Best Squirtle Cards to Grade
The Squirtle 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: Squirtle (Expedition Base Set) at an expected +$694.
Ranked by expected profit 14
| # | Card | Raw | PSA 9 | PSA 10 | Cost | Best case | Gem rate | Expected | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Expected +$694 per submission: 25.2% of 456 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($2,999), and a PSA 9 ($322) still clears the $459 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $60 | $322 | $2,999 | $399 | +$2,540 | 25.2% | +$694 | 456 high |
| 2 | Expected +$558 per submission: 22.8% of 325 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($2,000), and a PSA 9 ($501) still clears the $279 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $40 | $501 | $2,000 | $239 | +$1,721 | 22.8% | +$558 | 325 high |
| 3 | Expected +$323 per submission: 21.7% of 729 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($1,250), and a PSA 9 ($385) still clears the $162 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $50 | $385 | $1,250 | $112 | +$1,088 | 21.7% | +$323 | 729 high |
| 4 | Expected +$180 per submission: 17.4% of 242 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($942), and a PSA 9 ($226) still clears the $100 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $11 | $226 | $942 | $89 | +$842 | 17.4% | +$180 | 242 high |
| 5 | Expected +$170 per submission: 38.1% of 236 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($549), and a PSA 9 ($100) still clears the $98 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $13 | $100 | $549 | $85 | +$450 | 38.1% | +$170 | 236 high |
| 6 | Expected +$62 per submission: 17.2% of 12,400 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($530), and a PSA 9 ($114) still clears the $91 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $6 | $114 | $530 | $85 | +$439 | 17.2% | +$62 | 12,400 high |
| 7 | Expected +$20 per submission: 38% of 36,388 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($360), and only a PSA 10 covers the $190 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $106 | $120 | $360 | $84 | +$171 | 38% | +$20 | 36,388 high |
| 8 | Expected +$15 per submission: 26.7% of 33,722 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($432), and only a PSA 10 covers the $174 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $90 | $103 | $432 | $84 | +$258 | 26.7% | +$15 | 33,722 high |
| 9 | Expected +$9 per submission: 16.3% of 209 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($250), and a PSA 9 ($210) still clears the $157 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $75 | $210 | $250 | $82 | +$93 | 16.3% | +$9 | 209 high |
| 10 | Expected loss −$18 per submission: 9.7% of 62 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($460), and only a PSA 10 covers the $92 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence medium on that sample. | $7 | $40 | $460 | $85 | +$368 | 9.7% | −$18 | 62 medium |
| 11 | Expected loss −$20 per submission: 57.8% of 3,282 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($106), and only a PSA 10 covers the $95 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $14 | $33 | $106 | $81 | +$11 | 57.8% | −$20 | 3,282 high |
| 12 | Expected loss −$26 per submission: 29.7% of 347 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($162), and only a PSA 10 covers the $117 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $35 | $65 | $162 | $82 | +$45 | 29.7% | −$26 | 347 high |
| 13 | Expected loss −$37 per submission: 35.9% of 2,563 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($122), and only a PSA 10 covers the $91 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $10 | $15 | $122 | $81 | +$31 | 35.9% | −$37 | 2,563 high |
| 14 | Expected loss −$46 per submission: 10.3% of 58 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($97), and only a PSA 10 covers the $89 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence medium on that sample. | $8 | $50 | $97 | $81 | +$8 | 10.3% | −$46 | 58 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 Squirtle ranking
Every Squirtle card listed here clears one bar: its PSA 10 price beats its raw price by more than the cost of grading it. 14 Squirtle printings pass. 14 of them (100%) have a gem-rate sample of at least ten graded copies in the population reports, and 9 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 Squirtle from Expedition Base Set, gems 25.2% of the time across 456 graded copies: +$694 is what a long run of submissions would average, $2,540 is what one lucky copy returns.
The median gem rate across the sampled Squirtle cards is 25.2%. 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 14 ranked cards, 7 still cover raw price plus fee at PSA 9, 7 need a 10 to break even and 5 lose money on expectation. 12 rest on a hundred or more graded copies.
Before you submit a Squirtle 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 Squirtle card list, or see how gem-mint premiums run across the whole catalogue on the PSA premium index.