Best Zubat Cards to Grade

The Zubat 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: Zubat (Skyridge) at an expected −$28.

Worth grading1

With a gem-rate sample1100%

Positive expected value0

Median gem rate43.8%

PSA fees as of2026-09-26

Ranked by expected profit 1

Zubat cards worth grading, ranked by expected grading profit
#	Card	Raw	PSA 9	PSA 10	Cost	Best case	Gem rate	Expected	Sample
1	ZubatSkyridge #117 · Vintage (1999–2003) Expected loss −$28 per submission: 43.8% of 64 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($119), and only a PSA 10 covers the $101 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence medium on that sample.	$20	$43	$119	$81	+$18	43.8%	−$28	64 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 28

Every Zubat 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 23 Oct 2026. How population is measured.

Most graded 28

The most-submitted cards, by total PSA graded.

Zubat cards by total PSA graded
#	Card	Graded	PSA 10s
1	Zubat Fossil #57	674	160
2	Zubat Team Rocket #70	158	26
3	Brock's Zubat Gym Heroes #24	85	11
4	Zubat Skyridge #118	70	28
5	Zubat Neo Revelation #59	66	26
6	Zubat Skyridge #117	64	28
7	Brock's Zubat Gym Heroes #74	59	9
8	Koga's Zubat Gym Challenge #83	51	14
9	Zubat Team Rocket Returns #82	47	26
10	Zubat Hidden Legends #83	21	10

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Zubat cards by total PSA graded
#	Card	Graded	PSA 10s
11	Zubat Delta Species #88	18	4
12	Zubat Deoxys #83	16	5
13	Zubat Sun & Moon #54	13	8
14	Zubat HS—Unleashed #70	9	2
15	Zubat Supreme Victors #133	8	1
16	Zubat Generations #30	7	3
17	Team Rocket's Zubat Destined Rivals #120	7	1
18	Zubat 151 #41	7	4
19	Zubat Paradox Rift #110	7	5
20	Zubat Mysterious Treasures #108	4	0
21	Zubat Battle Styles #89	4	2
22	Zubat Phantom Forces #31	4	0
23	Zubat Silver Tempest #103	4	1
24	Zubat Unbroken Bonds #64	3	1
25	Zubat Plasma Storm #52	2	0

Fewest PSA 10s 10

The smallest PSA 10 populations among cards with at least 20 graded.

Zubat cards with the fewest PSA 10s
#	Card	PSA 10s	Graded
1	Brock's Zubat Gym Heroes #74	9	59
2	Zubat Hidden Legends #83	10	21
3	Brock's Zubat Gym Heroes #24	11	85
4	Koga's Zubat Gym Challenge #83	14	51
5	Zubat Team Rocket #70	26	158
6	Zubat Neo Revelation #59	26	66
7	Zubat Team Rocket Returns #82	26	47
8	Zubat Skyridge #118	28	70
9	Zubat Skyridge #117	28	64
10	Zubat Fossil #57	160	674

Most PSA 10s 10

The largest PSA 10 populations among cards with at least 20 graded.

Zubat cards with the most PSA 10s
#	Card	PSA 10s	Graded
1	Zubat Fossil #57	160	674
2	Zubat Skyridge #117	28	64
3	Zubat Skyridge #118	28	70
4	Zubat Team Rocket Returns #82	26	47
5	Zubat Neo Revelation #59	26	66
6	Zubat Team Rocket #70	26	158
7	Koga's Zubat Gym Challenge #83	14	51
8	Brock's Zubat Gym Heroes #24	11	85
9	Zubat Hidden Legends #83	10	21
10	Brock's Zubat Gym Heroes #74	9	59

Hardest to gem 10

The lowest historical PSA 10 rates among cards with at least 20 graded.

Zubat cards with the lowest historical PSA 10 rate
#	Card	Historical PSA 10 rate	Graded
1	Brock's Zubat Gym Heroes #24	13%	85
2	Brock's Zubat Gym Heroes #74	15%	59
3	Zubat Team Rocket #70	16%	158
4	Zubat Fossil #57	24%	674
5	Koga's Zubat Gym Challenge #83	27%	51
6	Zubat Neo Revelation #59	39%	66
7	Zubat Skyridge #118	40%	70
8	Zubat Skyridge #117	44%	64
9	Zubat Hidden Legends #83	48%	21
10	Zubat Team Rocket Returns #82	55%	47

Fastest growing 12

The most copies newly PSA graded over 30 days, between our readings of 14 Sept 2026 and 19 Oct 2026 — weekly readings, never interpolated between.

Zubat cards by PSA copies graded over 30 days
#	Card	New graded	PSA 10s change
1	Zubat Fossil #57	+18	+1
2	Zubat Team Rocket #70	+4	0
3	Zubat Neo Revelation #59	+2	0
4	Zubat Team Rocket Returns #82	+2	+1
5	Zubat Deoxys #83	+2	0
6	Brock's Zubat Gym Heroes #24	+1	0
7	Zubat Skyridge #118	+1	0
8	Brock's Zubat Gym Heroes #74	+1	0
9	Koga's Zubat Gym Challenge #83	+1	0
10	Zubat Hidden Legends #83	+1	0

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Zubat cards by PSA copies graded over 30 days
#	Card	New graded	PSA 10s change
11	Zubat HS—Unleashed #70	+1	0
12	Zubat Unbroken Bonds #64	+1	0

How to read the Zubat ranking

Every Zubat card listed here clears one bar: its PSA 10 price beats its raw price by more than the cost of grading it. 1 Zubat printings pass. 1 of them (100%) have a gem-rate sample of at least ten graded copies in the population reports, and 0 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 Zubat from Skyridge, gems 43.8% of the time across 64 graded copies: −$28 is what a long run of submissions would average, $18 is what one lucky copy returns.

The median gem rate across the sampled Zubat cards is 43.8%. Roughly one submitted copy in 2 came back PSA 10, and no row here covers raw price plus fee at PSA 9, so the gem rate decides whether a submission pays. Of the 1 ranked card, 1 needs a 10 to break even and 1 loses money on expectation.

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

Zubat grading questions

Which Zubat card is the best to grade?

On current numbers the Zubat (Skyridge #117): 43.8% of 64 graded copies came back PSA 10, an expected loss of $28 per submission after the $81 grading cost, against a best case of $18 if it gems.

How many Zubat cards are worth grading?

0 keep a positive expected value after the fee, out of the 1 with a gem-rate sample of at least ten graded copies. 1 cards on this page have a PSA 10 price that beats the raw price by more than the grading fee.

What gem rate do Zubat cards get at PSA?

The median across the 1 sampled Zubat cards is 43.8%, so about one in 2 of the copies collectors chose to submit came back PSA 10. The strongest rate with a sample of thirty or more is the Zubat (Skyridge #117) at 43.8% of 64.

Does the Zubat 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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