Best Claydol Cards to Grade
The Claydol 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: Team Magma's Claydol (Team Magma vs Team Aqua) at an expected +$640.
Ranked by expected profit 5
| # | Card | Raw | PSA 9 | PSA 10 | Cost | Best case | Gem rate | Expected | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Team Magma's ClaydolTeam Magma vs Team Aqua #8 · Classic (2004–2010)Expected +$640 per submission: 8.6% of 257 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($8,000), and a PSA 9 ($220) still clears the $722 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $23 | $220 | $8,000 | $699 | +$7,278 | 8.6% | +$640 | 257 high |
| 2 |  Claydol exPower Keepers #93 · Classic (2004–2010)Expected +$321 per submission: 10.2% of 830 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($2,604), and a PSA 9 ($513) still clears the $485 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $90 | $513 | $2,604 | $395 | +$2,119 | 10.2% | +$321 | 830 high |
| 3 |  ClaydolDeoxys #5 · Classic (2004–2010)Expected +$199 per submission: 14.4% of 167 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($1,382), and a PSA 9 ($190) still clears the $124 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $10 | $190 | $1,382 | $114 | +$1,259 | 14.4% | +$199 | 167 high |
| 4 |  ClaydolHidden Legends #2 · Classic (2004–2010)Expected +$149 per submission: 11.9% of 201 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($1,675), and a PSA 9 ($105) still clears the $248 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $12 | $105 | $1,675 | $236 | +$1,427 | 11.9% | +$149 | 201 high |
| 5 |  ClaydolGreat Encounters #15 · Classic (2004–2010)Expected +$18 per submission: 32.9% of 1,585 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($300), and only a PSA 10 covers the $88 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $5 | $11 | $300 | $83 | +$212 | 32.9% | +$18 | 1,585 high |
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.
PSA population 21
Every Claydol card with a PSA population reading, ranked five ways. A historical PSA 10 rate is the share of graded copies that came back a 10 — how hard a 10 has been to earn, not the chance your copy earns one — and it is only quoted on cards with at least 20 graded copies; the PSA 10 tables use the same floor. PSA counts as of 16 Oct 2026. How population is measured.
Most graded 21
The most-submitted cards, by total PSA graded.
| # | Card | Graded | PSA 10s |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claydol Celebrations: Classic Collection #15 | 1,312 | 101 |
| 2 | Claydol ex Power Keepers #93 | 830 | 85 |
| 3 | Claydol Chaos Rising #92 | 487 | 339 |
| 4 | Team Magma's Claydol Team Magma vs Team Aqua #8 | 257 | 22 |
| 5 | Claydol Hidden Legends #2 | 201 | 24 |
| 6 | Claydol Deoxys #5 | 167 | 24 |
| 7 | Claydol Obsidian Flames #95 | 52 | 21 |
| 8 | Team Magma's Claydol Double Crisis #11 | 24 | 0 |
| 9 | Team Magma's Claydol Team Magma vs Team Aqua #33 | 21 | 5 |
| 10 | Claydol Holon Phantoms #38 | 12 | 4 |
Show the next 11
| # | Card | Graded | PSA 10s |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Claydol Hidden Legends #31 | 8 | 1 |
| 12 | Claydol Emerald #24 | 6 | 3 |
| 13 | Claydol Great Encounters #15 | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | Claydol Dragons Exalted #64 | 3 | 1 |
| 15 | Claydol Ancient Origins #33 | 3 | 1 |
| 16 | Claydol Sword & Shield #103 | 2 | 1 |
| 17 | Claydol Celestial Storm #79 | 2 | 1 |
| 18 | Claydol Fusion Strike #145 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | Claydol Supreme Victors #22 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | Claydol Battle Styles #58 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Claydol Brilliant Stars #59 | 1 | 1 |
Fewest PSA 10s 9
The smallest PSA 10 populations among cards with at least 20 graded.
