Best Vaporeon Cards to Grade
The Vaporeon 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: Vaporeon (Skyridge) at an expected +$5,523.
Ranked by expected profit 21
| # | Card | Raw | PSA 9 | PSA 10 | Cost | Best case | Gem rate | Expected | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Expected +$5,523 per submission: 10.8% of 1,066 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($42,500), and a PSA 9 ($4,323) still clears the $3,092 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $648 | $4,323 | $42,500 | $2,444 | +$39,408 | 10.8% | +$5,523 | 1,066 high |
| 2 | Expected +$1,663 per submission: 4% of 971 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($32,736), and a PSA 9 ($3,107) still clears the $2,701 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $355 | $3,107 | $32,736 | $2,346 | +$30,035 | 4% | +$1,663 | 971 high |
| 3 | Expected +$1,134 per submission: 13.3% of 893 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($8,000), and a PSA 9 ($1,000) still clears the $849 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $150 | $1,000 | $8,000 | $699 | +$7,151 | 13.3% | +$1,134 | 893 high |
| 4 | Expected +$827 per submission: 8.6% of 455 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($9,100), and a PSA 9 ($550) still clears the $800 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $90 | $550 | $9,100 | $710 | +$8,300 | 8.6% | +$827 | 455 high |
| 5 | Expected +$715 per submission: 3.9% of 2,786 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($11,000), and a PSA 9 ($7,125) still clears the $3,629 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $2,500 | $7,125 | $11,000 | $1,129 | +$7,371 | 3.9% | +$715 | 2,786 high |
| 6 | Expected +$148 per submission: 38.3% of 478 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($550), and a PSA 9 ($203) still clears the $163 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $78 | $203 | $550 | $85 | +$387 | 38.3% | +$148 | 478 high |
| 7 | Expected +$138 per submission: 0.7% of 939 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($7,206), and a PSA 9 ($650) still clears the $729 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $38 | $650 | $7,206 | $691 | +$6,477 | 0.7% | +$138 | 939 high |
| 8 | Expected +$105 per submission: 25.5% of 9,743 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($975), and only a PSA 10 covers the $325 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $235 | $243 | $975 | $90 | +$650 | 25.5% | +$105 | 9,743 high |
| 9 | Expected +$69 per submission: 13.6% of 10,155 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($1,200), and only a PSA 10 covers the $201 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $89 | $110 | $1,200 | $112 | +$999 | 13.6% | +$69 | 10,155 high |
| 10 | Expected +$66 per submission: 14.5% of 811 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($927), and only a PSA 10 covers the $109 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $20 | $60 | $927 | $89 | +$818 | 14.5% | +$66 | 811 high |
| 11 | Expected +$51 per submission: 1.6% of 1,092 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($669), and a PSA 9 ($630) still clears the $159 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $72 | $630 | $669 | $87 | +$510 | 1.6% | +$51 | 1,092 high |
| 12 | Expected +$42 per submission: 21.5% of 265 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($400), and only a PSA 10 covers the $104 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $20 | $99 | $400 | $84 | +$296 | 21.5% | +$42 | 265 high |
| 13 | Expected +$40 per submission: 13.2% of 524 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($700), and only a PSA 10 covers the $117 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $30 | $96 | $700 | $87 | +$583 | 13.2% | +$40 | 524 high |
| 14 | Expected +$18 per submission: 11% of 219 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($785), and only a PSA 10 covers the $101 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $13 | $50 | $785 | $88 | +$684 | 11% | +$18 | 219 high |
| 15 | Expected +$3 per submission: 25.1% of 7,251 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($320), and only a PSA 10 covers the $104 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $21 | $38 | $320 | $83 | +$216 | 25.1% | +$3 | 7,251 high |
| 16 | Expected +$-0 per submission: 16.3% of 1,006 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($400), and only a PSA 10 covers the $90 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $6 | $33 | $400 | $84 | +$310 | 16.3% | +$0 | 1,006 high |
| 17 | Expected loss −$1 per submission: 11.9% of 1,106 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($282), and a PSA 9 ($140) still clears the $98 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $15 | $140 | $282 | $83 | +$184 | 11.9% | −$1 | 1,106 high |
| 18 | Expected loss −$11 per submission: 16% of 81 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($250), and a PSA 9 ($90) still clears the $89 you have in it. Confidence medium on that sample. | $7 | $90 | $250 | $82 | +$160 | 16% | −$11 | 81 medium |
| 19 | Expected loss −$19 per submission: 0.2% of 16,002 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($10,500), and a PSA 9 ($380) still clears the $1,163 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $39 | $380 | $10,500 | $1,124 | +$9,337 | 0.2% | −$19 | 16,002 high |
| 20 | Expected loss −$28 per submission: 3.4% of 29 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($300), and a PSA 9 ($120) still clears the $91 you have in it. Confidence low on that sample. | $8 | $120 | $300 | $83 | +$209 | 3.4% | −$28 | 29 low |
| 21 | Expected loss −$38 per submission: 6.5% of 1,179 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($400), and only a PSA 10 covers the $90 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $6 | $35 | $400 | $84 | +$310 | 6.5% | −$38 | 1,179 high |
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 | $80 | — | $705 | $87 | +$538 | — | — | 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 Vaporeon ranking
Every Vaporeon card listed here clears one bar: its PSA 10 price beats its raw price by more than the cost of grading it. 22 Vaporeon printings pass. 21 of them (95%) have a gem-rate sample of at least ten graded copies in the population reports, and 15 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 Vaporeon from Skyridge, gems 10.8% of the time across 1,066 graded copies: +$5,523 is what a long run of submissions would average, $39,408 is what one lucky copy returns.
The median gem rate across the sampled Vaporeon cards is 11.9%. Roughly one submitted copy in 8 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, 12 still cover raw price plus fee at PSA 9, 9 need a 10 to break even and 5 lose money on expectation. 19 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 Vaporeon VMAX from SWSH Black Star Promos at +$538.
Before you submit a Vaporeon 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 Vaporeon card list, or see how gem-mint premiums run across the whole catalogue on the PSA premium index.