Best Destined Rivals Cards to Grade
The Destined Rivals 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: Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex at an expected +$162.
Ranked by expected profit 18
| # | Card | Raw | PSA 9 | PSA 10 | Cost | Best case | Gem rate | Expected | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Expected +$162 per submission: 57% of 24,518 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($1,005), and only a PSA 10 covers the $590 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $480 | $396 | $1,005 | $110 | +$415 | 57% | +$162 | 24,518 high |
| 2 | Expected +$33 per submission: 57.7% of 14,150 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($348), and only a PSA 10 covers the $233 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $150 | $156 | $348 | $83 | +$115 | 57.7% | +$33 | 14,150 high |
| 3 | Expected +$24 per submission: 59.5% of 15,770 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($408), and only a PSA 10 covers the $299 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $215 | $200 | $408 | $84 | +$109 | 59.5% | +$24 | 15,770 high |
| 4 | Expected +$12 per submission: 29.6% of 25,281 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($370), and only a PSA 10 covers the $145 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $61 | $67 | $370 | $84 | +$226 | 29.6% | +$12 | 25,281 high |
| 5 | Expected loss −$1 per submission: 58.5% of 10,825 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($234), and only a PSA 10 covers the $177 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $95 | $96 | $234 | $82 | +$57 | 58.5% | −$1 | 10,825 high |
| 6 | Expected loss −$12 per submission: 24.5% of 13,340 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($285), and only a PSA 10 covers the $113 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $30 | $42 | $285 | $83 | +$172 | 24.5% | −$12 | 13,340 high |
| 7 | Expected loss −$13 per submission: 64.2% of 14,350 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($118), and only a PSA 10 covers the $101 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $20 | $37 | $118 | $81 | +$16 | 64.2% | −$13 | 14,350 high |
| 8 | Expected loss −$16 per submission: 24.1% of 16,306 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($270), and only a PSA 10 covers the $109 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $26 | $37 | $270 | $83 | +$161 | 24.1% | −$16 | 16,306 high |
| 9 | Expected loss −$21 per submission: 28.3% of 13,533 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($216), and only a PSA 10 covers the $107 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $25 | $35 | $216 | $82 | +$109 | 28.3% | −$21 | 13,533 high |
| 10 | Expected loss −$28 per submission: 28.6% of 5,477 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($165), and only a PSA 10 covers the $93 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $11 | $25 | $165 | $82 | +$72 | 28.6% | −$28 | 5,477 high |
| 11 | Expected loss −$32 per submission: 27.7% of 7,327 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($160), and only a PSA 10 covers the $93 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $11 | $23 | $160 | $82 | +$68 | 27.7% | −$32 | 7,327 high |
| 12 | Expected loss −$35 per submission: 29.2% of 10,718 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($148), and only a PSA 10 covers the $94 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $13 | $25 | $148 | $81 | +$53 | 29.2% | −$35 | 10,718 high |
| 13 | Expected loss −$38 per submission: 26.2% of 4,636 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($135), and only a PSA 10 covers the $91 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $10 | $25 | $135 | $81 | +$44 | 26.2% | −$38 | 4,636 high |
| 14 | Expected loss −$40 per submission: 41.8% of 6,091 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($135), and only a PSA 10 covers the $119 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $38 | $43 | $135 | $81 | +$16 | 41.8% | −$40 | 6,091 high |
| 15 | Expected loss −$41 per submission: 30.4% of 5,426 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($115), and only a PSA 10 covers the $90 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $9 | $21 | $115 | $81 | +$25 | 30.4% | −$41 | 5,426 high |
| 16 | Expected loss −$43 per submission: 25.1% of 7,433 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($132), and only a PSA 10 covers the $94 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $13 | $24 | $132 | $81 | +$38 | 25.1% | −$43 | 7,433 high |
| 17 | Expected loss −$46 per submission: 30.2% of 4,683 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($96), and only a PSA 10 covers the $89 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $8 | $20 | $96 | $81 | +$7 | 30.2% | −$46 | 4,683 high |
| 18 | Expected loss −$47 per submission: 31.3% of 3,751 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($95), and only a PSA 10 covers the $92 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $11 | $22 | $95 | $81 | +$3 | 31.3% | −$47 | 3,751 high |
Best case only — no gem-rate evidence 2
Fewer than 10 graded copies in the PSA and CGC population reports. They clear the grading cost if they gem — that is all the numbers support.
| # | Card | Raw | PSA 9 | PSA 10 | Cost | Best case | Gem rate | Expected | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | $90 | — | $300 | $83 | +$127 | — | — | none <10 | |
| 20 | $58 | — | $175 | $82 | +$35 | — | — | none <10 |
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 Destined Rivals ranking
Every Destined Rivals card listed here clears one bar: its PSA 10 price beats its raw price by more than the cost of grading it. 20 cards from the set pass. 18 of them (90%) have a gem-rate sample of at least ten graded copies in the population reports, and 4 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 Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex from Destined Rivals, gems 57% of the time across 24,518 graded copies: +$162 is what a long run of submissions would average, $415 is what one lucky copy returns.
The median gem rate across the sampled Destined Rivals cards is 30.2%. Roughly one submitted copy in 3 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 18 ranked cards, 18 need a 10 to break even and 14 lose money on expectation. 18 rest on a hundred or more graded copies.
2 cards sit below the ranking with a best case only, fewer than ten graded copies. The largest best case among them is the Team Rocket's Moltres ex from Destined Rivals at +$127.
Before you submit a Destined Rivals 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 Destined Rivals card list, or see how gem-mint premiums run across the whole catalogue on the PSA premium index.