Best Tapu Koko Cards to Grade

The Tapu Koko 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: Tapu Koko-GX (Guardians Rising) at an expected −$13.

Worth grading4

With a gem-rate sample4100%

Positive expected value0

Median gem rate45.6%

PSA fees as of2026-09-26

Ranked by expected profit 4

Tapu Koko cards worth grading, ranked by expected grading profit
#	Card	Raw	PSA 9	PSA 10	Cost	Best case	Gem rate	Expected	Sample
1	Tapu Koko-GXGuardians Rising #153 · Modern (2011–2019) Expected loss −$13 per submission: 47.5% of 303 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($135), and only a PSA 10 covers the $95 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample.	$14	$40	$135	$81	+$39	47.5%	−$13	303 high
2	Tapu Koko-GXGuardians Rising #135 · Modern (2011–2019) Expected loss −$26 per submission: 45.6% of 274 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($116), and only a PSA 10 covers the $87 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample.	$6	$18	$116	$81	+$28	45.6%	−$26	274 high
3	Tapu Koko ◇Team Up #51 · Modern (2011–2019) Expected loss −$27 per submission: 23% of 282 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($201), and only a PSA 10 covers the $91 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample.	$9	$25	$201	$82	+$110	23%	−$27	282 high
4	Tapu Koko exParadox Rift #247 · Current (2020–) Expected loss −$28 per submission: 34.8% of 3,267 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($153), and only a PSA 10 covers the $102 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample.	$20	$30	$153	$82	+$52	34.8%	−$28	3,267 high

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.

PSA population 24

Every Tapu Koko card with a PSA population reading, ranked five ways. A historical PSA 10 rate is the share of graded copies that came back a 10 — how hard a 10 has been to earn, not the chance your copy earns one — and it is only quoted on cards with at least 20 graded copies; the PSA 10 tables use the same floor. PSA counts as of 15 Oct 2026. How population is measured.

Most graded 24

The most-submitted cards, by total PSA graded.

Tapu Koko cards by total PSA graded
#	Card	Graded	PSA 10s
1	Tapu Koko ex Paradox Rift #247	3,267	1,137
2	Tapu Koko-GX Hidden Fates Shiny Vault #SV93	1,952	1,176
3	Tapu Koko V Sword & Shield #72	320	189
4	Tapu Koko-GX Guardians Rising #153	303	144
5	Tapu Koko ◇ Team Up #51	282	65
6	Tapu Koko ex Paradox Rift #222	278	113
7	Tapu Koko-GX Guardians Rising #135	274	125
8	Tapu Koko VMAX Battle Styles #166	220	132
9	Tapu Koko-GX Guardians Rising #47	217	111
10	Tapu Koko VMAX Battle Styles #51	207	131

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Tapu Koko cards by total PSA graded
#	Card	Graded	PSA 10s
11	Tapu Koko-GX SM Black Star Promos #SM50	130	27
12	Tapu Koko SM Black Star Promos #SM30	130	1
13	Tapu Koko ex Paradox Rift #68	126	40
14	Tapu Koko ex Journey Together #51	111	29
15	Tapu Koko-GX SM Black Star Promos #SM33	102	7
16	Tapu Koko V Battle Styles #147	101	61
17	Tapu Koko V Battle Styles #50	99	39
18	Tapu Koko Darkness Ablaze #61	88	43
19	Tapu Koko SM Black Star Promos #SM31	72	12
20	Tapu Koko Surging Sparks #65	60	8
21	Tapu Koko SM Black Star Promos #SM30a	18	0
22	Tapu Koko Unified Minds #69	15	8
23	Tapu Koko Lost Thunder #85	11	3
24	Tapu Koko Ascended Heroes #67	1	0

Fewest PSA 10s 20

The smallest PSA 10 populations among cards with at least 20 graded.

