Best Suicune Cards to Grade
The Suicune 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: Rocket's Suicune ex (Team Rocket Returns) at an expected +$4,711.
Ranked by expected profit 21
| # | Card | Raw | PSA 9 | PSA 10 | Cost | Best case | Gem rate | Expected | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Expected +$4,711 per submission: 7.3% of 1,124 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($40,000), and a PSA 9 ($9,700) still clears the $3,102 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $683 | $9,700 | $40,000 | $2,419 | +$36,898 | 7.3% | +$4,711 | 1,124 high |
| 2 | Expected +$4,195 per submission: 4.4% of 703 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($52,700), and a PSA 9 ($6,888) still clears the $3,852 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $306 | $6,888 | $52,700 | $3,546 | +$48,848 | 4.4% | +$4,195 | 703 high |
| 3 | Expected +$3,030 per submission: 3.8% of 1,300 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($39,500), and a PSA 9 ($7,363) still clears the $2,837 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $423 | $7,363 | $39,500 | $2,414 | +$36,663 | 3.8% | +$3,030 | 1,300 high |
| 4 | Expected +$2,712 per submission: 7.1% of 3,802 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($25,000), and a PSA 9 ($6,300) still clears the $3,122 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $1,853 | $6,300 | $25,000 | $1,269 | +$21,878 | 7.1% | +$2,712 | 3,802 high |
| 5 | Expected +$2,460 per submission: 6% of 400 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($38,400), and a PSA 9 ($1,250) still clears the $2,448 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $45 | $1,250 | $38,400 | $2,403 | +$35,952 | 6% | +$2,460 | 400 high |
| 6 | Expected +$1,255 per submission: 7% of 994 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($11,500), and a PSA 9 ($3,840) still clears the $1,746 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $612 | $3,840 | $11,500 | $1,134 | +$9,754 | 7% | +$1,255 | 994 high |
| 7 | Expected +$1,022 per submission: 2.8% of 672 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($22,800), and a PSA 9 ($1,800) still clears the $1,408 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $161 | $1,800 | $22,800 | $1,247 | +$21,392 | 2.8% | +$1,022 | 672 high |
| 8 | Expected +$745 per submission: 6.6% of 715 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($9,000), and a PSA 9 ($1,250) still clears the $854 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $145 | $1,250 | $9,000 | $709 | +$8,146 | 6.6% | +$745 | 715 high |
| 9 | Expected +$412 per submission: 2% of 707 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($9,999), and a PSA 9 ($1,500) still clears the $891 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $172 | $1,500 | $9,999 | $719 | +$9,108 | 2% | +$412 | 707 high |
| 10 | Expected +$227 per submission: 31.8% of 179 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($1,000), and only a PSA 10 covers the $155 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $65 | $105 | $1,000 | $90 | +$845 | 31.8% | +$227 | 179 high |
| 11 | Expected +$167 per submission: 25.8% of 644 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($1,200), and only a PSA 10 covers the $226 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $114 | $85 | $1,200 | $112 | +$974 | 25.8% | +$167 | 644 high |
| 12 | Expected +$122 per submission: 2.1% of 725 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($2,520), and a PSA 9 ($870) still clears the $529 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $135 | $870 | $2,520 | $394 | +$1,991 | 2.1% | +$122 | 725 high |
| 13 | Expected +$71 per submission: 8.3% of 264 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($1,305), and only a PSA 10 covers the $131 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $18 | $75 | $1,305 | $113 | +$1,174 | 8.3% | +$71 | 264 high |
| 14 | Expected +$61 per submission: 29% of 535 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($488), and only a PSA 10 covers the $113 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $28 | $51 | $488 | $85 | +$375 | 29% | +$61 | 535 high |
| 15 | Expected +$57 per submission: 0.5% of 3,130 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($3,738), and a PSA 9 ($879) still clears the $589 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $183 | $879 | $3,738 | $406 | +$3,149 | 0.5% | +$57 | 3,130 high |
| 16 | Expected +$38 per submission: 37.2% of 339 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($299), and only a PSA 10 covers the $92 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $9 | $32 | $299 | $83 | +$207 | 37.2% | +$38 | 339 high |
| 17 | Expected +$2 per submission: 22.6% of 336 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($350), and only a PSA 10 covers the $108 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $25 | $46 | $350 | $83 | +$242 | 22.6% | +$2 | 336 high |
| 18 | Expected loss −$1 per submission: 4.3% of 185 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($500), and a PSA 9 ($400) still clears the $135 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $50 | $400 | $500 | $85 | +$365 | 4.3% | −$1 | 185 high |
| 19 | Expected loss −$4 per submission: 42.6% of 1,398 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($173), and only a PSA 10 covers the $98 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $16 | $37 | $173 | $82 | +$75 | 42.6% | −$4 | 1,398 high |
| 20 | Expected loss −$7 per submission: 55% of 27,966 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($192), and only a PSA 10 covers the $140 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $58 | $61 | $192 | $82 | +$52 | 55% | −$7 | 27,966 high |
| 21 | Expected loss −$33 per submission: 0% of 10 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($2,900), and a PSA 9 ($400) still clears the $437 you have in it. Confidence low on that sample. | $39 | $400 | $2,900 | $398 | +$2,463 | 0% | −$33 | 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | $65 | — | $1,789 | $237 | +$1,487 | — | — | 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 Suicune ranking
Every Suicune card listed here clears one bar: its PSA 10 price beats its raw price by more than the cost of grading it. 22 Suicune printings pass. 21 of them (95%) have a gem-rate sample of at least ten graded copies in the population reports, and 17 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 Rocket's Suicune ex from Team Rocket Returns, gems 7.3% of the time across 1,124 graded copies: +$4,711 is what a long run of submissions would average, $36,898 is what one lucky copy returns.
The median gem rate across the sampled Suicune cards is 7%. Roughly one submitted copy in 14 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 21 ranked cards, 13 still cover raw price plus fee at PSA 9, 8 need a 10 to break even and 4 lose money on expectation. 20 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 Suicune from Wizards Black Star Promos at +$1,487.
Before you submit a Suicune 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 Suicune card list, or see how gem-mint premiums run across the whole catalogue on the PSA premium index.