Best Charmeleon Cards to Grade
The Charmeleon 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: Charmeleon (Stormfront) at an expected +$1,950.
Ranked by expected profit 12
| # | Card | Raw | PSA 9 | PSA 10 | Cost | Best case | Gem rate | Expected | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  CharmeleonStormfront #102 · Classic (2004–2010)Expected +$1,950 per submission: 4.1% of 821 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($43,920), and a PSA 9 ($1,035) still clears the $2,558 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $100 | $1,035 | $43,920 | $2,458 | +$41,362 | 4.1% | +$1,950 | 821 high |
| 2 |  CharmeleonDragon #99 · Vintage (1999–2003)Expected +$378 per submission: 8.7% of 1,243 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($3,836), and a PSA 9 ($602) still clears the $536 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $129 | $602 | $3,836 | $407 | +$3,300 | 8.7% | +$378 | 1,243 high |
| 3 |  CharmeleonTeam Rocket Returns #110 · Classic (2004–2010)Expected +$328 per submission: 2.6% of 821 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($8,400), and a PSA 9 ($752) still clears the $833 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $130 | $752 | $8,400 | $703 | +$7,567 | 2.6% | +$328 | 821 high |
| 4 |  CharmeleonExpedition Base Set #73 · Vintage (1999–2003)Expected +$88 per submission: 29% of 272 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($490), and a PSA 9 ($125) still clears the $115 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $30 | $125 | $490 | $85 | +$375 | 29% | +$88 | 272 high |
| 5 |  Charmeleon δCrystal Guardians #30 · Classic (2004–2010)Expected +$45 per submission: 13.3% of 166 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($800), and only a PSA 10 covers the $95 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $7 | $57 | $800 | $88 | +$705 | 13.3% | +$45 | 166 high |
| 6 |  Charmeleon151 #169 · Current (2020–)Expected +$24 per submission: 24% of 31,424 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($444), and only a PSA 10 covers the $144 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $60 | $86 | $444 | $84 | +$300 | 24% | +$24 | 31,424 high |
| 7 |  CharmeleonPaldean Fates #110 · Current (2020–)Expected +$15 per submission: 61.3% of 1,940 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($165), and only a PSA 10 covers the $100 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $18 | $35 | $165 | $82 | +$65 | 61.3% | +$15 | 1,940 high |
| 8 | Expected +$0 per submission: 13.2% of 500 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($425), and only a PSA 10 covers the $89 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $5 | $53 | $425 | $84 | +$336 | 13.2% | +$0 | 500 high |
| 9 |  CharmeleonHidden Fates Shiny Vault #SV7 · Modern (2011–2019)Expected loss −$26 per submission: 59.3% of 7,187 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($100), and only a PSA 10 covers the $99 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $18 | $36 | $100 | $81 | +$1 | 59.3% | −$26 | 7,187 high |
| 10 |  CharmeleonGenerations #RC4 · Modern (2011–2019)Expected loss −$38 per submission: 6.4% of 669 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($449), and only a PSA 10 covers the $100 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $16 | $51 | $449 | $84 | +$349 | 6.4% | −$38 | 669 high |
| 11 |  Dark CharmeleonTeam Rocket #32 · Vintage (1999–2003)Expected loss −$48 per submission: 5.6% of 1,707 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($298), and only a PSA 10 covers the $92 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $9 | $70 | $298 | $83 | +$206 | 5.6% | −$48 | 1,707 high |
| 12 |  CharmeleonLegendary Treasures #18 · Modern (2011–2019)Expected loss −$59 per submission: 13.3% of 30 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($96), and only a PSA 10 covers the $89 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence medium on that sample. | $8 | $27 | $96 | $81 | +$7 | 13.3% | −$59 | 30 medium |
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 Charmeleon ranking
Every Charmeleon card listed here clears one bar: its PSA 10 price beats its raw price by more than the cost of grading it. 12 Charmeleon printings pass. 12 of them (100%) have a gem-rate sample of at least ten graded copies in the population reports, and 7 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 Charmeleon from Stormfront, gems 4.1% of the time across 821 graded copies: +$1,950 is what a long run of submissions would average, $41,362 is what one lucky copy returns.
The median gem rate across the sampled Charmeleon cards is 13.3%. Roughly one submitted copy in 8 came back PSA 10, and most rows here need that PSA 10 to cover raw price plus fee, so the gem rate decides whether a submission pays. Of the 12 ranked cards, 4 still cover raw price plus fee at PSA 9, 8 need a 10 to break even and 4 lose money on expectation. 11 rest on a hundred or more graded copies.
Before you submit a Charmeleon 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 Charmeleon card list, or see how gem-mint premiums run across the whole catalogue on the PSA premium index.