Best Magmar Cards to Grade

The Magmar 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: Magmar ex (Ruby & Sapphire) at an expected +$531.

Worth grading4

With a gem-rate sample4100%

Positive expected value1

Median gem rate26.6%

PSA fees as of2026-09-26

Ranked by expected profit 4

Magmar cards worth grading, ranked by expected grading profit
#	Card	Raw	PSA 9	PSA 10	Cost	Best case	Gem rate	Expected	Sample
1	Magmar exRuby & Sapphire #100 · Vintage (1999–2003) Expected +$531 per submission: 4.1% of 1,593 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($9,300), and a PSA 9 ($885) still clears the $795 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample.	$83	$885	$9,300	$712	+$8,505	4.1%	+$531	1,593 high
2	MagmarWizards Black Star Promos #44 · Vintage (1999–2003) Expected loss −$12 per submission: 29.7% of 920 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($175), and only a PSA 10 covers the $118 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample.	$36	$106	$175	$82	+$57	29.7%	−$12	920 high
3	MagmarExpedition Base Set #86 · Vintage (1999–2003) Expected loss −$23 per submission: 26.6% of 94 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($152), and only a PSA 10 covers the $89 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence medium on that sample.	$7	$43	$152	$82	+$63	26.6%	−$23	94 medium
4	Blaine's MagmarGym Heroes #37 · Vintage (1999–2003) Expected loss −$46 per submission: 6.5% of 107 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($295), and only a PSA 10 covers the $88 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample.	$5	$36	$295	$83	+$207	6.5%	−$46	107 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.

PSA population 30

Every Magmar 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 30

The most-submitted cards, by total PSA graded.

Magmar cards by total PSA graded
#	Card	Graded	PSA 10s
1	Magmar ex Ruby & Sapphire #100	1,593	65
2	Magmar Base #36	1,143	169
3	Magmar Wizards Black Star Promos #44	920	273
4	Magmar Fossil #39	658	62
5	Magmar Pokémon TCG Classic - Charizard #6	393	240
6	Magmar Base Set 2 #51	177	47
7	Blaine's Magmar Gym Heroes #37	107	7
8	Magmar Expedition Base Set #86	94	25
9	Magmar Evolutions #20	69	13
10	Magmar Legend Maker #21	46	17

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Magmar cards by total PSA graded
#	Card	Graded	PSA 10s
11	Magmar Team Rocket Returns #44	40	17
12	Magmar Neo Genesis #40	39	8
13	Magmar McDonald's Collection 2019 #3	30	2
14	Magmar Brilliant Stars #19	28	12
15	Magmar Ultra Prism #18	27	12
16	Magmar Generations #16	21	5
17	Magmar Hidden Fates #10	17	7
18	Magmar Secret Wonders #93	15	0
19	Magmar HS—Triumphant #42	10	1
20	Magmar Call of Legends #62	9	2
21	Magmar HS—Unleashed #52	9	0
22	Magmar Rebel Clash #29	9	0
23	Magmar Paldean Fates #9	7	3
24	Magmar 151 #126	6	4
25	Magmar Mysterious Treasures #54	5	3

Fewest PSA 10s 16

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

Magmar cards with the fewest PSA 10s
#	Card	PSA 10s	Graded
1	Magmar McDonald's Collection 2019 #3	2	30
2	Magmar Generations #16	5	21
3	Blaine's Magmar Gym Heroes #37	7	107
4	Magmar Neo Genesis #40	8	39
5	Magmar Brilliant Stars #19	12	28
6	Magmar Ultra Prism #18	12	27
7	Magmar Evolutions #20	13	69
8	Magmar Legend Maker #21	17	46
9	Magmar Team Rocket Returns #44	17	40
10	Magmar Expedition Base Set #86	25	94

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Magmar cards with the fewest PSA 10s
#	Card	PSA 10s	Graded
11	Magmar Base Set 2 #51	47	177
12	Magmar Fossil #39	62	658
13	Magmar ex Ruby & Sapphire #100	65	1,593
14	Magmar Base #36	169	1,143
15	Magmar Pokémon TCG Classic - Charizard #6	240	393
16	Magmar Wizards Black Star Promos #44	273	920

