Best Volcarona Cards to Grade
The Volcarona 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: Volcarona-GX (Cosmic Eclipse) at an expected +$91.
Ranked by expected profit 4
| # | Card | Raw | PSA 9 | PSA 10 | Cost | Best case | Gem rate | Expected | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Volcarona-GXCosmic Eclipse #213 · Modern (2011–2019)Expected +$91 per submission: 48.7% of 197 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($341), and only a PSA 10 covers the $92 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $9 | $40 | $341 | $83 | +$248 | 48.7% | +$91 | 197 high |
| 2 |  VolcaronaBlack Bolt #100 · Current (2020–)Expected +$19 per submission: 3.9% of 490 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($1,200), and a PSA 9 ($200) still clears the $172 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $60 | $200 | $1,200 | $112 | +$1,028 | 3.9% | +$19 | 490 high |
| 3 |  Volcarona-GXCosmic Eclipse #252 · Modern (2011–2019)Expected loss −$18 per submission: 50.7% of 343 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($110), and only a PSA 10 covers the $94 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $13 | $50 | $110 | $81 | +$16 | 50.7% | −$18 | 343 high |
| 4 |  VolcaronaBW Black Star Promos #BW40 · Modern (2011–2019)Expected loss −$63 per submission: 1.8% of 56 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($399), and only a PSA 10 covers the $119 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence medium on that sample. | $35 | $107 | $399 | $84 | +$280 | 1.8% | −$63 | 56 medium |
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 19
Every Volcarona 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 16 Oct 2026. How population is measured.
Most graded 19
The most-submitted cards, by total PSA graded.
| # | Card | Graded | PSA 10s |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Volcarona Black Bolt #100 | 490 | 19 |
| 2 | Volcarona-GX Cosmic Eclipse #252 | 343 | 174 |
| 3 | Volcarona-GX Cosmic Eclipse #35 | 226 | 94 |
| 4 | Volcarona-GX Cosmic Eclipse #213 | 197 | 96 |
| 5 | Volcarona V Evolving Skies #170 | 170 | 108 |
| 6 | Volcarona V Evolving Skies #21 | 103 | 49 |
| 7 | Volcarona BW Black Star Promos #BW40 | 56 | 1 |
| 8 | Volcarona Ancient Origins #17 | 35 | 5 |
| 9 | Volcarona Ancient Origins #18 | 30 | 5 |
| 10 | Volcarona Dark Explorers #22 | 26 | 4 |
Show the next 9
| # | Card | Graded | PSA 10s |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Volcarona Steam Siege #15 | 18 | 2 |
| 12 | Volcarona Plasma Blast #13 | 11 | 1 |
| 13 | Volcarona Black Bolt #16 | 11 | 1 |
| 14 | Volcarona Obsidian Flames #41 | 7 | 2 |
| 15 | Volcarona Surging Sparks #25 | 4 | 1 |
| 16 | Volcarona Crown Zenith #25 | 3 | 2 |
| 17 | Volcarona Darkness Ablaze #30 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | Volcarona Shining Legends #13 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Volcarona Chilling Reign #24 | 1 | 0 |
Fewest PSA 10s 10
The smallest PSA 10 populations among cards with at least 20 graded.
| # | Card | PSA 10s | Graded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Volcarona BW Black Star Promos #BW40 | 1 | 56 |
| 2 | Volcarona Dark Explorers #22 | 4 | 26 |
| 3 | Volcarona Ancient Origins #17 | 5 | 35 |
| 4 | Volcarona Ancient Origins #18 | 5 | 30 |
| 5 | Volcarona Black Bolt #100 | 19 | 490 |
| 6 | Volcarona V Evolving Skies #21 | 49 | 103 |
| 7 | Volcarona-GX Cosmic Eclipse #35 | 94 | 226 |
| 8 | Volcarona-GX Cosmic Eclipse #213 | 96 | 197 |
| 9 | Volcarona V Evolving Skies #170 | 108 | 170 |
| 10 | Volcarona-GX Cosmic Eclipse #252 | 174 | 343 |
Most PSA 10s 10
The largest PSA 10 populations among cards with at least 20 graded.
| # | Card | PSA 10s | Graded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Volcarona-GX Cosmic Eclipse #252 | 174 | 343 |
| 2 | Volcarona V Evolving Skies #170 | 108 | 170 |
| 3 | Volcarona-GX Cosmic Eclipse #213 | 96 | 197 |
| 4 | Volcarona-GX Cosmic Eclipse #35 | 94 | 226 |
| 5 | Volcarona V Evolving Skies #21 | 49 | 103 |
| 6 | Volcarona Black Bolt #100 | 19 | 490 |
| 7 | Volcarona Ancient Origins #18 | 5 | 30 |
| 8 | Volcarona Ancient Origins #17 | 5 | 35 |
| 9 | Volcarona Dark Explorers #22 | 4 | 26 |
| 10 | Volcarona BW Black Star Promos #BW40 | 1 | 56 |
Hardest to gem 10
The lowest historical PSA 10 rates among cards with at least 20 graded.
| # | Card | Historical PSA 10 rate | Graded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Volcarona BW Black Star Promos #BW40 | 1.8% | 56 |
| 2 | Volcarona Black Bolt #100 | 3.9% | 490 |
| 3 | Volcarona Ancient Origins #17 | 14% | 35 |
| 4 | Volcarona Dark Explorers #22 | 15% | 26 |
| 5 | Volcarona Ancient Origins #18 | 17% | 30 |
| 6 | Volcarona-GX Cosmic Eclipse #35 | 42% | 226 |
| 7 | Volcarona V Evolving Skies #21 | 48% | 103 |
| 8 | Volcarona-GX Cosmic Eclipse #213 | 49% | 197 |
| 9 | Volcarona-GX Cosmic Eclipse #252 | 51% | 343 |
| 10 | Volcarona V Evolving Skies #170 | 64% | 170 |
Fastest growing 6
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.
| # | Card | New graded | PSA 10s change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Volcarona Black Bolt #100 | +34 | +1 |
| 2 | Volcarona V Evolving Skies #170 | +5 | +3 |
| 3 | Volcarona-GX Cosmic Eclipse #35 | +3 | 0 |
| 4 | Volcarona-GX Cosmic Eclipse #213 | +1 | 0 |
| 5 | Volcarona Ancient Origins #18 | +1 | 0 |
| 6 | Volcarona Dark Explorers #22 | +1 | 0 |
How to read the Volcarona ranking
Every Volcarona card listed here clears one bar: its PSA 10 price beats its raw price by more than the cost of grading it. 4 Volcarona printings pass. 4 of them (100%) have a gem-rate sample of at least ten graded copies in the population reports, and 2 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 Volcarona-GX from Cosmic Eclipse, gems 48.7% of the time across 197 graded copies: +$91 is what a long run of submissions would average, $248 is what one lucky copy returns.
The median gem rate across the sampled Volcarona cards is 48.7%. Roughly one submitted copy in 2 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 4 ranked cards, 1 still covers raw price plus fee at PSA 9, 3 need a 10 to break even and 2 lose money on expectation. 3 rest on a hundred or more graded copies.
Before you submit a Volcarona 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 Volcarona card list, or see how gem-mint premiums run across the whole catalogue on the PSA premium index.