Best Shaymin Cards to Grade
The Shaymin 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: Shaymin LV.X (Platinum) at an expected +$1,744.
Ranked by expected profit 15
| # | Card | Raw | PSA 9 | PSA 10 | Cost | Best case | Gem rate | Expected | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Expected +$1,744 per submission: 5.5% of 403 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($24,600), and a PSA 9 ($1,400) still clears the $1,299 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $34 | $1,400 | $24,600 | $1,265 | +$23,301 | 5.5% | +$1,744 | 403 high |
| 2 | Expected +$680 per submission: 25.9% of 158 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($2,800), and a PSA 9 ($250) still clears the $403 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $6 | $250 | $2,800 | $397 | +$2,397 | 25.9% | +$680 | 158 high |
| 3 | Expected +$619 per submission: 5.1% of 565 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($13,100), and a PSA 9 ($325) still clears the $1,214 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $64 | $325 | $13,100 | $1,150 | +$11,886 | 5.1% | +$619 | 565 high |
| 4 | Expected +$547 per submission: 4.7% of 214 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($10,800), and a PSA 9 ($1,350) still clears the $1,483 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $356 | $1,350 | $10,800 | $1,127 | +$9,317 | 4.7% | +$547 | 214 high |
| 5 | Expected +$315 per submission: 9.8% of 518 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($3,050), and a PSA 9 ($319) still clears the $420 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $20 | $319 | $3,050 | $400 | +$2,631 | 9.8% | +$315 | 518 high |
| 6 | Expected +$276 per submission: 2.3% of 1,670 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($13,800), and a PSA 9 ($327) still clears the $1,209 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $52 | $327 | $13,800 | $1,157 | +$12,591 | 2.3% | +$276 | 1,670 high |
| 7 | Expected +$188 per submission: 4.3% of 492 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($5,750), and a PSA 9 ($250) still clears the $712 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $35 | $250 | $5,750 | $677 | +$5,039 | 4.3% | +$188 | 492 high |
| 8 | Expected +$132 per submission: 5.4% of 92 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($3,850), and only a PSA 10 covers the $421 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence medium on that sample. | $13 | $55 | $3,850 | $408 | +$3,430 | 5.4% | +$132 | 92 medium |
| 9 | Expected +$47 per submission: 0.6% of 165 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($3,000), and a PSA 9 ($460) still clears the $459 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $60 | $460 | $3,000 | $399 | +$2,541 | 0.6% | +$47 | 165 high |
| 10 | Expected +$46 per submission: 14.7% of 68 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($629), and a PSA 9 ($99) still clears the $92 you have in it. Confidence medium on that sample. | $6 | $99 | $629 | $86 | +$537 | 14.7% | +$46 | 68 medium |
| 11 | Expected loss −$20 per submission: 2.7% of 73 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($143), and a PSA 9 ($118) still clears the $91 you have in it. Confidence medium on that sample. | $10 | $118 | $143 | $81 | +$51 | 2.7% | −$20 | 73 medium |
| 12 | Expected loss −$31 per submission: 1.3% of 78 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($283), and only a PSA 10 covers the $108 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence medium on that sample. | $25 | $100 | $283 | $83 | +$175 | 1.3% | −$31 | 78 medium |
| 13 | Expected loss −$46 per submission: 31.3% of 3,751 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($100), and only a PSA 10 covers the $92 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $11 | $22 | $100 | $81 | +$8 | 31.3% | −$46 | 3,751 high |
| 14 | Expected loss −$55 per submission: 0.2% of 496 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($720), and a PSA 9 ($565) still clears the $153 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $66 | $565 | $720 | $87 | +$567 | 0.2% | −$55 | 496 high |
| 15 | Expected loss −$74 per submission: 1% of 99 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($326), and only a PSA 10 covers the $91 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence medium on that sample. | $8 | $17 | $326 | $83 | +$235 | 1% | −$74 | 99 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 Shaymin ranking
Every Shaymin card listed here clears one bar: its PSA 10 price beats its raw price by more than the cost of grading it. 15 Shaymin printings pass. 15 of them (100%) have a gem-rate sample of at least ten graded copies in the population reports, and 10 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 Shaymin LV.X from Platinum, gems 5.5% of the time across 403 graded copies: +$1,744 is what a long run of submissions would average, $23,301 is what one lucky copy returns.
The median gem rate across the sampled Shaymin cards is 4.7%. Roughly one submitted copy in 21 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 15 ranked cards, 11 still cover raw price plus fee at PSA 9, 4 need a 10 to break even and 5 lose money on expectation. 10 rest on a hundred or more graded copies.
Before you submit a Shaymin 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 Shaymin card list, or see how gem-mint premiums run across the whole catalogue on the PSA premium index.