Best Sceptile Cards to Grade
The Sceptile 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: Sceptile ex δ (Crystal Guardians) at an expected +$1,527.
Ranked by expected profit 17
| # | Card | Raw | PSA 9 | PSA 10 | Cost | Best case | Gem rate | Expected | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Expected +$1,527 per submission: 5.7% of 574 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($26,079), and a PSA 9 ($1,183) still clears the $2,533 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $253 | $1,183 | $26,079 | $2,280 | +$23,546 | 5.7% | +$1,527 | 574 high |
| 2 | Expected +$1,038 per submission: 5.2% of 733 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($10,000), and a PSA 9 ($2,977) still clears the $1,025 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $306 | $2,977 | $10,000 | $719 | +$8,975 | 5.2% | +$1,038 | 733 high |
| 3 | Expected +$819 per submission: 26.7% of 303 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($3,120), and a PSA 9 ($385) still clears the $422 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $22 | $385 | $3,120 | $400 | +$2,698 | 26.7% | +$819 | 303 high |
| 4 | Expected +$696 per submission: 2.4% of 828 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($5,100), and a PSA 9 ($2,900) still clears the $770 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $100 | $2,900 | $5,100 | $670 | +$4,330 | 2.4% | +$696 | 828 high |
| 5 | Expected +$610 per submission: 14.1% of 389 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($3,999), and a PSA 9 ($344) still clears the $437 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $28 | $344 | $3,999 | $409 | +$3,562 | 14.1% | +$610 | 389 high |
| 6 | Expected +$502 per submission: 21.5% of 636 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($2,700), and a PSA 9 ($230) still clears the $446 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $50 | $230 | $2,700 | $396 | +$2,254 | 21.5% | +$502 | 636 high |
| 7 | Expected +$420 per submission: 11.5% of 87 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($4,500), and only a PSA 10 covers the $426 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence medium on that sample. | $12 | $54 | $4,500 | $414 | +$4,074 | 11.5% | +$420 | 87 medium |
| 8 | Expected +$261 per submission: 22.3% of 1,421 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($1,400), and a PSA 9 ($230) still clears the $204 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $90 | $230 | $1,400 | $114 | +$1,196 | 22.3% | +$261 | 1,421 high |
| 9 | Expected +$198 per submission: 31.5% of 260 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($806), and only a PSA 10 covers the $108 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $20 | $80 | $806 | $88 | +$698 | 31.5% | +$198 | 260 high |
| 10 | Expected +$94 per submission: 41.1% of 248 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($396), and only a PSA 10 covers the $92 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $8 | $46 | $396 | $84 | +$304 | 41.1% | +$94 | 248 high |
| 11 | Expected +$63 per submission: 2.7% of 224 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($434), and a PSA 9 ($260) still clears the $103 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $19 | $260 | $434 | $84 | +$331 | 2.7% | +$63 | 224 high |
| 12 | Expected +$62 per submission: 3.4% of 352 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($540), and a PSA 9 ($305) still clears the $103 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $18 | $305 | $540 | $85 | +$437 | 3.4% | +$62 | 352 high |
| 13 | Expected +$59 per submission: 32.5% of 366 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($500), and only a PSA 10 covers the $129 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $44 | $32 | $500 | $85 | +$371 | 32.5% | +$59 | 366 high |
| 14 | Expected +$16 per submission: 24.4% of 889 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($350), and only a PSA 10 covers the $102 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $19 | $55 | $350 | $83 | +$248 | 24.4% | +$16 | 889 high |
| 15 | Expected loss −$6 per submission: 37.7% of 130 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($203), and only a PSA 10 covers the $96 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $14 | $22 | $203 | $82 | +$107 | 37.7% | −$6 | 130 high |
| 16 | Expected loss −$21 per submission: 13.7% of 95 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($348), and only a PSA 10 covers the $92 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence medium on that sample. | $9 | $40 | $348 | $83 | +$256 | 13.7% | −$21 | 95 medium |
| 17 | Expected loss −$59 per submission: 7.8% of 51 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($99), and only a PSA 10 covers the $88 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence medium on that sample. | $7 | $27 | $99 | $81 | +$11 | 7.8% | −$59 | 51 medium |
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 Sceptile ranking
Every Sceptile card listed here clears one bar: its PSA 10 price beats its raw price by more than the cost of grading it. 17 Sceptile printings pass. 17 of them (100%) have a gem-rate sample of at least ten graded copies in the population reports, and 14 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 Sceptile ex δ from Crystal Guardians, gems 5.7% of the time across 574 graded copies: +$1,527 is what a long run of submissions would average, $23,546 is what one lucky copy returns.
The median gem rate across the sampled Sceptile cards is 14.1%. Roughly one submitted copy in 7 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 17 ranked cards, 9 still cover raw price plus fee at PSA 9, 8 need a 10 to break even and 3 lose money on expectation. 14 rest on a hundred or more graded copies.
Before you submit a Sceptile 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 Sceptile card list, or see how gem-mint premiums run across the whole catalogue on the PSA premium index.