Best Lapras Cards to Grade
The Lapras 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: Lapras ex (Ruby & Sapphire) at an expected +$757.
Ranked by expected profit 16
| # | Card | Raw | PSA 9 | PSA 10 | Cost | Best case | Gem rate | Expected | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Expected +$757 per submission: 2.6% of 2,082 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($18,600), and a PSA 9 ($1,925) still clears the $1,370 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $165 | $1,925 | $18,600 | $1,205 | +$17,230 | 2.6% | +$757 | 2,082 high |
| 2 | Expected +$393 per submission: 12.7% of 401 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($3,150), and a PSA 9 ($275) still clears the $452 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $51 | $275 | $3,150 | $401 | +$2,699 | 12.7% | +$393 | 401 high |
| 3 | Expected +$204 per submission: 28.6% of 1,070 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($950), and a PSA 9 ($192) still clears the $183 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $94 | $192 | $950 | $89 | +$767 | 28.6% | +$204 | 1,070 high |
| 4 | Expected +$175 per submission: 31% of 271 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($650), and a PSA 9 ($167) still clears the $113 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $27 | $167 | $650 | $86 | +$536 | 31% | +$175 | 271 high |
| 5 | Expected +$34 per submission: 27.9% of 976 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($400), and only a PSA 10 covers the $104 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $20 | $46 | $400 | $84 | +$296 | 27.9% | +$34 | 976 high |
| 6 | Expected +$11 per submission: 35.1% of 847 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($230), and only a PSA 10 covers the $94 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $12 | $48 | $230 | $82 | +$136 | 35.1% | +$11 | 847 high |
| 7 | Expected loss −$8 per submission: 28.2% of 5,508 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($258), and only a PSA 10 covers the $105 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $22 | $35 | $258 | $83 | +$153 | 28.2% | −$8 | 5,508 high |
| 8 | Expected loss −$12 per submission: 19.9% of 256 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($269), and only a PSA 10 covers the $91 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $8 | $34 | $269 | $83 | +$179 | 19.9% | −$12 | 256 high |
| 9 | Expected loss −$14 per submission: 2.4% of 83 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($463), and a PSA 9 ($130) still clears the $115 you have in it. Confidence medium on that sample. | $30 | $130 | $463 | $85 | +$348 | 2.4% | −$14 | 83 medium |
| 10 | Expected loss −$18 per submission: 24.5% of 13,340 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($263), and only a PSA 10 covers the $113 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $30 | $41 | $263 | $83 | +$150 | 24.5% | −$18 | 13,340 high |
| 11 | Expected loss −$20 per submission: 9.7% of 867 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($500), and only a PSA 10 covers the $94 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $9 | $35 | $500 | $85 | +$406 | 9.7% | −$20 | 867 high |
| 12 | Expected loss −$21 per submission: 0.4% of 13,130 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($6,000), and a PSA 9 ($210) still clears the $703 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $24 | $210 | $6,000 | $679 | +$5,297 | 0.4% | −$21 | 13,130 high |
| 13 | Expected loss −$28 per submission: 9.1% of 11 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($288), and only a PSA 10 covers the $93 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence low on that sample. | $10 | $82 | $288 | $83 | +$195 | 9.1% | −$28 | 11 low |
| 14 | Expected loss −$28 per submission: 8.3% of 12 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($106), and a PSA 9 ($88) still clears the $88 you have in it. Confidence low on that sample. | $7 | $88 | $106 | $81 | +$18 | 8.3% | −$28 | 12 low |
| 15 | Expected loss −$41 per submission: 30.8% of 2,389 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($95), and only a PSA 10 covers the $92 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $11 | $36 | $95 | $81 | +$3 | 30.8% | −$41 | 2,389 high |
| 16 | Expected loss −$61 per submission: 10.7% of 56 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($150), and only a PSA 10 covers the $93 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence medium on that sample. | $12 | $35 | $150 | $81 | +$56 | 10.7% | −$61 | 56 medium |
Best case only — no gem-rate evidence 1
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 | $14 | — | $96 | $81 | +$1 | — | — | 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 Lapras ranking
Every Lapras card listed here clears one bar: its PSA 10 price beats its raw price by more than the cost of grading it. 17 Lapras printings pass. 16 of them (94%) have a gem-rate sample of at least ten graded copies in the population reports, and 6 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 Lapras ex from Ruby & Sapphire, gems 2.6% of the time across 2,082 graded copies: +$757 is what a long run of submissions would average, $17,230 is what one lucky copy returns.
The median gem rate across the sampled Lapras cards is 19.9%. Roughly one submitted copy in 5 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 10 lose money on expectation. 12 rest on a hundred or more graded copies.
1 card sits below the ranking with a best case only, fewer than ten graded copies. The largest best case among them is the Lapras from 30th Celebration at +$1.
Before you submit a Lapras 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 Lapras card list, or see how gem-mint premiums run across the whole catalogue on the PSA premium index.