +$54 | 27.7% | −$34 | 7,327 high |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | $70 | — | $19,800 | $1,217 | +$18,513 | — | — | 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 Blaziken ranking
Every Blaziken card listed here clears one bar: its PSA 10 price beats its raw price by more than the cost of grading it. 20 Blaziken printings pass. 19 of them (95%) have a gem-rate sample of at least ten graded copies in the population reports, and 16 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 Blaziken from Great Encounters, gems 24% of the time across 304 graded copies: +$1,134 is what a long run of submissions would average, $4,559 is what one lucky copy returns.
The median gem rate across the sampled Blaziken cards is 15.4%. Roughly one submitted copy in 6 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 19 ranked cards, 11 still cover raw price plus fee at PSA 9, 8 need a 10 to break even and 3 lose money on expectation. 18 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 Blaziken 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 Blaziken card list, or see how gem-mint premiums run across the whole catalogue on the PSA premium index.