Best Unown Cards to Grade

Q: Which Unown card is the best to grade?

On current numbers the Unown [C] (Neo Destiny #57): 23.1% of 26 graded copies came back PSA 10, an expected profit of $36 per submission after the $84 grading cost, against a best case of $308 if it gems.

Q: How many Unown cards are worth grading?

4 keep a positive expected value after the fee, out of the 14 with a gem-rate sample of at least ten graded copies. The best case is broader: 40 cards on this page have a PSA 10 price that beats the raw price by more than the grading fee. The other 26 are best case only.

Q: What gem rate do Unown cards get at PSA?

The median across the 14 sampled Unown cards is 27.6%, so about one in 4} of the copies collectors chose to submit came back PSA 10. The strongest rate with a sample of thirty or more is the Unown [G] (Neo Destiny #27) at 53.3% of 45.

Q: Does the Unown 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.

The Unown 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: Unown [C] (Neo Destiny) at an expected +$36.

Worth grading40

With a gem-rate sample1435%

Positive expected value4

Median gem rate27.6%

PSA fees as of2026-09-26

Ranked by expected profit 14

Unown cards worth grading, ranked by expected grading profit
#	Card	Raw	PSA 9	PSA 10	Cost	Best case	Gem rate	Expected	Sample
1	Unown [C]Neo Destiny #57 · Vintage (1999–2003) Expected +$36 per submission: 23.1% of 26 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($400), and only a PSA 10 covers the $92 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence low on that sample.	$8	$65	$400	$84	+$308	23.1%	+$36	26 low
2	Unown [W]Neo Destiny #29 · Vintage (1999–2003) Expected +$11 per submission: 31.3% of 48 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($300), and only a PSA 10 covers the $99 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence medium on that sample.	$16	$23	$300	$83	+$202	31.3%	+$11	48 medium
3	Unown [Q]Neo Destiny #59 · Vintage (1999–2003) Expected +$8 per submission: 27.6% of 29 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($300), and only a PSA 10 covers the $90 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence low on that sample.	$7	$23	$300	$83	+$210	27.6%	+$8	29 low
4	Unown [H]Neo Destiny #28 · Vintage (1999–2003) Expected +$5 per submission: 29.5% of 44 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($330), and only a PSA 10 covers the $105 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence medium on that sample.	$22	$25	$330	$83	+$225	29.5%	+$5	44 medium
5	Unown [A]Neo Discovery #14 · Vintage (1999–2003) Expected loss −$8 per submission: 3.3% of 1,467 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($1,000), and only a PSA 10 covers the $108 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample.	$18	$95	$1,000	$90	+$892	3.3%	−$8	1,467 high
6	Unown [G]Neo Destiny #27 · Vintage (1999–2003) Expected loss −$20 per submission: 53.3% of 45 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($120), and only a PSA 10 covers the $94 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence medium on that sample.	$13	$24	$120	$81	+$25	53.3%	−$20	45 medium
7	Unown VSilver Tempest #177 · Current (2020–) Expected loss −$32 per submission: 48.9% of 6,848 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($116), and only a PSA 10 covers the $110 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample.	$29	$50	$116	$81	+$5	48.9%	−$32	6,848 high
8	Unown [Z]Neo Destiny #60 · Vintage (1999–2003) Expected loss −$33 per submission: 32% of 25 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($117), and only a PSA 10 covers the $89 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence low on that sample.	$8	$45	$117	$81	+$28	32%	−$33	25 low
9	Unown [X]Neo Destiny #30 · Vintage (1999–2003) Expected loss −$45 per submission: 34.2% of 38 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($130), and only a PSA 10 covers the $100 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence medium on that sample.	$19	$16	$130	$81	+$30	34.2%	−$45	38 medium
10	Unown [Q]Majestic Dawn #49 · Classic (2004–2010) Expected loss −$48 per submission: 16.2% of 74 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($126), and only a PSA 10 covers the $88 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence medium on that sample.	$7	$45	$126	$81	+$38	16.2%	−$48	74 medium
11	Unown [P]Majestic Dawn #33 · Classic (2004–2010) Expected loss −$51 per submission: 8.4% of 95 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($146), and only a PSA 10 covers the $88 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence medium on that sample.	$7	$52	$146	$81	+$57	8.4%	−$51	95 medium
12	Unown [H]Great Encounters #29 · Classic (2004–2010) Expected loss −$53 per submission: 4.3% of 116 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($249), and a PSA 9 ($99) still clears the $96 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample.	$14	$99	$249	$82	+$152	4.3%	−$53	116 high
13	Unown [G]Great Encounters #57 · Classic (2004–2010) Expected loss −$68 per submission: 11.8% of 34 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($114), and only a PSA 10 covers the $89 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence medium on that sample.	$8	$14	$114	$81	+$25	11.8%	−$68	34 medium
14	Unown [!]Legends Awakened #42 · Classic (2004–2010) Expected loss −$78 per submission: 3.3% of 30 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($379), and only a PSA 10 covers the $111 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence medium on that sample.	$27	$13	$379	$84	+$269	3.3%	−$78	30 medium

Best case only — no gem-rate evidence 26

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.

