Best Dragons Exalted Cards to Grade
The Dragons Exalted 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: Rayquaza at an expected +$3,569.
Ranked by expected profit 19
| # | Card | Raw | PSA 9 | PSA 10 | Cost | Best case | Gem rate | Expected | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Expected +$3,569 per submission: 3.1% of 1,081 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($40,123), and a PSA 9 ($8,000) still clears the $3,520 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $1,100 | $8,000 | $40,123 | $2,420 | +$36,603 | 3.1% | +$3,569 | 1,081 high |
| 2 | Expected +$1,426 per submission: 3.5% of 314 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($38,400), and a PSA 9 ($750) still clears the $2,581 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $178 | $750 | $38,400 | $2,403 | +$35,819 | 3.5% | +$1,426 | 314 high |
| 3 | Expected +$734 per submission: 0.8% of 131 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($29,900), and a PSA 9 ($5,000) still clears the $2,713 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $395 | $5,000 | $29,900 | $2,318 | +$27,187 | 0.8% | +$734 | 131 high |
| 4 | Expected +$710 per submission: 5.8% of 278 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($10,500), and a PSA 9 ($1,000) still clears the $1,313 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $189 | $1,000 | $10,500 | $1,124 | +$9,187 | 5.8% | +$710 | 278 high |
| 5 | Expected +$627 per submission: 5.2% of 347 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($6,500), and a PSA 9 ($900) still clears the $901 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $217 | $900 | $6,500 | $684 | +$5,600 | 5.2% | +$627 | 347 high |
| 6 | Expected +$602 per submission: 6.5% of 261 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($8,250), and a PSA 9 ($500) still clears the $777 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $75 | $500 | $8,250 | $702 | +$7,474 | 6.5% | +$602 | 261 high |
| 7 | Expected +$539 per submission: 1% of 105 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($60,000), and a PSA 9 ($1,225) still clears the $3,845 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $226 | $1,225 | $60,000 | $3,619 | +$56,155 | 1% | +$539 | 105 high |
| 8 | Expected +$532 per submission: 19.4% of 108 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($3,360), and only a PSA 10 covers the $413 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $10 | $75 | $3,360 | $403 | +$2,947 | 19.4% | +$532 | 108 high |
| 9 | Expected +$503 per submission: 28.3% of 113 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($1,950), and a PSA 9 ($154) still clears the $248 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $9 | $154 | $1,950 | $239 | +$1,702 | 28.3% | +$503 | 113 high |
| 10 | Expected +$465 per submission: 1.8% of 56 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($30,101), and a PSA 9 ($336) still clears the $2,434 you have in it. Confidence medium on that sample. | $114 | $336 | $30,101 | $2,320 | +$27,667 | 1.8% | +$465 | 56 medium |
| 11 | Expected +$189 per submission: 0% of 91 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($15,400), and a PSA 9 ($6,756) still clears the $1,480 you have in it. Confidence medium on that sample. | $307 | $6,756 | $15,400 | $1,173 | +$13,920 | 0% | +$189 | 91 medium |
| 12 | Expected +$121 per submission: 5.9% of 1,110 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($2,800), and a PSA 9 ($190) still clears the $437 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $40 | $190 | $2,800 | $397 | +$2,363 | 5.9% | +$121 | 1,110 high |
| 13 | Expected +$33 per submission: 0% of 66 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($1,892), and a PSA 9 ($748) still clears the $263 you have in it. Confidence medium on that sample. | $25 | $748 | $1,892 | $238 | +$1,629 | 0% | +$33 | 66 medium |
| 14 | Expected +$28 per submission: 3.2% of 124 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($2,100), and a PSA 9 ($160) still clears the $252 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $12 | $160 | $2,100 | $240 | +$1,848 | 3.2% | +$28 | 124 high |
| 15 | Expected +$3 per submission: 2.9% of 276 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($3,000), and only a PSA 10 covers the $429 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $30 | $96 | $3,000 | $399 | +$2,571 | 2.9% | +$3 | 276 high |
| 16 | Expected loss −$22 per submission: 3.5% of 288 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($1,550), and only a PSA 10 covers the $243 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $8 | $50 | $1,550 | $235 | +$1,308 | 3.5% | −$22 | 288 high |
| 17 | Expected loss −$44 per submission: 6.1% of 99 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($514), and only a PSA 10 covers the $92 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence medium on that sample. | $7 | $30 | $514 | $85 | +$422 | 6.1% | −$44 | 99 medium |
| 18 | Expected loss −$50 per submission: 13.6% of 22 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($161), and only a PSA 10 covers the $99 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence low on that sample. | $17 | $68 | $161 | $82 | +$62 | 13.6% | −$50 | 22 low |
| 19 | Expected loss −$63 per submission: 8.3% of 12 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($91), and only a PSA 10 covers the $86 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence low on that sample. | $5 | $33 | $91 | $81 | +$4 | 8.3% | −$63 | 12 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 Dragons Exalted ranking
Every Dragons Exalted card listed here clears one bar: its PSA 10 price beats its raw price by more than the cost of grading it. 19 cards from the set pass. 19 of them (100%) have a gem-rate sample of at least ten graded copies in the population reports, and 15 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 Rayquaza from Dragons Exalted, gems 3.1% of the time across 1,081 graded copies: +$3,569 is what a long run of submissions would average, $36,603 is what one lucky copy returns.
The median gem rate across the sampled Dragons Exalted cards is 3.5%. Roughly one submitted copy in 29 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 19 ranked cards, 13 still cover raw price plus fee at PSA 9, 6 need a 10 to break even and 4 lose money on expectation. 13 rest on a hundred or more graded copies.
Before you submit a Dragons Exalted 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 Dragons Exalted card list, or see how gem-mint premiums run across the whole catalogue on the PSA premium index.