Best Muk Cards to Grade
The Muk 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: Muk (Aquapolis) at an expected +$2,998.
Ranked by expected profit 14
| # | Card | Raw | PSA 9 | PSA 10 | Cost | Best case | Gem rate | Expected | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Expected +$2,998 per submission: 12.3% of 543 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($25,000), and a PSA 9 ($700) still clears the $1,529 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $260 | $700 | $25,000 | $1,269 | +$23,471 | 12.3% | +$2,998 | 543 high |
| 2 | Expected +$871 per submission: 11.1% of 504 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($8,700), and a PSA 9 ($105) still clears the $726 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $20 | $105 | $8,700 | $706 | +$7,974 | 11.1% | +$871 | 504 high |
| 3 | Expected +$316 per submission: 10.1% of 1,009 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($3,119), and a PSA 9 ($538) still clears the $515 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $115 | $538 | $3,119 | $400 | +$2,604 | 10.1% | +$316 | 1,009 high |
| 4 | Expected +$221 per submission: 14.2% of 204 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($1,999), and only a PSA 10 covers the $259 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $20 | $88 | $1,999 | $239 | +$1,740 | 14.2% | +$221 | 204 high |
| 5 | Expected +$162 per submission: 17.3% of 335 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($1,532), and only a PSA 10 covers the $250 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $16 | $35 | $1,532 | $234 | +$1,282 | 17.3% | +$162 | 335 high |
| 6 | Expected +$72 per submission: 52.8% of 1,844 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($402), and only a PSA 10 covers the $190 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $106 | $120 | $402 | $84 | +$212 | 52.8% | +$72 | 1,844 high |
| 7 | Expected +$31 per submission: 49.7% of 1,571 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($225), and only a PSA 10 covers the $103 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $21 | $50 | $225 | $82 | +$122 | 49.7% | +$31 | 1,571 high |
| 8 | Expected loss −$8 per submission: 47.6% of 544 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($192), and only a PSA 10 covers the $121 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $39 | $50 | $192 | $82 | +$71 | 47.6% | −$8 | 544 high |
| 9 | Expected loss −$16 per submission: 37.9% of 95 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($169), and only a PSA 10 covers the $106 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence medium on that sample. | $24 | $51 | $169 | $82 | +$64 | 37.9% | −$16 | 95 medium |
| 10 | Expected loss −$19 per submission: 18.6% of 210 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($275), and only a PSA 10 covers the $89 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $6 | $25 | $275 | $83 | +$186 | 18.6% | −$19 | 210 high |
| 11 | Expected loss −$19 per submission: 55.7% of 713 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($145), and only a PSA 10 covers the $114 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $33 | $39 | $145 | $81 | +$30 | 55.7% | −$19 | 713 high |
| 12 | Expected loss −$21 per submission: 29.6% of 115 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($179), and only a PSA 10 covers the $94 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $12 | $45 | $179 | $82 | +$85 | 29.6% | −$21 | 115 high |
| 13 | Expected loss −$27 per submission: 40% of 75 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($113), and only a PSA 10 covers the $89 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence medium on that sample. | $8 | $37 | $113 | $81 | +$24 | 40% | −$27 | 75 medium |
| 14 | Expected loss −$39 per submission: 3.5% of 8,320 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($550), and only a PSA 10 covers the $97 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $12 | $60 | $550 | $85 | +$453 | 3.5% | −$39 | 8,320 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.
How to read the Muk ranking
Every Muk card listed here clears one bar: its PSA 10 price beats its raw price by more than the cost of grading it. 14 Muk printings pass. 14 of them (100%) have a gem-rate sample of at least ten graded copies in the population reports, and 7 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 Muk from Aquapolis, gems 12.3% of the time across 543 graded copies: +$2,998 is what a long run of submissions would average, $23,471 is what one lucky copy returns.
The median gem rate across the sampled Muk cards is 29.6%. Roughly one submitted copy in 3 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 14 ranked cards, 3 still cover raw price plus fee at PSA 9, 11 need a 10 to break even and 7 lose money on expectation. 12 rest on a hundred or more graded copies.
Before you submit a Muk 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 Muk card list, or see how gem-mint premiums run across the whole catalogue on the PSA premium index.