Best Groudon Cards to Grade
The Groudon 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: Groudon (Call of Legends) at an expected +$4,712.
Ranked by expected profit 21
| # | Card | Raw | PSA 9 | PSA 10 | Cost | Best case | Gem rate | Expected | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Expected +$4,712 per submission: 8.8% of 274 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($45,000), and a PSA 9 ($3,133) still clears the $2,514 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $45 | $3,133 | $45,000 | $2,469 | +$42,486 | 8.8% | +$4,712 | 274 high |
| 2 | Expected +$2,724 per submission: 14.4% of 938 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($17,500), and a PSA 9 ($2,105) still clears the $1,498 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $304 | $2,105 | $17,500 | $1,194 | +$16,002 | 14.4% | +$2,724 | 938 high |
| 3 | Expected +$2,107 per submission: 4.5% of 1,660 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($30,360), and a PSA 9 ($7,500) still clears the $4,239 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $1,916 | $7,500 | $30,360 | $2,323 | +$26,121 | 4.5% | +$2,107 | 1,660 high |
| 4 | Expected +$1,554 per submission: 2.1% of 806 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($19,425), and a PSA 9 ($5,341) still clears the $1,626 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $413 | $5,341 | $19,425 | $1,213 | +$17,799 | 2.1% | +$1,554 | 806 high |
| 5 | Expected +$1,247 per submission: 14.9% of 887 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($8,100), and a PSA 9 ($685) still clears the $810 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $110 | $685 | $8,100 | $700 | +$7,290 | 14.9% | +$1,247 | 887 high |
| 6 | Expected +$1,058 per submission: 9.5% of 517 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($7,000), and a PSA 9 ($1,500) still clears the $820 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $131 | $1,500 | $7,000 | $689 | +$6,180 | 9.5% | +$1,058 | 517 high |
| 7 | Expected +$906 per submission: 23.3% of 3,321 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($4,440), and a PSA 9 ($750) still clears the $709 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $296 | $750 | $4,440 | $413 | +$3,730 | 23.3% | +$906 | 3,321 high |
| 8 | Expected +$776 per submission: 7.3% of 423 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($10,000), and a PSA 9 ($350) still clears the $794 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $75 | $350 | $10,000 | $719 | +$9,206 | 7.3% | +$776 | 423 high |
| 9 | Expected +$684 per submission: 4.6% of 1,076 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($2,779), and a PSA 9 ($2,650) still clears the $620 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $223 | $2,650 | $2,779 | $397 | +$2,160 | 4.6% | +$684 | 1,076 high |
| 10 | Expected +$631 per submission: 0% of 63 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($16,400), and a PSA 9 ($9,200) still clears the $1,445 you have in it. Confidence medium on that sample. | $262 | $9,200 | $16,400 | $1,183 | +$14,955 | 0% | +$631 | 63 medium |
| 11 | Expected +$470 per submission: 7.5% of 107 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($3,000), and a PSA 9 ($1,200) still clears the $427 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $28 | $1,200 | $3,000 | $399 | +$2,573 | 7.5% | +$470 | 107 high |
| 12 | Expected +$356 per submission: 2.3% of 784 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($3,500), and a PSA 9 ($1,530) still clears the $593 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $189 | $1,530 | $3,500 | $404 | +$2,907 | 2.3% | +$356 | 784 high |
| 13 | Expected +$305 per submission: 1.7% of 1,054 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($8,400), and a PSA 9 ($1,200) still clears the $796 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $93 | $1,200 | $8,400 | $703 | +$7,604 | 1.7% | +$305 | 1,054 high |
| 14 | Expected +$71 per submission: 33.8% of 17,057 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($576), and only a PSA 10 covers the $198 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $112 | $111 | $576 | $86 | +$378 | 33.8% | +$71 | 17,057 high |
| 15 | Expected +$31 per submission: 7.1% of 98 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($420), and a PSA 9 ($200) still clears the $131 you have in it. Confidence medium on that sample. | $47 | $200 | $420 | $84 | +$289 | 7.1% | +$31 | 98 medium |
| 16 | Expected +$16 per submission: 31.3% of 80 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($255), and only a PSA 10 covers the $101 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence medium on that sample. | $18 | $62 | $255 | $83 | +$154 | 31.3% | +$16 | 80 medium |
| 17 | Expected loss −$1 per submission: 3.3% of 210 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($1,853), and a PSA 9 ($155) still clears the $278 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $40 | $155 | $1,853 | $238 | +$1,575 | 3.3% | −$1 | 210 high |
| 18 | Expected loss −$9 per submission: 4.5% of 22 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($154), and a PSA 9 ($128) still clears the $89 you have in it. Confidence low on that sample. | $7 | $128 | $154 | $82 | +$65 | 4.5% | −$9 | 22 low |
| 19 | Expected loss −$32 per submission: 0% of 20 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($156,000), and a PSA 9 ($550) still clears the $6,598 you have in it. Confidence low on that sample. | $19 | $550 | $156,000 | $6,579 | +$149,402 | 0% | −$32 | 20 low |
| 20 | Expected loss −$48 per submission: 5.6% of 160 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($211), and a PSA 9 ($123) still clears the $91 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $9 | $123 | $211 | $82 | +$120 | 5.6% | −$48 | 160 high |
| 21 | Expected loss −$53 per submission: 2.8% of 143 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($498), and only a PSA 10 covers the $99 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $14 | $56 | $498 | $85 | +$399 | 2.8% | −$53 | 143 high |
Best case only — no gem-rate evidence 2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | $26 | — | $96,000 | $3,979 | +$91,995 | — | — | none <10 | |
| 23 | $154 | — | $80,000 | $3,819 | +$76,027 | — | — | 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 Groudon ranking
Every Groudon card listed here clears one bar: its PSA 10 price beats its raw price by more than the cost of grading it. 23 Groudon printings pass. 21 of them (91%) have a gem-rate sample of at least ten graded copies in the population reports, and 16 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 Groudon from Call of Legends, gems 8.8% of the time across 274 graded copies: +$4,712 is what a long run of submissions would average, $42,486 is what one lucky copy returns.
The median gem rate across the sampled Groudon cards is 5.6%. Roughly one submitted copy in 18 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 21 ranked cards, 18 still cover raw price plus fee at PSA 9, 3 need a 10 to break even and 5 lose money on expectation. 16 rest on a hundred or more graded copies.
2 cards sit below the ranking with a best case only, fewer than ten graded copies.
Before you submit a Groudon 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 Groudon card list, or see how gem-mint premiums run across the whole catalogue on the PSA premium index.