Best Kingdra Cards to Grade
The Kingdra 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: Kingdra (Aquapolis) at an expected +$1,346.
Ranked by expected profit 17
| # | Card | Raw | PSA 9 | PSA 10 | Cost | Best case | Gem rate | Expected | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Expected +$1,346 per submission: 5.4% of 1,757 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($17,000), and a PSA 9 ($3,000) still clears the $1,830 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $641 | $3,000 | $17,000 | $1,189 | +$15,170 | 5.4% | +$1,346 | 1,757 high |
| 2 | Expected +$1,309 per submission: 8.6% of 637 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($12,000), and a PSA 9 ($1,600) still clears the $1,404 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $265 | $1,600 | $12,000 | $1,139 | +$10,596 | 8.6% | +$1,309 | 637 high |
| 3 | Expected +$794 per submission: 9.5% of 1,280 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($9,000), and a PSA 9 ($475) still clears the $873 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $164 | $475 | $9,000 | $709 | +$8,127 | 9.5% | +$794 | 1,280 high |
| 4 | Expected +$650 per submission: 2.3% of 562 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($12,500), and a PSA 9 ($1,700) still clears the $1,234 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $90 | $1,700 | $12,500 | $1,144 | +$11,266 | 2.3% | +$650 | 562 high |
| 5 | Expected +$428 per submission: 6.1% of 511 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($6,167), and a PSA 9 ($507) still clears the $736 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $55 | $507 | $6,167 | $681 | +$5,431 | 6.1% | +$428 | 511 high |
| 6 | Expected +$177 per submission: 7.5% of 598 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($2,500), and a PSA 9 ($318) still clears the $322 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $78 | $318 | $2,500 | $244 | +$2,178 | 7.5% | +$177 | 598 high |
| 7 | Expected +$136 per submission: 11.5% of 157 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($1,500), and a PSA 9 ($100) still clears the $127 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $12 | $100 | $1,500 | $115 | +$1,373 | 11.5% | +$136 | 157 high |
| 8 | Expected +$122 per submission: 15.3% of 1,003 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($1,183), and only a PSA 10 covers the $132 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $20 | $73 | $1,183 | $112 | +$1,051 | 15.3% | +$122 | 1,003 high |
| 9 | Expected +$75 per submission: 38.3% of 162 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($394), and only a PSA 10 covers the $99 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $15 | $40 | $394 | $84 | +$296 | 38.3% | +$75 | 162 high |
| 10 | Expected +$56 per submission: 6.4% of 296 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($926), and a PSA 9 ($185) still clears the $129 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $40 | $185 | $926 | $89 | +$797 | 6.4% | +$56 | 296 high |
| 11 | Expected +$49 per submission: 52.4% of 34,300 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($324), and only a PSA 10 covers the $163 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $80 | $90 | $324 | $83 | +$161 | 52.4% | +$49 | 34,300 high |
| 12 | Expected +$21 per submission: 52.8% of 691 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($200), and only a PSA 10 covers the $98 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $16 | $30 | $200 | $82 | +$102 | 52.8% | +$21 | 691 high |
| 13 | Expected +$17 per submission: 60.7% of 346 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($156), and only a PSA 10 covers the $94 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $12 | $40 | $156 | $82 | +$63 | 60.7% | +$17 | 346 high |
| 14 | Expected loss −$2 per submission: 1.2% of 3,028 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($2,800), and a PSA 9 ($192) still clears the $417 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $20 | $192 | $2,800 | $397 | +$2,383 | 1.2% | −$2 | 3,028 high |
| 15 | Expected loss −$2 per submission: 21% of 2,019 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($330), and only a PSA 10 covers the $97 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $14 | $36 | $330 | $83 | +$233 | 21% | −$2 | 2,019 high |
| 16 | Expected loss −$28 per submission: 3.8% of 106 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($239), and a PSA 9 ($150) still clears the $97 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $15 | $150 | $239 | $82 | +$141 | 3.8% | −$28 | 106 high |
| 17 | Expected loss −$42 per submission: 30.7% of 101 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($95), and only a PSA 10 covers the $90 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $9 | $45 | $95 | $81 | +$5 | 30.7% | −$42 | 101 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 Kingdra ranking
Every Kingdra card listed here clears one bar: its PSA 10 price beats its raw price by more than the cost of grading it. 17 Kingdra printings pass. 17 of them (100%) have a gem-rate sample of at least ten graded copies in the population reports, and 13 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 Kingdra from Aquapolis, gems 5.4% of the time across 1,757 graded copies: +$1,346 is what a long run of submissions would average, $15,170 is what one lucky copy returns.
The median gem rate across the sampled Kingdra cards is 9.5%. Roughly one submitted copy in 11 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 17 ranked cards, 10 still cover raw price plus fee at PSA 9, 7 need a 10 to break even and 4 lose money on expectation. 17 rest on a hundred or more graded copies.
Before you submit a Kingdra 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 Kingdra card list, or see how gem-mint premiums run across the whole catalogue on the PSA premium index.