Best Gastly Cards to Grade

The Gastly 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: Gastly (Skyridge) at an expected +$229.

Worth grading4

With a gem-rate sample4100%

Positive expected value2

Median gem rate34%

PSA fees as of2026-09-26

Ranked by expected profit 4

Gastly cards worth grading, ranked by expected grading profit
#	Card	Raw	PSA 9	PSA 10	Cost	Best case	Gem rate	Expected	Sample
1	GastlySkyridge #57 · Vintage (1999–2003) Expected +$229 per submission: 35.8% of 159 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($860), and only a PSA 10 covers the $119 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample.	$30	$66	$860	$89	+$741	35.8%	+$229	159 high
2	GastlyTemporal Forces #177 · Current (2020–) Expected +$51 per submission: 34% of 16,437 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($480), and only a PSA 10 covers the $175 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample.	$90	$94	$480	$85	+$305	34%	+$51	16,437 high
3	GastlyExpedition Base Set #109 · Vintage (1999–2003) Expected loss −$1 per submission: 27.8% of 342 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($203), and only a PSA 10 covers the $88 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample.	$6	$54	$203	$82	+$115	27.8%	−$1	342 high
4	GastlyXY Black Star Promos #XY132 · Modern (2011–2019) Expected loss −$46 per submission: 5.7% of 35 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($119), and a PSA 9 ($101) still clears the $98 you have in it. Confidence medium on that sample.	$17	$101	$119	$81	+$21	5.7%	−$46	35 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.

PSA population 35

Every Gastly 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 15 Oct 2026. How population is measured.

Most graded 35

The most-submitted cards, by total PSA graded.

Gastly cards by total PSA graded
#	Card	Graded	PSA 10s
1	Gastly Temporal Forces #177	16,437	5,584
2	Gastly Base #50	1,867	451
3	Gastly Fossil #33	494	59
4	Gastly Expedition Base Set #109	342	95
5	Gastly Base Set 2 #75	208	49
6	Sabrina's Gastly Gym Challenge #96	188	29
7	Gastly Skyridge #57	159	57
8	Gastly Legendary Collection #76	131	51
9	Sabrina's Gastly Gym Heroes #93	129	18
10	Gastly Evolutions #47	106	19

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Gastly cards by total PSA graded
#	Card	Graded	PSA 10s
11	Sabrina's Gastly Gym Challenge #97	102	25
12	Gastly Neo Destiny #65	92	25
13	Gastly FireRed & LeafGreen #63	83	32
14	Gastly Legend Maker #52	70	24
15	Gastly 151 #92	42	10
16	Gastly XY Black Star Promos #XY132	35	2
17	Gastly McDonald's Collection 2019 #7	32	4
18	Gastly Arceus #64	27	6
19	Gastly Generations #33	27	8
20	Gastly HS—Triumphant #63	25	1
21	Gastly Stormfront #62	22	4
22	Gastly Arceus #36	20	3
23	Gastly Chilling Reign #55	17	8
24	Gastly Paldean Fates #55	17	11
25	Gastly Crimson Invasion #36	16	7

Fewest PSA 10s 22

The smallest PSA 10 populations among cards with at least 20 graded.

Gastly cards with the fewest PSA 10s
#	Card	PSA 10s	Graded
1	Gastly HS—Triumphant #63	1	25
2	Gastly XY Black Star Promos #XY132	2	35
3	Gastly Arceus #36	3	20
4	Gastly McDonald's Collection 2019 #7	4	32
5	Gastly Stormfront #62	4	22
6	Gastly Arceus #64	6	27
7	Gastly Generations #33	8	27
8	Gastly 151 #92	10	42
9	Sabrina's Gastly Gym Heroes #93	18	129
10	Gastly Evolutions #47	19	106

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Gastly cards with the fewest PSA 10s
#	Card	PSA 10s	Graded
11	Gastly Legend Maker #52	24	70
12	Sabrina's Gastly Gym Challenge #97	25	102
13	Gastly Neo Destiny #65	25	92
14	Sabrina's Gastly Gym Challenge #96	29	188
15	Gastly FireRed & LeafGreen #63	32	83
16	Gastly Base Set 2 #75	49	208
17	Gastly Legendary Collection #76	51	131
18	Gastly Skyridge #57	57	159
19	Gastly Fossil #33	59	494
20	Gastly Expedition Base Set #109	95	342
21	Gastly Base #50	451	1,867
22	Gastly Temporal Forces #177	5,584	16,437

Most PSA 10s 22

The largest PSA 10 populations among cards with at least 20 graded.

Gastly cards with the most PSA 10s
#	Card	PSA 10s	Graded
1	Gastly Temporal Forces #177	5,584	16,437
2	Gastly Base #50	451	1,867
3	Gastly Expedition Base Set #109	95	342
4	Gastly Fossil #33	59	494
5	Gastly Skyridge #57	57	159
6	Gastly Legendary Collection #76	51	131
7	Gastly Base Set 2 #75	49	208
8	Gastly FireRed & LeafGreen #63	32	83
9	Sabrina's Gastly Gym Challenge #96	29	188
10	Gastly Neo Destiny #65	25	92

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Gastly cards with the most PSA 10s
#	Card	PSA 10s	Graded
11	Sabrina's Gastly Gym Challenge #97	25	102
12	Gastly Legend Maker #52	24	70
13	Gastly Evolutions #47	19	106
14	Sabrina's Gastly Gym Heroes #93	18	129
15	Gastly 151 #92	10	42
16	Gastly Generations #33	8	27
17	Gastly Arceus #64	6	27
18	Gastly Stormfront #62	4	22
19	Gastly McDonald's Collection 2019 #7	4	32
20	Gastly Arceus #36	3	20
21	Gastly XY Black Star Promos #XY132	2	35
22	Gastly HS—Triumphant #63	1	25

Hardest to gem 22

The lowest historical PSA 10 rates among cards with at least 20 graded.

