Best Metagross Cards to Grade
The Metagross 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: Metagross ☆ (Delta Species) at an expected +$3,498.
Ranked by expected profit 14
| # | Card | Raw | PSA 9 | PSA 10 | Cost | Best case | Gem rate | Expected | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Expected +$3,498 per submission: 4.1% of 1,592 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($45,600), and a PSA 9 ($12,600) still clears the $4,438 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $1,963 | $12,600 | $45,600 | $2,475 | +$41,162 | 4.1% | +$3,498 | 1,592 high |
| 2 | Expected +$929 per submission: 11.3% of 468 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($4,560), and a PSA 9 ($1,700) still clears the $540 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $125 | $1,700 | $4,560 | $415 | +$4,020 | 11.3% | +$929 | 468 high |
| 3 | Expected +$769 per submission: 13% of 770 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($5,177), and a PSA 9 ($950) still clears the $838 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $167 | $950 | $5,177 | $671 | +$4,340 | 13% | +$769 | 770 high |
| 4 | Expected +$741 per submission: 8.7% of 1,072 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($8,000), and a PSA 9 ($540) still clears the $806 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $107 | $540 | $8,000 | $699 | +$7,194 | 8.7% | +$741 | 1,072 high |
| 5 | Expected +$665 per submission: 18.1% of 304 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($3,900), and a PSA 9 ($247) still clears the $435 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $27 | $247 | $3,900 | $408 | +$3,465 | 18.1% | +$665 | 304 high |
| 6 | Expected +$521 per submission: 8.9% of 203 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($6,300), and a PSA 9 ($225) still clears the $721 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $39 | $225 | $6,300 | $682 | +$5,579 | 8.9% | +$521 | 203 high |
| 7 | Expected +$62 per submission: 61.7% of 844 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($276), and only a PSA 10 covers the $158 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $75 | $138 | $276 | $83 | +$118 | 61.7% | +$62 | 844 high |
| 8 | Expected +$61 per submission: 46.2% of 377 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($265), and only a PSA 10 covers the $94 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $11 | $75 | $265 | $83 | +$172 | 46.2% | +$61 | 377 high |
| 9 | Expected +$50 per submission: 45.7% of 403 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($300), and only a PSA 10 covers the $110 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $27 | $54 | $300 | $83 | +$190 | 45.7% | +$50 | 403 high |
| 10 | Expected +$36 per submission: 19.6% of 51 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($225), and a PSA 9 ($200) still clears the $96 you have in it. Confidence medium on that sample. | $14 | $200 | $225 | $82 | +$129 | 19.6% | +$36 | 51 medium |
| 11 | Expected +$4 per submission: 40.5% of 617 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($215), and only a PSA 10 covers the $112 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $30 | $55 | $215 | $82 | +$103 | 40.5% | +$4 | 617 high |
| 12 | Expected loss −$18 per submission: 42.7% of 5,802 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($178), and only a PSA 10 covers the $117 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $35 | $40 | $178 | $82 | +$61 | 42.7% | −$18 | 5,802 high |
| 13 | Expected loss −$28 per submission: 11% of 73 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($164), and a PSA 9 ($106) still clears the $96 you have in it. Confidence medium on that sample. | $14 | $106 | $164 | $82 | +$69 | 11% | −$28 | 73 medium |
| 14 | Expected loss −$65 per submission: 0.9% of 113 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($188), and only a PSA 10 covers the $101 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $19 | $60 | $188 | $82 | +$87 | 0.9% | −$65 | 113 high |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | $25 | — | $696 | $87 | +$584 | — | — | none <10 | |
| 16 | $8 | — | $99 | $81 | +$10 | — | — | 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 Metagross ranking
Every Metagross card listed here clears one bar: its PSA 10 price beats its raw price by more than the cost of grading it. 16 Metagross printings pass. 14 of them (88%) have a gem-rate sample of at least ten graded copies in the population reports, and 11 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 Metagross ☆ from Delta Species, gems 4.1% of the time across 1,592 graded copies: +$3,498 is what a long run of submissions would average, $41,162 is what one lucky copy returns.
The median gem rate across the sampled Metagross cards is 18.1%. Roughly one submitted copy in 6 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 14 ranked cards, 8 still cover raw price plus fee at PSA 9, 6 need a 10 to break even and 3 lose money on expectation. 12 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 M Metagross-EX from XY Black Star Promos at +$584.
Before you submit a Metagross 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 Metagross card list, or see how gem-mint premiums run across the whole catalogue on the PSA premium index.