Best Next Destinies Cards to Grade
The Next Destinies 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: Hydreigon at an expected +$1,110.
Ranked by expected profit 18
| # | Card | Raw | PSA 9 | PSA 10 | Cost | Best case | Gem rate | Expected | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Expected +$1,110 per submission: 3.6% of 388 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($18,600), and a PSA 9 ($1,599) still clears the $1,368 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $163 | $1,599 | $18,600 | $1,205 | +$17,232 | 3.6% | +$1,110 | 388 high |
| 2 | Expected +$967 per submission: 3.6% of 303 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($13,200), and a PSA 9 ($1,499) still clears the $1,451 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $300 | $1,499 | $13,200 | $1,151 | +$11,749 | 3.6% | +$967 | 303 high |
| 3 | Expected +$523 per submission: 10.7% of 112 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($6,000), and only a PSA 10 covers the $691 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $12 | $75 | $6,000 | $679 | +$5,309 | 10.7% | +$523 | 112 high |
| 4 | Expected +$369 per submission: 0% of 188 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($2,257), and a PSA 9 ($2,200) still clears the $435 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $193 | $2,200 | $2,257 | $242 | +$1,823 | 0% | +$369 | 188 high |
| 5 | Expected +$177 per submission: 4.8% of 315 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($1,401), and a PSA 9 ($750) still clears the $333 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $219 | $750 | $1,401 | $114 | +$1,068 | 4.8% | +$177 | 315 high |
| 6 | Expected +$150 per submission: 0% of 178 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($18,000), and a PSA 9 ($1,625) still clears the $1,325 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $126 | $1,625 | $18,000 | $1,199 | +$16,675 | 0% | +$150 | 178 high |
| 7 | Expected +$119 per submission: 0.6% of 178 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($3,093), and a PSA 9 ($2,000) still clears the $565 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $165 | $2,000 | $3,093 | $400 | +$2,528 | 0.6% | +$119 | 178 high |
| 8 | Expected +$47 per submission: 0.6% of 165 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($3,000), and a PSA 9 ($460) still clears the $458 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $59 | $460 | $3,000 | $399 | +$2,542 | 0.6% | +$47 | 165 high |
| 9 | Expected +$43 per submission: 3.8% of 130 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($2,880), and a PSA 9 ($115) still clears the $408 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $10 | $115 | $2,880 | $398 | +$2,472 | 3.8% | +$43 | 130 high |
| 10 | Expected +$30 per submission: 0% of 139 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($693), and a PSA 9 ($666) still clears the $183 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $96 | $666 | $693 | $87 | +$510 | 0% | +$30 | 139 high |
| 11 | Expected +$21 per submission: 11.9% of 143 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($550), and only a PSA 10 covers the $96 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $11 | $86 | $550 | $85 | +$454 | 11.9% | +$21 | 143 high |
| 12 | Expected +$-0 per submission: 2.8% of 36 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($3,000), and only a PSA 10 covers the $419 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence medium on that sample. | $20 | $51 | $3,000 | $399 | +$2,581 | 2.8% | +$0 | 36 medium |
| 13 | Expected loss −$38 per submission: 4.2% of 71 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($450), and only a PSA 10 covers the $105 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence medium on that sample. | $21 | $90 | $450 | $84 | +$345 | 4.2% | −$38 | 71 medium |
| 14 | Expected loss −$42 per submission: 14.7% of 68 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($124), and only a PSA 10 covers the $87 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence medium on that sample. | $6 | $60 | $124 | $81 | +$36 | 14.7% | −$42 | 68 medium |
| 15 | Expected loss −$50 per submission: 6.1% of 66 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($106), and only a PSA 10 covers the $88 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence medium on that sample. | $7 | $68 | $106 | $81 | +$18 | 6.1% | −$50 | 66 medium |
| 16 | Expected loss −$54 per submission: 7.1% of 56 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($160), and only a PSA 10 covers the $98 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence medium on that sample. | $16 | $56 | $160 | $82 | +$62 | 7.1% | −$54 | 56 medium |
| 17 | Expected loss −$55 per submission: 0% of 67 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($620), and a PSA 9 ($130) still clears the $94 you have in it. Confidence medium on that sample. | $8 | $130 | $620 | $86 | +$526 | 0% | −$55 | 67 medium |
| 18 | Expected loss −$99 per submission: 3.5% of 316 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($340), and only a PSA 10 covers the $278 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $195 | $136 | $340 | $83 | +$61 | 3.5% | −$99 | 316 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 Next Destinies ranking
Every Next Destinies card listed here clears one bar: its PSA 10 price beats its raw price by more than the cost of grading it. 18 cards from the set pass. 18 of them (100%) have a gem-rate sample of at least ten graded copies in the population reports, and 11 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 Hydreigon from Next Destinies, gems 3.6% of the time across 388 graded copies: +$1,110 is what a long run of submissions would average, $17,232 is what one lucky copy returns.
The median gem rate across the sampled Next Destinies cards is 3.6%. Roughly one submitted copy in 28 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 18 ranked cards, 10 still cover raw price plus fee at PSA 9, 8 need a 10 to break even and 6 lose money on expectation. 12 rest on a hundred or more graded copies.
Before you submit a Next Destinies 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 Next Destinies card list, or see how gem-mint premiums run across the whole catalogue on the PSA premium index.