Tapu Koko cards with the fewest PSA 10s
#	Card	PSA 10s	Graded
1	Tapu Koko SM Black Star Promos #SM30	1	130
2	Tapu Koko-GX SM Black Star Promos #SM33	7	102
3	Tapu Koko Surging Sparks #65	8	60
4	Tapu Koko SM Black Star Promos #SM31	12	72
5	Tapu Koko-GX SM Black Star Promos #SM50	27	130
6	Tapu Koko ex Journey Together #51	29	111
7	Tapu Koko V Battle Styles #50	39	99
8	Tapu Koko ex Paradox Rift #68	40	126
9	Tapu Koko Darkness Ablaze #61	43	88
10	Tapu Koko V Battle Styles #147	61	101

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Tapu Koko cards with the fewest PSA 10s
#	Card	PSA 10s	Graded
11	Tapu Koko ◇ Team Up #51	65	282
12	Tapu Koko-GX Guardians Rising #47	111	217
13	Tapu Koko ex Paradox Rift #222	113	278
14	Tapu Koko-GX Guardians Rising #135	125	274
15	Tapu Koko VMAX Battle Styles #51	131	207
16	Tapu Koko VMAX Battle Styles #166	132	220
17	Tapu Koko-GX Guardians Rising #153	144	303
18	Tapu Koko V Sword & Shield #72	189	320
19	Tapu Koko ex Paradox Rift #247	1,137	3,267
20	Tapu Koko-GX Hidden Fates Shiny Vault #SV93	1,176	1,952

Most PSA 10s 20

The largest PSA 10 populations among cards with at least 20 graded.

Tapu Koko cards with the most PSA 10s
#	Card	PSA 10s	Graded
1	Tapu Koko-GX Hidden Fates Shiny Vault #SV93	1,176	1,952
2	Tapu Koko ex Paradox Rift #247	1,137	3,267
3	Tapu Koko V Sword & Shield #72	189	320
4	Tapu Koko-GX Guardians Rising #153	144	303
5	Tapu Koko VMAX Battle Styles #166	132	220
6	Tapu Koko VMAX Battle Styles #51	131	207
7	Tapu Koko-GX Guardians Rising #135	125	274
8	Tapu Koko ex Paradox Rift #222	113	278
9	Tapu Koko-GX Guardians Rising #47	111	217
10	Tapu Koko ◇ Team Up #51	65	282

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Tapu Koko cards with the most PSA 10s
#	Card	PSA 10s	Graded
11	Tapu Koko V Battle Styles #147	61	101
12	Tapu Koko Darkness Ablaze #61	43	88
13	Tapu Koko ex Paradox Rift #68	40	126
14	Tapu Koko V Battle Styles #50	39	99
15	Tapu Koko ex Journey Together #51	29	111
16	Tapu Koko-GX SM Black Star Promos #SM50	27	130
17	Tapu Koko SM Black Star Promos #SM31	12	72
18	Tapu Koko Surging Sparks #65	8	60
19	Tapu Koko-GX SM Black Star Promos #SM33	7	102
20	Tapu Koko SM Black Star Promos #SM30	1	130

Hardest to gem 20

The lowest historical PSA 10 rates among cards with at least 20 graded.

Tapu Koko cards with the lowest historical PSA 10 rate
#	Card	Historical PSA 10 rate	Graded
1	Tapu Koko SM Black Star Promos #SM30	0.8%	130
2	Tapu Koko-GX SM Black Star Promos #SM33	6.9%	102
3	Tapu Koko Surging Sparks #65	13%	60
4	Tapu Koko SM Black Star Promos #SM31	17%	72
5	Tapu Koko-GX SM Black Star Promos #SM50	21%	130
6	Tapu Koko ◇ Team Up #51	23%	282
7	Tapu Koko ex Journey Together #51	26%	111
8	Tapu Koko ex Paradox Rift #68	32%	126
9	Tapu Koko ex Paradox Rift #247	35%	3,267
10	Tapu Koko V Battle Styles #50	39%	99

