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Best Houndoom Cards to Grade

The Houndoom 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: Houndoom (Skyridge) at an expected +$4,972.

Worth grading26
With a gem-rate sample26100%
Positive expected value21
Median gem rate10.2%
PSA fees as of2026-09-26

Ranked by expected profit 26

Houndoom cards worth grading, ranked by expected grading profit
#CardRawPSA 9PSA 10CostBest caseGem rateExpectedSample
1HoundoomHoundoomSkyridge #H11 · Vintage (1999–2003)
Expected +$4,972 per submission: 6.8% of 1,101 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($66,000), and a PSA 9 ($2,600) still clears the $4,354 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample.
$675$2,600$66,000$3,679+$61,6466.8%+$4,9721,101
high
2HoundoomHoundoomAquapolis #H11 · Vintage (1999–2003)
Expected +$4,674 per submission: 4.3% of 1,387 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($84,000), and a PSA 9 ($9,740) still clears the $5,358 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample.
$1,499$9,740$84,000$3,859+$78,6424.3%+$4,6741,387
high
3HoundoomHoundoomHS—Undaunted #82 · Classic (2004–2010)
Expected +$1,279 per submission: 1.1% of 1,204 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($68,000), and a PSA 9 ($2,900) still clears the $3,949 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample.
$250$2,900$68,000$3,699+$64,0511.1%+$1,2791,204
high
4HoundoomHoundoomUnseen Forces #7 · Classic (2004–2010)
Expected +$1,195 per submission: 8.3% of 326 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($15,600), and a PSA 9 ($300) still clears the $1,250 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample.
$75$300$15,600$1,175+$14,3508.3%+$1,195326
high
5Team Magma's HoundoomTeam Magma's HoundoomTeam Magma vs Team Aqua #10 · Classic (2004–2010)
Expected +$1,183 per submission: 3.7% of 644 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($25,400), and a PSA 9 ($1,800) still clears the $2,493 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample.
$220$1,800$25,400$2,273+$22,9073.7%+$1,183644
high
6HoundoomHoundoomHS—Undaunted #5 · Classic (2004–2010)
Expected +$878 per submission: 4.6% of 241 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($18,600), and a PSA 9 ($450) still clears the $1,227 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample.
$22$450$18,600$1,205+$17,3744.6%+$878241
high
7HoundoomHoundoomCall of Legends #10 · Modern (2011–2019)
Expected +$611 per submission: 8.1% of 234 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($6,039), and a PSA 9 ($639) still clears the $726 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample.
$47$639$6,039$679+$5,3138.1%+$611234
high
8HoundoomHoundoomAquapolis #14 · Vintage (1999–2003)
Expected +$482 per submission: 30.6% of 134 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($2,000), and a PSA 9 ($150) still clears the $307 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample.
$68$150$2,000$239+$1,69330.6%+$482134
high
9Houndoom-EXHoundoom-EXBREAKthrough #153 · Modern (2011–2019)
Expected +$370 per submission: 10.2% of 959 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($4,100), and a PSA 9 ($203) still clears the $444 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample.
$34$203$4,100$410+$3,65610.2%+$370959
high
10Dark HoundoomDark HoundoomTeam Rocket Returns #5 · Classic (2004–2010)
Expected +$343 per submission: 8.4% of 586 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($4,250), and a PSA 9 ($300) still clears the $516 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample.
$104$300$4,250$412+$3,7358.4%+$343586
high
11HoundoomHoundoomNeo Revelation #8 · Vintage (1999–2003)
Expected +$296 per submission: 0.4% of 2,924 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($42,344), and a PSA 9 ($3,075) still clears the $2,928 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample.
$486$3,075$42,344$2,442+$39,4160.4%+$2962,924
high
12Dark HoundoomDark HoundoomNeo Destiny #7 · Vintage (1999–2003)
Expected +$274 per submission: 3.6% of 1,300 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($6,000), and a PSA 9 ($702) still clears the $829 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample.
$150$702$6,000$679+$5,1713.6%+$2741,300
high
13HoundoomHoundoomAquapolis #15 · Vintage (1999–2003)
Expected +$261 per submission: 29.3% of 287 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($1,110), and a PSA 9 ($180) still clears the $188 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample.
$77$180$1,110$111+$92229.3%+$261287
high
14Dark HoundoomDark HoundoomTeam Rocket Returns #37 · Classic (2004–2010)
Expected +$184 per submission: 29.6% of 199 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($675), and a PSA 9 ($200) still clears the $107 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample.
$20$200$675$87+$56829.6%+$184199
high
15HoundoomHoundoomNeo Discovery #4 · Vintage (1999–2003)
Expected +$159 per submission: 0.8% of 2,222 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($21,000), and a PSA 9 ($400) still clears the $1,307 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample.
$78$400$21,000$1,229+$19,6930.8%+$1592,222
high
16M Houndoom-EXM Houndoom-EXBREAKthrough #154 · Modern (2011–2019)
Expected +$146 per submission: 17.3% of 1,940 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($1,250), and a PSA 9 ($148) still clears the $167 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample.
$55$148$1,250$112+$1,08317.3%+$1461,940
high
17HoundoomHoundoomSkyridge #12 · Vintage (1999–2003)
Expected +$87 per submission: 37.8% of 325 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($410), and a PSA 9 ($250) still clears the $184 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample.
$100$250$410$84+$22637.8%+$87325
high
18HoundoomHoundoomPlasma Blast #56 · Modern (2011–2019)
Expected +$67 per submission: 5.2% of 155 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($1,825), and a PSA 9 ($159) still clears the $245 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample.
$8$159$1,825$237+$1,5795.2%+$67155
high
19M Houndoom-EXM Houndoom-EXBREAKthrough #22 · Modern (2011–2019)
Expected +$58 per submission: 22.7% of 1,004 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($543), and only a PSA 10 covers the $105 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample.
$20$78$543$85+$43822.7%+$581,004
high
20HoundoomHoundoomDragon #34 · Vintage (1999–2003)
Expected +$16 per submission: 29.2% of 65 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($204), and a PSA 9 ($119) still clears the $92 you have in it. Confidence medium on that sample.
$10$119$204$82+$11229.2%+$1665
medium
21Houndoom-EXHoundoom-EXBREAKthrough #21 · Modern (2011–2019)
Expected +$5 per submission: 21.6% of 301 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($400), and only a PSA 10 covers the $91 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample.
$7$8$400$84+$30921.6%+$5301
high
22HoundoomHoundoomNeo Discovery #23 · Vintage (1999–2003)
Expected loss −$5 per submission: 13.9% of 223 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($432), and only a PSA 10 covers the $100 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample.
$16$50$432$84+$33213.9%−$5223
high
23HoundoomHoundoomBattle Styles #179 · Current (2020–)
Expected loss −$17 per submission: 58.3% of 2,674 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($130), and only a PSA 10 covers the $104 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample.
$23$27$130$81+$2658.3%−$172,674
high
24HoundoomHoundoomShrouded Fable #66 · Current (2020–)
Expected loss −$20 per submission: 36.6% of 8,259 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($184), and only a PSA 10 covers the $125 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample.
$43$60$184$82+$5936.6%−$208,259
high
25Team Rocket's HoundoomTeam Rocket's HoundoomDestined Rivals #191 · Current (2020–)
Expected loss −$36 per submission: 27.9% of 11,907 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($128), and only a PSA 10 covers the $90 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample.
$9$27$128$81+$3827.9%−$3611,907
high
26HoundoomHoundoomDragons Exalted #75 · Modern (2011–2019)
Expected loss −$62 per submission: 8.3% of 12 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($91), and only a PSA 10 covers the $87 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence low on that sample.
$6$35$91$81+$48.3%−$6212
low

