Best Wartortle Cards to Grade
The Wartortle 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: Wartortle (Southern Islands) at an expected +$175.
Ranked by expected profit 5
| # | Card | Raw | PSA 9 | PSA 10 | Cost | Best case | Gem rate | Expected | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  WartortleSouthern Islands #15 · Vintage (1999–2003)Expected +$175 per submission: 23.2% of 1,257 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($1,020), and a PSA 9 ($200) still clears the $209 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $99 | $200 | $1,020 | $110 | +$811 | 23.2% | +$175 | 1,257 high |
| 2 |  WartortleExpedition Base Set #92 · Vintage (1999–2003)Expected +$39 per submission: 21.4% of 271 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($500), and only a PSA 10 covers the $113 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $28 | $59 | $500 | $85 | +$387 | 21.4% | +$39 | 271 high |
| 3 |  Wartortle151 #171 · Current (2020–)Expected +$0 per submission: 24.3% of 27,991 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($371), and only a PSA 10 covers the $142 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $58 | $69 | $371 | $84 | +$230 | 24.3% | +$0 | 27,991 high |
| 4 |  WartortleBase #42 · Vintage (1999–2003)Expected loss −$2 per submission: 14.6% of 5,682 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($255), and only a PSA 10 covers the $89 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $6 | $82 | $255 | $83 | +$167 | 14.6% | −$2 | 5,682 high |
| 5 |  WartortlePokémon TCG Classic - Blastoise #2 · Current (2020–)Expected loss −$30 per submission: 49.3% of 2,737 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($90), and only a PSA 10 covers the $89 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $8 | $30 | $90 | $81 | +$1 | 49.3% | −$30 | 2,737 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 20
Every Wartortle 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 20
The most-submitted cards, by total PSA graded.
| # | Card | Graded | PSA 10s |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wartortle 151 #171 | 27,991 | 6,798 |
| 2 | Wartortle Base #42 | 5,682 | 829 |
| 3 | Wartortle Pokémon TCG Classic - Blastoise #2 | 2,737 | 1,349 |
| 4 | Wartortle Southern Islands #15 | 1,257 | 292 |
| 5 | Dark Wartortle Team Rocket #46 | 892 | 70 |
| 6 | Wartortle Base Set 2 #63 | 839 | 138 |
| 7 | Dark Wartortle Legendary Collection #39 | 277 | 75 |
| 8 | Wartortle Expedition Base Set #92 | 271 | 58 |
| 9 | Wartortle Crystal Guardians #43 | 81 | 19 |
| 10 | Wartortle FireRed & LeafGreen #50 | 79 | 22 |
Show the next 10
| # | Card | Graded | PSA 10s |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Wartortle Crystal Guardians #42 | 65 | 12 |
| 12 | Wartortle Team Up #24 | 57 | 16 |
| 13 | Wartortle Pokémon GO #16 | 45 | 8 |
| 14 | Wartortle 151 #8 | 44 | 13 |
| 15 | Wartortle Boundaries Crossed #30 | 38 | 10 |
| 16 | Wartortle HS—Unleashed #42 | 32 | 3 |
| 17 | Wartortle Unbroken Bonds #34 | 27 | 8 |
| 18 | Wartortle Platinum #65 | 21 | 3 |
| 19 | Wartortle Secret Wonders #75 | 18 | 1 |
| 20 | Wartortle Plasma Blast #15 | 13 | 1 |
Fewest PSA 10s 18
The smallest PSA 10 populations among cards with at least 20 graded.
| # | Card | PSA 10s | Graded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wartortle HS—Unleashed #42 | 3 | 32 |
| 2 | Wartortle Platinum #65 | 3 | 21 |
| 3 | Wartortle Pokémon GO #16 | 8 | 45 |
| 4 | Wartortle Unbroken Bonds #34 | 8 | 27 |
| 5 | Wartortle Boundaries Crossed #30 | 10 | 38 |
| 6 | Wartortle Crystal Guardians #42 | 12 | 65 |
| 7 | Wartortle 151 #8 | 13 | 44 |
| 8 | Wartortle Team Up #24 | 16 | 57 |
| 9 | Wartortle Crystal Guardians #43 | 19 | 81 |
| 10 | Wartortle FireRed & LeafGreen #50 | 22 | 79 |
Show the next 8
| # | Card | PSA 10s | Graded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Wartortle Expedition Base Set #92 | 58 | 271 |
| 12 | Dark Wartortle Team Rocket #46 | 70 | 892 |
| 13 | Dark Wartortle Legendary Collection #39 | 75 | 277 |
| 14 | Wartortle Base Set 2 #63 | 138 | 839 |
| 15 | Wartortle Southern Islands #15 | 292 | 1,257 |
| 16 | Wartortle Base #42 | 829 | 5,682 |
| 17 | Wartortle Pokémon TCG Classic - Blastoise #2 | 1,349 | 2,737 |
| 18 | Wartortle 151 #171 | 6,798 | 27,991 |
Most PSA 10s 18
The largest PSA 10 populations among cards with at least 20 graded.
