Best Garchomp Cards to Grade
The Garchomp 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: Garchomp LV.X (Majestic Dawn) at an expected +$8,976.
Ranked by expected profit 16
| # | Card | Raw | PSA 9 | PSA 10 | Cost | Best case | Gem rate | Expected | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Expected +$8,976 per submission: 1.8% of 392 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($452,550), and a PSA 9 ($4,000) still clears the $9,709 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $164 | $4,000 | $452,550 | $9,545 | +$442,842 | 1.8% | +$8,976 | 392 high |
| 2 | Expected +$2,580 per submission: 4% of 1,102 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($42,000), and a PSA 9 ($3,974) still clears the $2,565 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $126 | $3,974 | $42,000 | $2,439 | +$39,435 | 4% | +$2,580 | 1,102 high |
| 3 | Expected +$1,750 per submission: 6.1% of 475 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($10,200), and a PSA 9 ($4,250) still clears the $1,702 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $581 | $4,250 | $10,200 | $1,121 | +$8,498 | 6.1% | +$1,750 | 475 high |
| 4 | Expected +$503 per submission: 28.3% of 113 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($1,950), and a PSA 9 ($154) still clears the $248 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $9 | $154 | $1,950 | $239 | +$1,702 | 28.3% | +$503 | 113 high |
| 5 | Expected +$205 per submission: 51.2% of 8,997 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($645), and only a PSA 10 covers the $187 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $101 | $138 | $645 | $86 | +$457 | 51.2% | +$205 | 8,997 high |
| 6 | Expected +$152 per submission: 2.7% of 336 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($3,480), and a PSA 9 ($374) still clears the $419 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $15 | $374 | $3,480 | $404 | +$3,061 | 2.7% | +$152 | 336 high |
| 7 | Expected +$93 per submission: 45% of 1,084 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($450), and only a PSA 10 covers the $154 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $70 | $86 | $450 | $84 | +$295 | 45% | +$93 | 1,084 high |
| 8 | Expected +$91 per submission: 3.8% of 105 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($1,000), and a PSA 9 ($410) still clears the $106 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $16 | $410 | $1,000 | $90 | +$894 | 3.8% | +$91 | 105 high |
| 9 | Expected +$78 per submission: 44.8% of 1,071 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($506), and only a PSA 10 covers the $205 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $120 | $129 | $506 | $85 | +$301 | 44.8% | +$78 | 1,071 high |
| 10 | Expected +$47 per submission: 40.5% of 3,440 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($350), and only a PSA 10 covers the $133 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $50 | $70 | $350 | $83 | +$217 | 40.5% | +$47 | 3,440 high |
| 11 | Expected +$4 per submission: 59.5% of 15,770 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($396), and only a PSA 10 covers the $299 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $215 | $158 | $396 | $84 | +$97 | 59.5% | +$4 | 15,770 high |
| 12 | Expected +$1 per submission: 52.6% of 10,093 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($222), and only a PSA 10 covers the $152 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $70 | $80 | $222 | $82 | +$70 | 52.6% | +$1 | 10,093 high |
| 13 | Expected loss −$10 per submission: 9.5% of 21 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($557), and a PSA 9 ($180) still clears the $131 you have in it. Confidence low on that sample. | $45 | $180 | $557 | $86 | +$427 | 9.5% | −$10 | 21 low |
| 14 | Expected loss −$22 per submission: 61.5% of 2,174 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($103), and only a PSA 10 covers the $92 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $11 | $18 | $103 | $81 | +$10 | 61.5% | −$22 | 2,174 high |
| 15 | Expected loss −$31 per submission: 29.8% of 6,263 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($200), and only a PSA 10 covers the $120 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $38 | $43 | $200 | $82 | +$80 | 29.8% | −$31 | 6,263 high |
| 16 | Expected loss −$54 per submission: 6.3% of 144 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($99), and only a PSA 10 covers the $91 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $10 | $67 | $99 | $81 | +$8 | 6.3% | −$54 | 144 high |
Best case only — no gem-rate evidence 3
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | $60 | — | $1,001 | $110 | +$831 | — | — | none <10 | |
| 18 | $6 | — | $202 | $82 | +$114 | — | — | none <10 | |
| 19 | $18 | — | $110 | $81 | +$11 | — | — | 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 Garchomp ranking
Every Garchomp card listed here clears one bar: its PSA 10 price beats its raw price by more than the cost of grading it. 19 Garchomp printings pass. 16 of them (84%) have a gem-rate sample of at least ten graded copies in the population reports, and 12 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 Garchomp LV.X from Majestic Dawn, gems 1.8% of the time across 392 graded copies: +$8,976 is what a long run of submissions would average, $442,842 is what one lucky copy returns.
The median gem rate across the sampled Garchomp cards is 29.8%. Roughly one submitted copy in 3 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 16 ranked cards, 7 still cover raw price plus fee at PSA 9, 9 need a 10 to break even and 4 lose money on expectation. 15 rest on a hundred or more graded copies.
3 cards sit below the ranking with a best case only, fewer than ten graded copies. The largest best case among them is the M Garchomp-EX from XY Black Star Promos at +$831.
Before you submit a Garchomp 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 Garchomp card list, or see how gem-mint premiums run across the whole catalogue on the PSA premium index.