Best Crimson Invasion Cards to Grade
The Crimson Invasion 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: Gengar at an expected +$273.
Ranked by expected profit 15
| # | Card | Raw | PSA 9 | PSA 10 | Cost | Best case | Gem rate | Expected | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Expected +$273 per submission: 9.6% of 595 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($2,550), and a PSA 9 ($350) still clears the $416 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $21 | $350 | $2,550 | $395 | +$2,134 | 9.6% | +$273 | 595 high |
| 2 | Expected +$150 per submission: 38% of 1,020 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($550), and only a PSA 10 covers the $105 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $20 | $85 | $550 | $85 | +$445 | 38% | +$150 | 1,020 high |
| 3 | Expected +$127 per submission: 33.6% of 1,886 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($650), and only a PSA 10 covers the $161 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $75 | $125 | $650 | $86 | +$489 | 33.6% | +$127 | 1,886 high |
| 4 | Expected +$42 per submission: 34.9% of 1,118 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($343), and only a PSA 10 covers the $112 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $29 | $64 | $343 | $83 | +$230 | 34.9% | +$42 | 1,118 high |
| 5 | Expected +$23 per submission: 30.3% of 297 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($350), and only a PSA 10 covers the $100 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $17 | $30 | $350 | $83 | +$249 | 30.3% | +$23 | 297 high |
| 6 | Expected +$18 per submission: 35.8% of 296 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($250), and only a PSA 10 covers the $89 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $7 | $31 | $250 | $82 | +$160 | 35.8% | +$18 | 296 high |
| 7 | Expected +$17 per submission: 36.6% of 380 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($270), and only a PSA 10 covers the $103 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $20 | $40 | $270 | $83 | +$167 | 36.6% | +$17 | 380 high |
| 8 | Expected +$14 per submission: 25.7% of 1,855 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($270), and a PSA 9 ($129) still clears the $119 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $36 | $129 | $270 | $83 | +$151 | 25.7% | +$14 | 1,855 high |
| 9 | Expected +$3 per submission: 40.8% of 233 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($204), and only a PSA 10 covers the $96 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $14 | $28 | $204 | $82 | +$108 | 40.8% | +$3 | 233 high |
| 10 | Expected +$2 per submission: 47.5% of 318 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($158), and only a PSA 10 covers the $99 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $17 | $75 | $158 | $82 | +$60 | 47.5% | +$2 | 318 high |
| 11 | Expected loss −$11 per submission: 34% of 321 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($200), and only a PSA 10 covers the $94 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $12 | $25 | $200 | $82 | +$106 | 34% | −$11 | 321 high |
| 12 | Expected loss −$18 per submission: 44.2% of 1,216 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($154), and only a PSA 10 covers the $102 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $20 | $34 | $154 | $82 | +$52 | 44.2% | −$18 | 1,216 high |
| 13 | Expected loss −$27 per submission: 43.9% of 253 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($106), and only a PSA 10 covers the $90 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $9 | $39 | $106 | $81 | +$16 | 43.9% | −$27 | 253 high |
| 14 | Expected loss −$34 per submission: 39.8% of 251 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($106), and only a PSA 10 covers the $87 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $6 | $20 | $106 | $81 | +$19 | 39.8% | −$34 | 251 high |
| 15 | Expected loss −$39 per submission: 44.6% of 294 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($92), and only a PSA 10 covers the $91 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $10 | $23 | $92 | $81 | +$1 | 44.6% | −$39 | 294 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.
How to read the Crimson Invasion ranking
Every Crimson Invasion card listed here clears one bar: its PSA 10 price beats its raw price by more than the cost of grading it. 15 cards from the set pass. 15 of them (100%) have a gem-rate sample of at least ten graded copies in the population reports, and 10 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 Gengar from Crimson Invasion, gems 9.6% of the time across 595 graded copies: +$273 is what a long run of submissions would average, $2,134 is what one lucky copy returns.
The median gem rate across the sampled Crimson Invasion cards is 36.6%. Roughly one submitted copy in 3 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 15 ranked cards, 2 still cover raw price plus fee at PSA 9, 13 need a 10 to break even and 5 lose money on expectation. 15 rest on a hundred or more graded copies.
Before you submit a Crimson Invasion 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 Crimson Invasion card list, or see how gem-mint premiums run across the whole catalogue on the PSA premium index.