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Best Nintendo Black Star Promos Cards to Grade

The Nintendo Black Star Promos 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: Championship Arena at an expected +$1,523.

Worth grading33
With a gem-rate sample412%
Positive expected value2
Median gem rate2.1%
PSA fees as of2026-09-26

Ranked by expected profit 4

Nintendo Black Star Promos cards worth grading, ranked by expected grading profit
#CardRawPSA 9PSA 10CostBest caseGem rateExpectedSample
1Championship ArenaChampionship ArenaNintendo Black Star Promos #28 · Vintage (1999–2003)
Expected +$1,523 per submission: 2.1% of 48 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($44,400), and a PSA 9 ($4,000) still clears the $3,147 you have in it. Confidence medium on that sample.
$684$4,000$44,400$2,463+$41,2532.1%+$1,52348
medium
2LudicoloLudicoloNintendo Black Star Promos #20 · Vintage (1999–2003)
Expected +$538 per submission: 16.7% of 12 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($3,965), and only a PSA 10 covers the $422 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence low on that sample.
$13$77$3,965$409+$3,54316.7%+$53812
low
3SuicuneSuicuneNintendo Black Star Promos #30 · Vintage (1999–2003)
Expected loss −$23 per submission: 0% of 10 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($2,900), and a PSA 9 ($499) still clears the $437 you have in it. Confidence low on that sample.
$39$499$2,900$398+$2,4630%−$2310
low
4TyphlosionTyphlosionNintendo Black Star Promos #34 · Vintage (1999–2003)
Expected loss −$32 per submission: 1.8% of 110 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($640), and a PSA 9 ($317) still clears the $123 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample.
$37$317$640$86+$5171.8%−$32110
high

Best case only — no gem-rate evidence 29

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.

Nintendo Black Star Promos cards that clear the grading cost at PSA 10 but have no measurable gem rate
#CardRawPSA 9PSA 10CostBest caseGem rateExpectedSample
5Kyogre exKyogre exNintendo Black Star Promos #1 · Vintage (1999–2003)$40—$216,000$7,179+$208,781——none
<10
6Rayquaza exRayquaza exNintendo Black Star Promos #39 · Vintage (1999–2003)$899—$102,000$6,039+$95,062——none
<10
7Groudon exGroudon exNintendo Black Star Promos #2 · Vintage (1999–2003)$26—$96,000$3,979+$91,995——none
<10
8MewMewNintendo Black Star Promos #40 · Vintage (1999–2003)$207—$88,450$3,904+$84,339——none
<10
9Groudon exGroudon exNintendo Black Star Promos #38 · Vintage (1999–2003)$154—$80,000$3,819+$76,027——none
<10
10Kyogre exKyogre exNintendo Black Star Promos #37 · Vintage (1999–2003)$144—$55,000$3,569+$51,287——none
<10
11Pikachu δPikachu δNintendo Black Star Promos #35 · Vintage (1999–2003)$160—$45,000$2,469+$42,371——none
<10
12Articuno exArticuno exNintendo Black Star Promos #32 · Vintage (1999–2003)$173—$25,000$1,269+$23,558——none
<10
13Moltres exMoltres exNintendo Black Star Promos #31 · Vintage (1999–2003)$145—$15,600$1,175+$14,280——none
<10
14MudkipMudkipNintendo Black Star Promos #10 · Vintage (1999–2003)$130—$13,500$1,154+$12,216——none
<10
15Tropical Tidal WaveTropical Tidal WaveNintendo Black Star Promos #27 · Vintage (1999–2003)$195—$11,941$1,138+$10,608——none
<10
16PikachuPikachuNintendo Black Star Promos #12 · Vintage (1999–2003)$94—$5,945$678+$5,173——none
<10
17CelebiCelebiNintendo Black Star Promos #29 · Vintage (1999–2003)$40—$5,400$673+$4,687——none
<10
18LatiosLatiosNintendo Black Star Promos #15 · Vintage (1999–2003)$18—$3,500$404+$3,078——none
<10
19JirachiJirachiNintendo Black Star Promos #21 · Vintage (1999–2003)$33—$2,750$397+$2,321——none
<10
20MeowthMeowthNintendo Black Star Promos #13 · Vintage (1999–2003)$48—$2,555$395+$2,112——none
<10
21Zapdos exZapdos exNintendo Black Star Promos #33 · Vintage (1999–2003)$105—$2,550$395+$2,051——none
<10
22Tropical WindTropical WindNintendo Black Star Promos #26 · Vintage (1999–2003)$240—$2,520$394+$1,886——none
<10
23TreeckoTreeckoNintendo Black Star Promos #3 · Vintage (1999–2003)$12—$1,702$236+$1,454——none
<10
24LatiasLatiasNintendo Black Star Promos #14 · Vintage (1999–2003)$40—$1,094$111+$943——none
<10
25MarshtompMarshtompNintendo Black Star Promos #11 · Vintage (1999–2003)$92—$999$90+$817——none
<10
26GrovyleGrovyleNintendo Black Star Promos #4 · Vintage (1999–2003)$99—$999$90+$810——none
<10
27CombuskenCombuskenNintendo Black Star Promos #9 · Vintage (1999–2003)$108—$999$90+$802——none
<10
28MudkipMudkipNintendo Black Star Promos #18 · Vintage (1999–2003)$37—$438$84+$316——none
<10
29MetangMetangNintendo Black Star Promos #23 · Vintage (1999–2003)$295—$642$86+$260——none
<10
30BeldumBeldumNintendo Black Star Promos #22 · Vintage (1999–2003)$7—$240$82+$151——none
<10
31FlygonFlygonNintendo Black Star Promos #25 · Vintage (1999–2003)$120—$313$83+$110——none
<10
32TorchicTorchicNintendo Black Star Promos #8 · Vintage (1999–2003)$63—$210$82+$65——none
<10
33ChimechoChimechoNintendo Black Star Promos #24 · Vintage (1999–2003)$12—$135$81+$42——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 Nintendo Black Star Promos ranking