Gastly cards with the lowest historical PSA 10 rate
#	Card	Historical PSA 10 rate	Graded
1	Gastly HS—Triumphant #63	4.0%	25
2	Gastly XY Black Star Promos #XY132	5.7%	35
3	Gastly Fossil #33	12%	494
4	Gastly McDonald's Collection 2019 #7	13%	32
5	Sabrina's Gastly Gym Heroes #93	14%	129
6	Gastly Arceus #36	15%	20
7	Sabrina's Gastly Gym Challenge #96	15%	188
8	Gastly Evolutions #47	18%	106
9	Gastly Stormfront #62	18%	22
10	Gastly Arceus #64	22%	27

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Gastly cards with the lowest historical PSA 10 rate
#	Card	Historical PSA 10 rate	Graded
11	Gastly Base Set 2 #75	24%	208
12	Gastly 151 #92	24%	42
13	Gastly Base #50	24%	1,867
14	Sabrina's Gastly Gym Challenge #97	25%	102
15	Gastly Neo Destiny #65	27%	92
16	Gastly Expedition Base Set #109	28%	342
17	Gastly Generations #33	30%	27
18	Gastly Temporal Forces #177	34%	16,437
19	Gastly Legend Maker #52	34%	70
20	Gastly Skyridge #57	36%	159
21	Gastly FireRed & LeafGreen #63	39%	83
22	Gastly Legendary Collection #76	39%	131

Fastest growing 25

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.

Gastly cards by PSA copies graded over 30 days
#	Card	New graded	PSA 10s change
1	Gastly Temporal Forces #177	+282	+64
2	Gastly Expedition Base Set #109	+22	0
3	Gastly Base #50	+21	0
4	Gastly Fossil #33	+13	0
5	Gastly Skyridge #57	+9	+1
6	Gastly Evolutions #47	+7	0
7	Sabrina's Gastly Gym Challenge #96	+4	0
8	Gastly FireRed & LeafGreen #63	+4	0
9	Gastly 151 #92	+4	+1
10	Gastly Stormfront #62	+3	0

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Gastly cards by PSA copies graded over 30 days
#	Card	New graded	PSA 10s change
11	Gastly Base Set 2 #75	+2	0
12	Gastly Legend Maker #52	+2	+1
13	Gastly Generations #33	+2	+1
14	Gastly Arceus #36	+2	0
15	Gastly Perfect Order #48	+2	+1
16	Gastly Legendary Collection #76	+1	0
17	Sabrina's Gastly Gym Heroes #93	+1	0
18	Gastly Neo Destiny #65	+1	0
19	Gastly XY Black Star Promos #XY132	+1	0
20	Gastly Arceus #64	+1	0
21	Gastly HS—Triumphant #63	+1	0
22	Gastly Phantasmal Flames #54	+1	0
23	Gastly Diamond & Pearl #82	+1	0
24	Gastly Ascended Heroes #123	+1	0
25	Gastly Unbroken Bonds #68	+1	0

How to read the Gastly ranking

Every Gastly card listed here clears one bar: its PSA 10 price beats its raw price by more than the cost of grading it. 4 Gastly printings pass. 4 of them (100%) have a gem-rate sample of at least ten graded copies in the population reports, and 2 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 Gastly from Skyridge, gems 35.8% of the time across 159 graded copies: +$229 is what a long run of submissions would average, $741 is what one lucky copy returns.

The median gem rate across the sampled Gastly cards is 34%. 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 4 ranked cards, 1 still covers raw price plus fee at PSA 9, 3 need a 10 to break even and 2 lose money on expectation. 3 rest on a hundred or more graded copies.

Before you submit a Gastly 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 Gastly card list, or see how gem-mint premiums run across the whole catalogue on the PSA premium index.

Gastly grading questions

Which Gastly card is the best to grade?

On current numbers the Gastly (Skyridge #57): 35.8% of 159 graded copies came back PSA 10, an expected profit of $229 per submission after the $89 grading cost, against a best case of $741 if it gems.

How many Gastly cards are worth grading?

2 keep a positive expected value after the fee, out of the 4 with a gem-rate sample of at least ten graded copies. 4 cards on this page have a PSA 10 price that beats the raw price by more than the grading fee.

What gem rate do Gastly cards get at PSA?

The median across the 4 sampled Gastly cards is 34%, so about one in 3 of the copies collectors chose to submit came back PSA 10. The strongest rate with a sample of thirty or more is the Gastly (Skyridge #57) at 35.8% of 159.

Does the Gastly ranking apply to CGC or Beckett?

Not directly. The cost column is PSA's fee as of 2026-09-26 and the graded columns are PSA slab prices; the gem-rate sample falls back to CGC's population only when PSA has fewer than ten copies. A CGC or Beckett submission has its own fee and resale price.

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