Unown cards that clear the grading cost at PSA 10 but have no measurable gem rate
#	Card	Raw	PSA 9	PSA 10	Cost	Best case	Gem rate	Expected	Sample
15	UnownUnseen Forces #D · Classic (2004–2010)	$32	—	$9,800	$717	+$9,051	—	—	none <10
16	UnownUnseen Forces #N · Classic (2004–2010)	$25	—	$5,000	$419	+$4,556	—	—	none <10
17	UnownUnseen Forces #O · Classic (2004–2010)	$33	—	$5,000	$419	+$4,548	—	—	none <10
18	Unown [J]Wizards Black Star Promos #38 · Vintage (1999–2003)	$18	—	$4,133	$410	+$3,705	—	—	none <10
19	UnownUnseen Forces #L · Classic (2004–2010)	$27	—	$2,379	$243	+$2,109	—	—	none <10
20	UnownUnseen Forces #I · Classic (2004–2010)	$42	—	$2,115	$240	+$1,833	—	—	none <10
21	UnownUnseen Forces #M · Classic (2004–2010)	$40	—	$1,848	$237	+$1,570	—	—	none <10
22	UnownUnseen Forces #X · Classic (2004–2010)	$47	—	$1,845	$237	+$1,560	—	—	none <10
23	UnownUnseen Forces #Z · Classic (2004–2010)	$24	—	$1,611	$235	+$1,352	—	—	none <10
24	UnownUnseen Forces #F · Classic (2004–2010)	$28	—	$1,614	$235	+$1,350	—	—	none <10
25	UnownUnseen Forces #G · Classic (2004–2010)	$62	—	$1,577	$235	+$1,280	—	—	none <10
26	UnownUnseen Forces #K · Classic (2004–2010)	$43	—	$1,550	$235	+$1,272	—	—	none <10
27	UnownUnseen Forces #P · Classic (2004–2010)	$35	—	$1,025	$110	+$880	—	—	none <10
28	UnownUnseen Forces #W · Classic (2004–2010)	$40	—	$842	$88	+$713	—	—	none <10
29	UnownUnseen Forces #H · Classic (2004–2010)	$35	—	$810	$88	+$687	—	—	none <10
30	UnownUnseen Forces #T · Classic (2004–2010)	$35	—	$700	$87	+$578	—	—	none <10
31	UnownUnseen Forces #V · Classic (2004–2010)	$38	—	$455	$85	+$332	—	—	none <10
32	UnownUnseen Forces #Q · Classic (2004–2010)	$28	—	$395	$84	+$283	—	—	none <10
33	UnownUnseen Forces #E · Classic (2004–2010)	$37	—	$360	$84	+$239	—	—	none <10
34	UnownUnseen Forces #A · Classic (2004–2010)	$37	—	$332	$83	+$211	—	—	none <10
35	UnownUnseen Forces #S · Classic (2004–2010)	$29	—	$300	$83	+$188	—	—	none <10
36	UnownUnseen Forces #B · Classic (2004–2010)	$39	—	$301	$83	+$180	—	—	none <10
37	UnownUnseen Forces #R · Classic (2004–2010)	$46	—	$250	$82	+$122	—	—	none <10
38	UnownUnseen Forces #C · Classic (2004–2010)	$32	—	$235	$82	+$120	—	—	none <10
39	UnownUnseen Forces #U · Classic (2004–2010)	$37	—	$223	$82	+$104	—	—	none <10
40	UnownUnseen Forces #Y · Classic (2004–2010)	$37	—	$194	$82	+$75	—	—	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 Unown ranking

Every Unown card listed here clears one bar: its PSA 10 price beats its raw price by more than the cost of grading it. 40 Unown printings pass. 14 of them (35%) have a gem-rate sample of at least ten graded copies in the population reports, and 4 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 Unown [C] from Neo Destiny, gems 23.1% of the time across 26 graded copies: +$36 is what a long run of submissions would average, $308 is what one lucky copy returns.

The median gem rate across the sampled Unown cards is 27.6%. Roughly one submitted copy in 4 came back PSA 10, and most rows here need that PSA 10 to cover raw price plus fee, so the gem rate decides whether a submission pays. Of the 14 ranked cards, 1 still covers raw price plus fee at PSA 9, 13 need a 10 to break even and 10 lose money on expectation. 3 rest on a hundred or more graded copies.

26 cards sit below the ranking with a best case only, fewer than ten graded copies. The largest best case among them is the Unown from Unseen Forces at +$2,109.

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

Unown grading questions

Which Unown card is the best to grade?

On current numbers the Unown [C] (Neo Destiny #57): 23.1% of 26 graded copies came back PSA 10, an expected profit of $36 per submission after the $84 grading cost, against a best case of $308 if it gems.

How many Unown cards are worth grading?

4 keep a positive expected value after the fee, out of the 14 with a gem-rate sample of at least ten graded copies. The best case is broader: 40 cards on this page have a PSA 10 price that beats the raw price by more than the grading fee. The other 26 are best case only.

What gem rate do Unown cards get at PSA?

The median across the 14 sampled Unown cards is 27.6%, so about one in 4 of the copies collectors chose to submit came back PSA 10. The strongest rate with a sample of thirty or more is the Unown [G] (Neo Destiny #27) at 53.3% of 45.

Does the Unown 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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