| # | Card | PSA 10s | Graded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wartortle 151 #171 | 6,798 | 27,991 |
| 2 | Wartortle Pokémon TCG Classic - Blastoise #2 | 1,349 | 2,737 |
| 3 | Wartortle Base #42 | 829 | 5,682 |
| 4 | Wartortle Southern Islands #15 | 292 | 1,257 |
| 5 | Wartortle Base Set 2 #63 | 138 | 839 |
| 6 | Dark Wartortle Legendary Collection #39 | 75 | 277 |
| 7 | Dark Wartortle Team Rocket #46 | 70 | 892 |
| 8 | Wartortle Expedition Base Set #92 | 58 | 271 |
| 9 | Wartortle FireRed & LeafGreen #50 | 22 | 79 |
| 10 | Wartortle Crystal Guardians #43 | 19 | 81 |
Show the next 8
| # | Card | PSA 10s | Graded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Wartortle Team Up #24 | 16 | 57 |
| 12 | Wartortle 151 #8 | 13 | 44 |
| 13 | Wartortle Crystal Guardians #42 | 12 | 65 |
| 14 | Wartortle Boundaries Crossed #30 | 10 | 38 |
| 15 | Wartortle Unbroken Bonds #34 | 8 | 27 |
| 16 | Wartortle Pokémon GO #16 | 8 | 45 |
| 17 | Wartortle Platinum #65 | 3 | 21 |
| 18 | Wartortle HS—Unleashed #42 | 3 | 32 |
Hardest to gem 18
The lowest historical PSA 10 rates among cards with at least 20 graded.
| # | Card | Historical PSA 10 rate | Graded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dark Wartortle Team Rocket #46 | 7.8% | 892 |
| 2 | Wartortle HS—Unleashed #42 | 9.4% | 32 |
| 3 | Wartortle Platinum #65 | 14% | 21 |
| 4 | Wartortle Base #42 | 15% | 5,682 |
| 5 | Wartortle Base Set 2 #63 | 16% | 839 |
| 6 | Wartortle Pokémon GO #16 | 18% | 45 |
| 7 | Wartortle Crystal Guardians #42 | 18% | 65 |
| 8 | Wartortle Expedition Base Set #92 | 21% | 271 |
| 9 | Wartortle Southern Islands #15 | 23% | 1,257 |
| 10 | Wartortle Crystal Guardians #43 | 23% | 81 |
Show the next 8
| # | Card | Historical PSA 10 rate | Graded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Wartortle 151 #171 | 24% | 27,991 |
| 12 | Wartortle Boundaries Crossed #30 | 26% | 38 |
| 13 | Dark Wartortle Legendary Collection #39 | 27% | 277 |
| 14 | Wartortle FireRed & LeafGreen #50 | 28% | 79 |
| 15 | Wartortle Team Up #24 | 28% | 57 |
| 16 | Wartortle 151 #8 | 30% | 44 |
| 17 | Wartortle Unbroken Bonds #34 | 30% | 27 |
| 18 | Wartortle Pokémon TCG Classic - Blastoise #2 | 49% | 2,737 |
Fastest growing 14
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 | Wartortle 151 #171 | +550 | +44 |
| 2 | Wartortle Base #42 | +57 | +1 |
| 3 | Wartortle Pokémon TCG Classic - Blastoise #2 | +52 | +9 |
| 4 | Wartortle Southern Islands #15 | +39 | 0 |
| 5 | Dark Wartortle Team Rocket #46 | +15 | 0 |
| 6 | Wartortle Expedition Base Set #92 | +10 | +1 |
| 7 | Wartortle Base Set 2 #63 | +7 | 0 |
| 8 | Dark Wartortle Legendary Collection #39 | +4 | 0 |
| 9 | Wartortle Crystal Guardians #43 | +4 | 0 |
| 10 | Wartortle Crystal Guardians #42 | +4 | 0 |
Show the next 4
| # | Card | New graded | PSA 10s change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Wartortle FireRed & LeafGreen #50 | +3 | 0 |
| 12 | Wartortle Boundaries Crossed #30 | +3 | 0 |
| 13 | Wartortle HS—Unleashed #42 | +3 | 0 |
| 14 | Wartortle Platinum #65 | +1 | 0 |
How to read the Wartortle ranking
Every Wartortle card listed here clears one bar: its PSA 10 price beats its raw price by more than the cost of grading it. 5 Wartortle printings pass. 5 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 Wartortle from Southern Islands, gems 23.2% of the time across 1,257 graded copies: +$175 is what a long run of submissions would average, $811 is what one lucky copy returns.
The median gem rate across the sampled Wartortle cards is 23.2%. 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 5 ranked cards, 1 still covers raw price plus fee at PSA 9, 4 need a 10 to break even and 2 lose money on expectation. 5 rest on a hundred or more graded copies.
Before you submit a Wartortle 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 Wartortle card list, or see how gem-mint premiums run across the whole catalogue on the PSA premium index.