| # | Card | PSA 10s | Graded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Team Magma's Claydol Double Crisis #11 | 0 | 24 |
| 2 | Team Magma's Claydol Team Magma vs Team Aqua #33 | 5 | 21 |
| 3 | Claydol Obsidian Flames #95 | 21 | 52 |
| 4 | Team Magma's Claydol Team Magma vs Team Aqua #8 | 22 | 257 |
| 5 | Claydol Hidden Legends #2 | 24 | 201 |
| 6 | Claydol Deoxys #5 | 24 | 167 |
| 7 | Claydol ex Power Keepers #93 | 85 | 830 |
| 8 | Claydol Celebrations: Classic Collection #15 | 101 | 1,312 |
| 9 | Claydol Chaos Rising #92 | 339 | 487 |
Most PSA 10s 9
The largest PSA 10 populations among cards with at least 20 graded.
| # | Card | PSA 10s | Graded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claydol Chaos Rising #92 | 339 | 487 |
| 2 | Claydol Celebrations: Classic Collection #15 | 101 | 1,312 |
| 3 | Claydol ex Power Keepers #93 | 85 | 830 |
| 4 | Claydol Deoxys #5 | 24 | 167 |
| 5 | Claydol Hidden Legends #2 | 24 | 201 |
| 6 | Team Magma's Claydol Team Magma vs Team Aqua #8 | 22 | 257 |
| 7 | Claydol Obsidian Flames #95 | 21 | 52 |
| 8 | Team Magma's Claydol Team Magma vs Team Aqua #33 | 5 | 21 |
| 9 | Team Magma's Claydol Double Crisis #11 | 0 | 24 |
Hardest to gem 9
The lowest historical PSA 10 rates among cards with at least 20 graded.
| # | Card | Historical PSA 10 rate | Graded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Team Magma's Claydol Double Crisis #11 | 0% | 24 |
| 2 | Claydol Celebrations: Classic Collection #15 | 7.7% | 1,312 |
| 3 | Team Magma's Claydol Team Magma vs Team Aqua #8 | 8.6% | 257 |
| 4 | Claydol ex Power Keepers #93 | 10% | 830 |
| 5 | Claydol Hidden Legends #2 | 12% | 201 |
| 6 | Claydol Deoxys #5 | 14% | 167 |
| 7 | Team Magma's Claydol Team Magma vs Team Aqua #33 | 24% | 21 |
| 8 | Claydol Obsidian Flames #95 | 40% | 52 |
| 9 | Claydol Chaos Rising #92 | 70% | 487 |
Fastest growing 6
The most copies newly PSA graded over 30 days, between our readings of 24 Aug 2026 and 28 Sept 2026 — weekly readings, never interpolated between.
| # | Card | New graded | PSA 10s change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claydol Chaos Rising #92 | +252 | +183 |
| 2 | Claydol ex Power Keepers #93 | +21 | 0 |
| 3 | Claydol Deoxys #5 | +6 | 0 |
| 4 | Team Magma's Claydol Team Magma vs Team Aqua #8 | +2 | 0 |
| 5 | Claydol Hidden Legends #2 | +2 | 0 |
| 6 | Claydol Obsidian Flames #95 | +1 | 0 |
How to read the Claydol ranking
Every Claydol card listed here clears one bar: its PSA 10 price beats its raw price by more than the cost of grading it. 5 Claydol printings pass. 5 of them (100%) have a gem-rate sample of at least ten graded copies in the population reports, and 5 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 Team Magma's Claydol from Team Magma vs Team Aqua, gems 8.6% of the time across 257 graded copies: +$640 is what a long run of submissions would average, $7,278 is what one lucky copy returns.
The median gem rate across the sampled Claydol cards is 11.9%. 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 5 ranked cards, 4 still cover raw price plus fee at PSA 9 and 1 needs a 10 to break even. 5 rest on a hundred or more graded copies.
Before you submit a Claydol 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 Claydol card list, or see how gem-mint premiums run across the whole catalogue on the PSA premium index.