Best Diamond & Pearl Cards to Grade
The Diamond & Pearl 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: Empoleon LV.X at an expected +$3,084.
Ranked by expected profit 20
| # | Card | Raw | PSA 9 | PSA 10 | Cost | Best case | Gem rate | Expected | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Expected +$3,084 per submission: 3.2% of 616 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($30,600), and a PSA 9 ($12,240) still clears the $2,394 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $69 | $12,240 | $30,600 | $2,325 | +$28,206 | 3.2% | +$3,084 | 616 high |
| 2 | Expected +$1,475 per submission: 2.7% of 262 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($38,000), and a PSA 9 ($3,500) still clears the $2,447 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $48 | $3,500 | $38,000 | $2,399 | +$35,553 | 2.7% | +$1,475 | 262 high |
| 3 | Expected +$1,170 per submission: 7.2% of 877 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($16,800), and a PSA 9 ($985) still clears the $1,427 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $240 | $985 | $16,800 | $1,187 | +$15,373 | 7.2% | +$1,170 | 877 high |
| 4 | Expected +$1,146 per submission: 6.7% of 872 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($14,700), and a PSA 9 ($1,950) still clears the $1,281 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $115 | $1,950 | $14,700 | $1,166 | +$13,419 | 6.7% | +$1,146 | 872 high |
| 5 | Expected +$347 per submission: 2.9% of 310 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($7,500), and a PSA 9 ($630) still clears the $712 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $18 | $630 | $7,500 | $694 | +$6,788 | 2.9% | +$347 | 310 high |
| 6 | Expected +$321 per submission: 2.2% of 181 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($7,499), and a PSA 9 ($795) still clears the $744 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $50 | $795 | $7,499 | $694 | +$6,755 | 2.2% | +$321 | 181 high |
| 7 | Expected +$194 per submission: 2.8% of 285 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($5,760), and a PSA 9 ($599) still clears the $695 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $18 | $599 | $5,760 | $677 | +$5,066 | 2.8% | +$194 | 285 high |
| 8 | Expected +$133 per submission: 5.6% of 36 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($2,350), and a PSA 9 ($186) still clears the $253 you have in it. Confidence medium on that sample. | $10 | $186 | $2,350 | $243 | +$2,097 | 5.6% | +$133 | 36 medium |
| 9 | Expected +$32 per submission: 3.8% of 157 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($745), and a PSA 9 ($213) still clears the $93 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $6 | $213 | $745 | $87 | +$651 | 3.8% | +$32 | 157 high |
| 10 | Expected loss −$4 per submission: 7.1% of 113 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($312), and a PSA 9 ($161) still clears the $92 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $9 | $161 | $312 | $83 | +$220 | 7.1% | −$4 | 113 high |
| 11 | Expected loss −$30 per submission: 2.7% of 149 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($403), and a PSA 9 ($100) still clears the $98 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $14 | $100 | $403 | $84 | +$305 | 2.7% | −$30 | 149 high |
| 12 | Expected loss −$33 per submission: 16.7% of 42 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($192), and a PSA 9 ($121) still clears the $102 you have in it. Confidence medium on that sample. | $20 | $121 | $192 | $82 | +$90 | 16.7% | −$33 | 42 medium |
| 13 | Expected loss −$40 per submission: 16.1% of 62 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($159), and only a PSA 10 covers the $91 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence medium on that sample. | $9 | $64 | $159 | $82 | +$68 | 16.1% | −$40 | 62 medium |
| 14 | Expected loss −$40 per submission: 28.6% of 35 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($125), and only a PSA 10 covers the $87 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence medium on that sample. | $6 | $26 | $125 | $81 | +$38 | 28.6% | −$40 | 35 medium |
| 15 | Expected loss −$45 per submission: 2.3% of 309 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($485), and only a PSA 10 covers the $114 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $29 | $80 | $485 | $85 | +$371 | 2.3% | −$45 | 309 high |
| 16 | Expected loss −$46 per submission: 2.2% of 135 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($99), and only a PSA 10 covers the $89 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $8 | $84 | $99 | $81 | +$10 | 2.2% | −$46 | 135 high |
| 17 | Expected loss −$58 per submission: 4.1% of 145 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($99), and only a PSA 10 covers the $87 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $6 | $40 | $99 | $81 | +$11 | 4.1% | −$58 | 145 high |
| 18 | Expected loss −$61 per submission: 0% of 31 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($112), and only a PSA 10 covers the $86 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence medium on that sample. | $5 | $66 | $112 | $81 | +$26 | 0% | −$61 | 31 medium |
| 19 | Expected loss −$66 per submission: 5.6% of 18 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($107), and only a PSA 10 covers the $96 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence low on that sample. | $15 | $43 | $107 | $81 | +$11 | 5.6% | −$66 | 18 low |
| 20 | Expected loss −$77 per submission: 0% of 26 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($119), and only a PSA 10 covers the $87 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence low on that sample. | $6 | $11 | $119 | $81 | +$32 | 0% | −$77 | 26 low |
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 Diamond & Pearl ranking
Every Diamond & Pearl 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. 20 of them (100%) have a gem-rate sample of at least ten graded copies in the population reports, and 9 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 Empoleon LV.X from Diamond & Pearl, gems 3.2% of the time across 616 graded copies: +$3,084 is what a long run of submissions would average, $28,206 is what one lucky copy returns.
The median gem rate across the sampled Diamond & Pearl cards is 3.8%. Roughly one submitted copy in 26 came back PSA 10, and most rows here still cover raw price plus fee at PSA 9, so the PSA 9 price does most of the work. Of the 20 ranked cards, 12 still cover raw price plus fee at PSA 9, 8 need a 10 to break even and 11 lose money on expectation. 13 rest on a hundred or more graded copies.
Before you submit a Diamond & Pearl 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 Diamond & Pearl card list, or see how gem-mint premiums run across the whole catalogue on the PSA premium index.