Best Mimikyu Cards to Grade
The Mimikyu 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: Gengar & Mimikyu-GX (Team Up) at an expected +$1,986.
Ranked by expected profit 18
| # | Card | Raw | PSA 9 | PSA 10 | Cost | Best case | Gem rate | Expected | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Expected +$1,986 per submission: 46.2% of 4,497 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($7,500), and a PSA 9 ($2,370) still clears the $2,794 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $2,100 | $2,370 | $7,500 | $694 | +$4,706 | 46.2% | +$1,986 | 4,497 high |
| 2 | Expected +$742 per submission: 37.4% of 2,419 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($2,400), and a PSA 9 ($819) still clears the $643 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $400 | $819 | $2,400 | $243 | +$1,757 | 37.4% | +$742 | 2,419 high |
| 3 | Expected +$637 per submission: 31.8% of 538 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($2,520), and a PSA 9 ($510) still clears the $641 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $247 | $510 | $2,520 | $394 | +$1,879 | 31.8% | +$637 | 538 high |
| 4 | Expected +$564 per submission: 29.2% of 473 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($2,600), and only a PSA 10 covers the $547 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $152 | $230 | $2,600 | $395 | +$2,053 | 29.2% | +$564 | 473 high |
| 5 | Expected +$563 per submission: 51.4% of 2,702 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($1,750), and a PSA 9 ($555) still clears the $624 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $387 | $555 | $1,750 | $237 | +$1,126 | 51.4% | +$563 | 2,702 high |
| 6 | Expected +$554 per submission: 31.2% of 7,756 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($2,640), and a PSA 9 ($500) still clears the $770 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $375 | $500 | $2,640 | $395 | +$1,870 | 31.2% | +$554 | 7,756 high |
| 7 | Expected +$164 per submission: 18.1% of 5,072 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($1,250), and only a PSA 10 covers the $169 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $57 | $132 | $1,250 | $112 | +$1,081 | 18.1% | +$164 | 5,072 high |
| 8 | Expected +$143 per submission: 25.7% of 4,121 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($850), and only a PSA 10 covers the $158 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $70 | $120 | $850 | $88 | +$692 | 25.7% | +$143 | 4,121 high |
| 9 | Expected +$143 per submission: 43.4% of 1,076 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($500), and only a PSA 10 covers the $133 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $48 | $112 | $500 | $85 | +$367 | 43.4% | +$143 | 1,076 high |
| 10 | Expected +$97 per submission: 54.9% of 10,100 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($400), and only a PSA 10 covers the $164 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $80 | $95 | $400 | $84 | +$236 | 54.9% | +$97 | 10,100 high |
| 11 | Expected +$64 per submission: 60.6% of 891 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($275), and only a PSA 10 covers the $123 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $40 | $52 | $275 | $83 | +$152 | 60.6% | +$64 | 891 high |
| 12 | Expected +$63 per submission: 44.4% of 349 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($330), and only a PSA 10 covers the $132 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $49 | $109 | $330 | $83 | +$198 | 44.4% | +$63 | 349 high |
| 13 | Expected +$32 per submission: 43.3% of 30 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($262), and only a PSA 10 covers the $98 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence medium on that sample. | $15 | $32 | $262 | $83 | +$164 | 43.3% | +$32 | 30 medium |
| 14 | Expected +$15 per submission: 27.5% of 8,690 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($327), and only a PSA 10 covers the $99 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $16 | $35 | $327 | $83 | +$228 | 27.5% | +$15 | 8,690 high |
| 15 | Expected +$5 per submission: 66.5% of 1,655 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($130), and only a PSA 10 covers the $93 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $12 | $40 | $130 | $81 | +$37 | 66.5% | +$5 | 1,655 high |
| 16 | Expected +$0 per submission: 71.6% of 8,236 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($184), and only a PSA 10 covers the $149 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $67 | $69 | $184 | $82 | +$35 | 71.6% | +$0 | 8,236 high |
| 17 | Expected loss −$13 per submission: 57.9% of 1,108 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($128), and only a PSA 10 covers the $101 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $20 | $35 | $128 | $81 | +$27 | 57.9% | −$13 | 1,108 high |
| 18 | Expected loss −$80 per submission: 0% of 12 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($95), and only a PSA 10 covers the $95 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence low on that sample. | $14 | $22 | $95 | $81 | +$1 | 0% | −$80 | 12 low |
Best case only — no gem-rate evidence 3
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | $20 | — | $4,750 | $417 | +$4,314 | — | — | none <10 | |
| 20 | $30 | — | $1,950 | $239 | +$1,682 | — | — | none <10 | |
| 21 | $16 | — | $156 | $82 | +$59 | — | — | 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 Mimikyu ranking
Every Mimikyu card listed here clears one bar: its PSA 10 price beats its raw price by more than the cost of grading it. 21 Mimikyu printings pass. 18 of them (86%) 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 Gengar & Mimikyu-GX from Team Up, gems 46.2% of the time across 4,497 graded copies: +$1,986 is what a long run of submissions would average, $4,706 is what one lucky copy returns.
The median gem rate across the sampled Mimikyu cards is 43.4%. Roughly one submitted copy in 2 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 18 ranked cards, 5 still cover raw price plus fee at PSA 9, 13 need a 10 to break even and 2 lose money on expectation. 16 rest on a hundred or more graded copies.
3 cards sit below the ranking with a best case only, fewer than ten graded copies. The largest best case among them is the Mimikyu from SM Black Star Promos at +$1,682.
Before you submit a Mimikyu 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 Mimikyu card list, or see how gem-mint premiums run across the whole catalogue on the PSA premium index.