Best Pidgeot Cards to Grade
The Pidgeot 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: Pidgeot (Expedition Base Set) at an expected +$1,509.
Ranked by expected profit 13
| # | Card | Raw | PSA 9 | PSA 10 | Cost | Best case | Gem rate | Expected | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Expected +$1,509 per submission: 6% of 770 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($25,118), and a PSA 9 ($700) still clears the $2,462 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $192 | $700 | $25,118 | $2,270 | +$22,656 | 6% | +$1,509 | 770 high |
| 2 | Expected +$124 per submission: 36.4% of 121 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($450), and a PSA 9 ($180) still clears the $111 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $27 | $180 | $450 | $84 | +$339 | 36.4% | +$124 | 121 high |
| 3 | Expected +$116 per submission: 27.7% of 1,030 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($524), and a PSA 9 ($199) still clears the $134 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $49 | $199 | $524 | $85 | +$390 | 27.7% | +$116 | 1,030 high |
| 4 | Expected +$80 per submission: 7.2% of 432 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($1,200), and a PSA 9 ($200) still clears the $155 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $43 | $200 | $1,200 | $112 | +$1,045 | 7.2% | +$80 | 432 high |
| 5 | Expected +$19 per submission: 34.5% of 84 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($199), and only a PSA 10 covers the $88 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence medium on that sample. | $6 | $65 | $199 | $82 | +$111 | 34.5% | +$19 | 84 medium |
| 6 | Expected loss −$1 per submission: 0.8% of 2,856 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($6,600), and a PSA 9 ($170) still clears the $720 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $35 | $170 | $6,600 | $685 | +$5,880 | 0.8% | −$1 | 2,856 high |
| 7 | Expected loss −$7 per submission: 0.9% of 5,213 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($4,000), and a PSA 9 ($184) still clears the $451 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $42 | $184 | $4,000 | $409 | +$3,549 | 0.9% | −$7 | 5,213 high |
| 8 | Expected loss −$14 per submission: 4.9% of 529 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($445), and a PSA 9 ($200) still clears the $104 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $20 | $200 | $445 | $84 | +$340 | 4.9% | −$14 | 529 high |
| 9 | Expected loss −$18 per submission: 30.4% of 3,572 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($175), and only a PSA 10 covers the $91 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $9 | $34 | $175 | $82 | +$84 | 30.4% | −$18 | 3,572 high |
| 10 | Expected loss −$26 per submission: 41.1% of 5,415 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($130), and only a PSA 10 covers the $95 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $14 | $29 | $130 | $81 | +$34 | 41.1% | −$26 | 5,415 high |
| 11 | Expected loss −$29 per submission: 15.2% of 572 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($200), and only a PSA 10 covers the $90 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $8 | $67 | $200 | $82 | +$110 | 15.2% | −$29 | 572 high |
| 12 | Expected loss −$44 per submission: 26.2% of 8,907 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($135), and only a PSA 10 covers the $101 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $20 | $32 | $135 | $81 | +$34 | 26.2% | −$44 | 8,907 high |
| 13 | Expected loss −$44 per submission: 33.3% of 15 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($100), and only a PSA 10 covers the $87 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence low on that sample. | $6 | $19 | $100 | $81 | +$13 | 33.3% | −$44 | 15 low |
Best case only — no gem-rate evidence 1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | $7 | — | $166 | $82 | +$77 | — | — | 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 Pidgeot ranking
Every Pidgeot card listed here clears one bar: its PSA 10 price beats its raw price by more than the cost of grading it. 14 Pidgeot printings pass. 13 of them (93%) have a gem-rate sample of at least ten graded copies in the population reports, and 5 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 Pidgeot from Expedition Base Set, gems 6% of the time across 770 graded copies: +$1,509 is what a long run of submissions would average, $22,656 is what one lucky copy returns.
The median gem rate across the sampled Pidgeot cards is 26.2%. Roughly one submitted copy in 4 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 13 ranked cards, 7 still cover raw price plus fee at PSA 9, 6 need a 10 to break even and 8 lose money on expectation. 11 rest on a hundred or more graded copies.
1 card sits below the ranking with a best case only, fewer than ten graded copies. The largest best case among them is the Pidgeot from HS—Triumphant at +$77.
Before you submit a Pidgeot 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 Pidgeot card list, or see how gem-mint premiums run across the whole catalogue on the PSA premium index.