Most PSA 10s 16

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

Magmar cards with the most PSA 10s
#	Card	PSA 10s	Graded
1	Magmar Wizards Black Star Promos #44	273	920
2	Magmar Pokémon TCG Classic - Charizard #6	240	393
3	Magmar Base #36	169	1,143
4	Magmar ex Ruby & Sapphire #100	65	1,593
5	Magmar Fossil #39	62	658
6	Magmar Base Set 2 #51	47	177
7	Magmar Expedition Base Set #86	25	94
8	Magmar Team Rocket Returns #44	17	40
9	Magmar Legend Maker #21	17	46
10	Magmar Evolutions #20	13	69

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Magmar cards with the most PSA 10s
#	Card	PSA 10s	Graded
11	Magmar Ultra Prism #18	12	27
12	Magmar Brilliant Stars #19	12	28
13	Magmar Neo Genesis #40	8	39
14	Blaine's Magmar Gym Heroes #37	7	107
15	Magmar Generations #16	5	21
16	Magmar McDonald's Collection 2019 #3	2	30

Hardest to gem 16

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

Magmar cards with the lowest historical PSA 10 rate
#	Card	Historical PSA 10 rate	Graded
1	Magmar ex Ruby & Sapphire #100	4.1%	1,593
2	Blaine's Magmar Gym Heroes #37	6.5%	107
3	Magmar McDonald's Collection 2019 #3	6.7%	30
4	Magmar Fossil #39	9.4%	658
5	Magmar Base #36	15%	1,143
6	Magmar Evolutions #20	19%	69
7	Magmar Neo Genesis #40	21%	39
8	Magmar Generations #16	24%	21
9	Magmar Base Set 2 #51	27%	177
10	Magmar Expedition Base Set #86	27%	94

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Magmar cards with the lowest historical PSA 10 rate
#	Card	Historical PSA 10 rate	Graded
11	Magmar Wizards Black Star Promos #44	30%	920
12	Magmar Legend Maker #21	37%	46
13	Magmar Team Rocket Returns #44	43%	40
14	Magmar Brilliant Stars #19	43%	28
15	Magmar Ultra Prism #18	44%	27
16	Magmar Pokémon TCG Classic - Charizard #6	61%	393

Fastest growing 13

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.

Magmar cards by PSA copies graded over 30 days
#	Card	New graded	PSA 10s change
1	Magmar Wizards Black Star Promos #44	+56	0
2	Magmar ex Ruby & Sapphire #100	+33	0
3	Magmar Fossil #39	+12	0
4	Magmar Pokémon TCG Classic - Charizard #6	+9	+2
5	Magmar Base #36	+7	0
6	Magmar Base Set 2 #51	+5	0
7	Magmar Expedition Base Set #86	+5	0
8	Magmar Team Rocket Returns #44	+5	0
9	Magmar Brilliant Stars #19	+3	0
10	Blaine's Magmar Gym Heroes #37	+1	0

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Magmar cards by PSA copies graded over 30 days
#	Card	New graded	PSA 10s change
11	Magmar Legend Maker #21	+1	0
12	Magmar Neo Genesis #40	+1	0
13	Magmar Call of Legends #62	+1	+1

How to read the Magmar ranking

Every Magmar card listed here clears one bar: its PSA 10 price beats its raw price by more than the cost of grading it. 4 Magmar printings pass. 4 of them (100%) have a gem-rate sample of at least ten graded copies in the population reports, and 1 of those keeps 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 Magmar ex from Ruby & Sapphire, gems 4.1% of the time across 1,593 graded copies: +$531 is what a long run of submissions would average, $8,505 is what one lucky copy returns.

The median gem rate across the sampled Magmar cards is 26.6%. Roughly one submitted copy in 4 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 4 ranked cards, 1 still covers raw price plus fee at PSA 9, 3 need a 10 to break even and 3 lose money on expectation. 3 rest on a hundred or more graded copies.

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

Magmar grading questions

Which Magmar card is the best to grade?

On current numbers the Magmar ex (Ruby & Sapphire #100): 4.1% of 1,593 graded copies came back PSA 10, an expected profit of $531 per submission after the $712 grading cost, against a best case of $8,505 if it gems.

How many Magmar cards are worth grading?

1 keeps a positive expected value after the fee, out of the 4 with a gem-rate sample of at least ten graded copies. 4 cards on this page have a PSA 10 price that beats the raw price by more than the grading fee.

What gem rate do Magmar cards get at PSA?

The median across the 4 sampled Magmar cards is 26.6%, so about one in 4 of the copies collectors chose to submit came back PSA 10. The strongest rate with a sample of thirty or more is the Magmar (Wizards Black Star Promos #44) at 29.7% of 920.

Does the Magmar 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.

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