Best Dragonair Cards to Grade
The Dragonair 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: Dragonair (Dragon Vault) at an expected +$402.
Ranked by expected profit 15
| # | Card | Raw | PSA 9 | PSA 10 | Cost | Best case | Gem rate | Expected | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Expected +$402 per submission: 9.9% of 142 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($4,079), and a PSA 9 ($200) still clears the $416 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $6 | $200 | $4,079 | $410 | +$3,663 | 9.9% | +$402 | 142 high |
| 2 | Expected +$95 per submission: 32.7% of 171 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($483), and only a PSA 10 covers the $102 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $17 | $70 | $483 | $85 | +$381 | 32.7% | +$95 | 171 high |
| 3 | Expected +$74 per submission: 22.9% of 293 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($432), and a PSA 9 ($183) still clears the $124 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $40 | $183 | $432 | $84 | +$308 | 22.9% | +$74 | 293 high |
| 4 | Expected +$55 per submission: 11.6% of 181 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($314), and a PSA 9 ($230) still clears the $98 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $15 | $230 | $314 | $83 | +$216 | 11.6% | +$55 | 181 high |
| 5 | Expected +$29 per submission: 13.5% of 347 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($469), and a PSA 9 ($105) still clears the $95 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $10 | $105 | $469 | $85 | +$375 | 13.5% | +$29 | 347 high |
| 6 | Expected +$26 per submission: 25.7% of 226 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($311), and only a PSA 10 covers the $89 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $6 | $60 | $311 | $83 | +$222 | 25.7% | +$26 | 226 high |
| 7 | Expected +$23 per submission: 30% of 210 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($270), and only a PSA 10 covers the $91 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $8 | $67 | $270 | $83 | +$179 | 30% | +$23 | 210 high |
| 8 | Expected +$21 per submission: 12.8% of 2,444 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($484), and a PSA 9 ($120) still clears the $100 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $15 | $120 | $484 | $85 | +$384 | 12.8% | +$21 | 2,444 high |
| 9 | Expected +$16 per submission: 2.2% of 3,703 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($3,500), and a PSA 9 ($207) still clears the $504 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $100 | $207 | $3,500 | $404 | +$2,996 | 2.2% | +$16 | 3,703 high |
| 10 | Expected +$10 per submission: 33.3% of 132 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($240), and only a PSA 10 covers the $111 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $29 | $80 | $240 | $82 | +$129 | 33.3% | +$10 | 132 high |
| 11 | Expected loss −$19 per submission: 30.3% of 15,305 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($255), and only a PSA 10 covers the $127 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $44 | $44 | $255 | $83 | +$128 | 30.3% | −$19 | 15,305 high |
| 12 | Expected loss −$23 per submission: 23.8% of 181 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($109), and a PSA 9 ($100) still clears the $93 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $12 | $100 | $109 | $81 | +$16 | 23.8% | −$23 | 181 high |
| 13 | Expected loss −$29 per submission: 23.5% of 51 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($180), and only a PSA 10 covers the $90 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence medium on that sample. | $8 | $31 | $180 | $82 | +$90 | 23.5% | −$29 | 51 medium |
| 14 | Expected loss −$36 per submission: 30.3% of 33 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($103), and only a PSA 10 covers the $95 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence medium on that sample. | $14 | $60 | $103 | $81 | +$7 | 30.3% | −$36 | 33 medium |
| 15 | Expected loss −$48 per submission: 5.3% of 636 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($201), and only a PSA 10 covers the $89 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $7 | $54 | $201 | $82 | +$112 | 5.3% | −$48 | 636 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.
How to read the Dragonair ranking
Every Dragonair card listed here clears one bar: its PSA 10 price beats its raw price by more than the cost of grading it. 15 Dragonair printings pass. 15 of them (100%) have a gem-rate sample of at least ten graded copies in the population reports, and 10 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 Dragonair from Dragon Vault, gems 9.9% of the time across 142 graded copies: +$402 is what a long run of submissions would average, $3,663 is what one lucky copy returns.
The median gem rate across the sampled Dragonair cards is 23.5%. Roughly one submitted copy in 4 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 15 ranked cards, 7 still cover raw price plus fee at PSA 9, 8 need a 10 to break even and 5 lose money on expectation. 13 rest on a hundred or more graded copies.
Before you submit a Dragonair 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 Dragonair card list, or see how gem-mint premiums run across the whole catalogue on the PSA premium index.