Best Vileplume Cards to Grade
The Vileplume 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: Vileplume (Expedition Base Set) at an expected +$795.
Ranked by expected profit 15
| # | Card | Raw | PSA 9 | PSA 10 | Cost | Best case | Gem rate | Expected | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Expected +$795 per submission: 5.2% of 806 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($16,000), and a PSA 9 ($391) still clears the $1,279 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $100 | $391 | $16,000 | $1,179 | +$14,721 | 5.2% | +$795 | 806 high |
| 2 | Expected +$712 per submission: 19% of 601 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($3,600), and a PSA 9 ($700) still clears the $540 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $135 | $700 | $3,600 | $405 | +$3,060 | 19% | +$712 | 601 high |
| 3 | Expected +$518 per submission: 3% of 1,985 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($16,347), and a PSA 9 ($533) still clears the $1,280 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $98 | $533 | $16,347 | $1,182 | +$15,067 | 3% | +$518 | 1,985 high |
| 4 | Expected +$513 per submission: 7.4% of 557 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($6,500), and a PSA 9 ($899) still clears the $884 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $200 | $899 | $6,500 | $684 | +$5,616 | 7.4% | +$513 | 557 high |
| 5 | Expected +$134 per submission: 10.5% of 352 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($1,475), and a PSA 9 ($138) still clears the $137 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $22 | $138 | $1,475 | $115 | +$1,338 | 10.5% | +$134 | 352 high |
| 6 | Expected +$120 per submission: 39.1% of 1,769 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($625), and only a PSA 10 covers the $246 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $160 | $220 | $625 | $86 | +$379 | 39.1% | +$120 | 1,769 high |
| 7 | Expected +$18 per submission: 54% of 1,144 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($232), and only a PSA 10 covers the $140 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $58 | $80 | $232 | $82 | +$91 | 54% | +$18 | 1,144 high |
| 8 | Expected +$7 per submission: 2.3% of 3,253 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($2,400), and a PSA 9 ($115) still clears the $268 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $25 | $115 | $2,400 | $243 | +$2,132 | 2.3% | +$7 | 3,253 high |
| 9 | Expected +$3 per submission: 45.2% of 93 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($185), and only a PSA 10 covers the $100 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence medium on that sample. | $18 | $40 | $185 | $82 | +$86 | 45.2% | +$3 | 93 medium |
| 10 | Expected +$0 per submission: 36.6% of 1,000 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($210), and only a PSA 10 covers the $102 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $20 | $45 | $210 | $82 | +$108 | 36.6% | +$0 | 1,000 high |
| 11 | Expected loss −$23 per submission: 0.8% of 2,612 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($3,000), and a PSA 9 ($149) still clears the $432 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $33 | $149 | $3,000 | $399 | +$2,568 | 0.8% | −$23 | 2,612 high |
| 12 | Expected loss −$31 per submission: 1% of 4,342 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($1,750), and a PSA 9 ($165) still clears the $267 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $30 | $165 | $1,750 | $237 | +$1,484 | 1% | −$31 | 4,342 high |
| 13 | Expected loss −$48 per submission: 12% of 251 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($175), and only a PSA 10 covers the $90 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $8 | $40 | $175 | $82 | +$85 | 12% | −$48 | 251 high |
| 14 | Expected loss −$51 per submission: 13.9% of 488 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($135), and only a PSA 10 covers the $89 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $8 | $32 | $135 | $81 | +$46 | 13.9% | −$51 | 488 high |
| 15 | Expected loss −$63 per submission: 6.7% of 15 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($110), and only a PSA 10 covers the $89 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence low on that sample. | $8 | $42 | $110 | $81 | +$21 | 6.7% | −$63 | 15 low |
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 Vileplume ranking
Every Vileplume card listed here clears one bar: its PSA 10 price beats its raw price by more than the cost of grading it. 15 Vileplume printings pass. 15 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 Vileplume from Expedition Base Set, gems 5.2% of the time across 806 graded copies: +$795 is what a long run of submissions would average, $14,721 is what one lucky copy returns.
The median gem rate across the sampled Vileplume cards is 10.5%. Roughly one submitted copy in 10 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 15 ranked cards, 8 still cover raw price plus fee at PSA 9, 7 need a 10 to break even and 5 lose money on expectation. 13 rest on a hundred or more graded copies.
Before you submit a Vileplume 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 Vileplume card list, or see how gem-mint premiums run across the whole catalogue on the PSA premium index.