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 44

Every Houndoom 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 44

The most-submitted cards, by total PSA graded.

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Fewest PSA 10s 36

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

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Most PSA 10s 36

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

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Hardest to gem 36

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

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Fastest growing 35

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.

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How to read the Houndoom ranking

Every Houndoom card listed here clears one bar: its PSA 10 price beats its raw price by more than the cost of grading it. 26 Houndoom printings pass. 26 of them (100%) have a gem-rate sample of at least ten graded copies in the population reports, and 21 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 Houndoom from Skyridge, gems 6.8% of the time across 1,101 graded copies: +$4,972 is what a long run of submissions would average, $61,646 is what one lucky copy returns.

The median gem rate across the sampled Houndoom cards is 10.2%. Roughly one submitted copy in 10 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 26 ranked cards, 19 still cover raw price plus fee at PSA 9, 7 need a 10 to break even and 5 lose money on expectation. 24 rest on a hundred or more graded copies.

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

Houndoom grading questions

Which Houndoom card is the best to grade?
On current numbers the Houndoom (Skyridge #H11): 6.8% of 1,101 graded copies came back PSA 10, an expected profit of $4,972 per submission after the $3,679 grading cost, against a best case of $61,646 if it gems.
How many Houndoom cards are worth grading?
21 keep a positive expected value after the fee, out of the 26 with a gem-rate sample of at least ten graded copies. 26 cards on this page have a PSA 10 price that beats the raw price by more than the grading fee.
What gem rate do Houndoom cards get at PSA?
The median across the 26 sampled Houndoom cards is 10.2%, so about one in 10 of the copies collectors chose to submit came back PSA 10. The strongest rate with a sample of thirty or more is the Houndoom (Battle Styles #179) at 58.3% of 2,674.
Does the Houndoom 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.