Best Latias Cards to Grade
The Latias 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: Latias & Latios-GX (Team Up) at an expected +$4,178.
Ranked by expected profit 20
| # | Card | Raw | PSA 9 | PSA 10 | Cost | Best case | Gem rate | Expected | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Expected +$4,178 per submission: 40.1% of 6,132 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($14,400), and a PSA 9 ($4,980) still clears the $4,313 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $3,150 | $4,980 | $14,400 | $1,163 | +$10,087 | 40.1% | +$4,178 | 6,132 high |
| 2 | Expected +$2,778 per submission: 3.4% of 940 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($67,560), and a PSA 9 ($2,610) still clears the $3,876 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $181 | $2,610 | $67,560 | $3,695 | +$63,684 | 3.4% | +$2,778 | 940 high |
| 3 | Expected +$1,779 per submission: 4.1% of 2,126 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($34,200), and a PSA 9 ($3,099) still clears the $2,771 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $410 | $3,099 | $34,200 | $2,361 | +$31,429 | 4.1% | +$1,779 | 2,126 high |
| 4 | Expected +$1,326 per submission: 8% of 673 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($14,500), and a PSA 9 ($960) still clears the $1,252 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $88 | $960 | $14,500 | $1,164 | +$13,248 | 8% | +$1,326 | 673 high |
| 5 | Expected +$621 per submission: 11.4% of 734 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($5,040), and a PSA 9 ($792) still clears the $858 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $189 | $792 | $5,040 | $669 | +$4,182 | 11.4% | +$621 | 734 high |
| 6 | Expected +$295 per submission: 1% of 105 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($5,500), and a PSA 9 ($3,120) still clears the $918 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $244 | $3,120 | $5,500 | $674 | +$4,582 | 1% | +$295 | 105 high |
| 7 | Expected +$272 per submission: 56.6% of 1,693 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($680), and a PSA 9 ($230) still clears the $196 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $109 | $230 | $680 | $87 | +$484 | 56.6% | +$272 | 1,693 high |
| 8 | Expected +$262 per submission: 5.5% of 237 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($3,800), and a PSA 9 ($409) still clears the $424 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $17 | $409 | $3,800 | $407 | +$3,376 | 5.5% | +$262 | 237 high |
| 9 | Expected +$252 per submission: 39.3% of 3,564 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($850), and only a PSA 10 covers the $157 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $69 | $133 | $850 | $88 | +$693 | 39.3% | +$252 | 3,564 high |
| 10 | Expected +$243 per submission: 40.9% of 1,759 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($915), and only a PSA 10 covers the $244 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $155 | $216 | $915 | $89 | +$671 | 40.9% | +$243 | 1,759 high |
| 11 | Expected +$202 per submission: 1.8% of 492 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($8,350), and a PSA 9 ($650) still clears the $715 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $12 | $650 | $8,350 | $703 | +$7,636 | 1.8% | +$202 | 492 high |
| 12 | Expected +$137 per submission: 7.3% of 137 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($1,625), and a PSA 9 ($375) still clears the $245 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $10 | $375 | $1,625 | $235 | +$1,379 | 7.3% | +$137 | 137 high |
| 13 | Expected +$130 per submission: 11% of 426 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($1,800), and only a PSA 10 covers the $251 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $14 | $74 | $1,800 | $237 | +$1,549 | 11% | +$130 | 426 high |
| 14 | Expected +$85 per submission: 0% of 217 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($1,750), and a PSA 9 ($765) still clears the $313 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $76 | $765 | $1,750 | $237 | +$1,438 | 0% | +$85 | 217 high |
| 15 | Expected +$12 per submission: 14% of 171 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($595), and only a PSA 10 covers the $106 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $20 | $62 | $595 | $86 | +$489 | 14% | +$12 | 171 high |
| 16 | Expected loss −$5 per submission: 34.5% of 18,961 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($456), and only a PSA 10 covers the $260 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $175 | $147 | $456 | $85 | +$196 | 34.5% | −$5 | 18,961 high |
| 17 | Expected loss −$6 per submission: 26.1% of 7,006 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($275), and only a PSA 10 covers the $103 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $20 | $35 | $275 | $83 | +$172 | 26.1% | −$6 | 7,006 high |
| 18 | Expected loss −$7 per submission: 29.4% of 299 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($203), and only a PSA 10 covers the $87 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $5 | $29 | $203 | $82 | +$116 | 29.4% | −$7 | 299 high |
| 19 | Expected loss −$18 per submission: 65.5% of 12,663 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($174), and only a PSA 10 covers the $157 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $75 | $73 | $174 | $82 | +$17 | 65.5% | −$18 | 12,663 high |
| 20 | Expected loss −$25 per submission: 3.8% of 80 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($885), and a PSA 9 ($143) still clears the $108 you have in it. Confidence medium on that sample. | $19 | $143 | $885 | $89 | +$777 | 3.8% | −$25 | 80 medium |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | $12 | — | $10,239 | $1,121 | +$9,105 | — | — | none <10 | |
| 22 | $40 | — | $2,700 | $396 | +$2,264 | — | — | 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 Latias ranking
Every Latias card listed here clears one bar: its PSA 10 price beats its raw price by more than the cost of grading it. 22 Latias printings pass. 20 of them (91%) have a gem-rate sample of at least ten graded copies in the population reports, and 15 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 Latias & Latios-GX from Team Up, gems 40.1% of the time across 6,132 graded copies: +$4,178 is what a long run of submissions would average, $10,087 is what one lucky copy returns.
The median gem rate across the sampled Latias cards is 11.4%. Roughly one submitted copy in 9 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 20 ranked cards, 12 still cover raw price plus fee at PSA 9, 8 need a 10 to break even and 5 lose money on expectation. 19 rest on a hundred or more graded copies.
2 cards sit below the ranking with a best case only, fewer than ten graded copies. The largest best case among them is the Latias from Nintendo Black Star Promos at +$2,264.
Before you submit a Latias 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 Latias card list, or see how gem-mint premiums run across the whole catalogue on the PSA premium index.