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Tapu Koko cards with the lowest historical PSA 10 rate
#	Card	Historical PSA 10 rate	Graded
11	Tapu Koko ex Paradox Rift #222	41%	278
12	Tapu Koko-GX Guardians Rising #135	46%	274
13	Tapu Koko-GX Guardians Rising #153	48%	303
14	Tapu Koko Darkness Ablaze #61	49%	88
15	Tapu Koko-GX Guardians Rising #47	51%	217
16	Tapu Koko V Sword & Shield #72	59%	320
17	Tapu Koko VMAX Battle Styles #166	60%	220
18	Tapu Koko-GX Hidden Fates Shiny Vault #SV93	60%	1,952
19	Tapu Koko V Battle Styles #147	60%	101
20	Tapu Koko VMAX Battle Styles #51	63%	207

Fastest growing 17

The most copies newly PSA graded over 30 days, between our readings of 24 Aug 2026 and 28 Sept 2026 — weekly readings, never interpolated between.

Tapu Koko cards by PSA copies graded over 30 days
#	Card	New graded	PSA 10s change
1	Tapu Koko ex Paradox Rift #247	+28	+5
2	Tapu Koko ◇ Team Up #51	+14	0
3	Tapu Koko-GX Hidden Fates Shiny Vault #SV93	+9	+4
4	Tapu Koko-GX Guardians Rising #135	+4	0
5	Tapu Koko ex Paradox Rift #68	+4	0
6	Tapu Koko ex Paradox Rift #222	+3	0
7	Tapu Koko VMAX Battle Styles #51	+3	0
8	Tapu Koko SM Black Star Promos #SM30	+3	0
9	Tapu Koko VMAX Battle Styles #166	+2	+1
10	Tapu Koko V Battle Styles #50	+2	0

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Tapu Koko cards by PSA copies graded over 30 days
#	Card	New graded	PSA 10s change
11	Tapu Koko V Sword & Shield #72	+1	0
12	Tapu Koko-GX Guardians Rising #153	+1	+1
13	Tapu Koko-GX Guardians Rising #47	+1	0
14	Tapu Koko-GX SM Black Star Promos #SM50	+1	0
15	Tapu Koko ex Journey Together #51	+1	+1
16	Tapu Koko V Battle Styles #147	+1	+1
17	Tapu Koko Surging Sparks #65	+1	0

How to read the Tapu Koko ranking

Every Tapu Koko card listed here clears one bar: its PSA 10 price beats its raw price by more than the cost of grading it. 4 Tapu Koko printings pass. 4 of them (100%) have a gem-rate sample of at least ten graded copies in the population reports, and 0 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 Tapu Koko-GX from Guardians Rising, gems 47.5% of the time across 303 graded copies: −$13 is what a long run of submissions would average, $39 is what one lucky copy returns.

The median gem rate across the sampled Tapu Koko cards is 45.6%. Roughly one submitted copy in 2 came back PSA 10, and no row here covers raw price plus fee at PSA 9, so the gem rate decides whether a submission pays. Of the 4 ranked cards, 4 need a 10 to break even and 4 lose money on expectation. 4 rest on a hundred or more graded copies.

Before you submit a Tapu Koko 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 Tapu Koko card list, or see how gem-mint premiums run across the whole catalogue on the PSA premium index.

Tapu Koko grading questions

Which Tapu Koko card is the best to grade?

On current numbers the Tapu Koko-GX (Guardians Rising #153): 47.5% of 303 graded copies came back PSA 10, an expected loss of $13 per submission after the $81 grading cost, against a best case of $39 if it gems.

How many Tapu Koko cards are worth grading?

0 keep a positive expected value after the fee, out of the 4 with a gem-rate sample of at least ten graded copies. 4 cards on this page have a PSA 10 price that beats the raw price by more than the grading fee.

What gem rate do Tapu Koko cards get at PSA?

The median across the 4 sampled Tapu Koko cards is 45.6%, so about one in 2 of the copies collectors chose to submit came back PSA 10. The strongest rate with a sample of thirty or more is the Tapu Koko-GX (Guardians Rising #153) at 47.5% of 303.

Does the Tapu Koko ranking apply to CGC or Beckett?

Not directly. The cost column is PSA's fee as of 2026-09-26 and the graded columns are PSA slab prices; the gem-rate sample falls back to CGC's population only when PSA has fewer than ten copies. A CGC or Beckett submission has its own fee and resale price.

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