Every Nintendo Black Star Promos card listed here clears one bar: its PSA 10 price beats its raw price by more than the cost of grading it. 33 cards from the set pass. 4 of them (12%) have a gem-rate sample of at least ten graded copies in the population reports, and 2 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 Championship Arena from Nintendo Black Star Promos, gems 2.1% of the time across 48 graded copies: +$1,523 is what a long run of submissions would average, $41,253 is what one lucky copy returns.

The median gem rate across the sampled Nintendo Black Star Promos cards is 2.1%. Roughly one submitted copy in 48 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 4 ranked cards, 3 still cover raw price plus fee at PSA 9, 1 needs a 10 to break even and 2 lose money on expectation. 1 rests on a hundred or more graded copies.

29 cards sit below the ranking with a best case only, fewer than ten graded copies. The largest best case among them is the Tropical Tidal Wave from Nintendo Black Star Promos at +$10,608.

Before you submit a Nintendo Black Star Promos 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 Nintendo Black Star Promos card list, or see how gem-mint premiums run across the whole catalogue on the PSA premium index.

Nintendo Black Star Promos grading questions

Which Nintendo Black Star Promos card is the best to grade?
On current numbers the Championship Arena (Nintendo Black Star Promos #28): 2.1% of 48 graded copies came back PSA 10, an expected profit of $1,523 per submission after the $2,463 grading cost, against a best case of $41,253 if it gems.
How many Nintendo Black Star Promos cards are worth grading?
2 keep a positive expected value after the fee, out of the 4 with a gem-rate sample of at least ten graded copies. The best case is broader: 33 cards on this page have a PSA 10 price that beats the raw price by more than the grading fee. The other 29 are best case only.
What gem rate do Nintendo Black Star Promos cards get at PSA?
The median across the 4 sampled Nintendo Black Star Promos cards is 2.1%, so about one in 48 of the copies collectors chose to submit came back PSA 10. The strongest rate with a sample of thirty or more is the Championship Arena (Nintendo Black Star Promos #28) at 2.1% of 48.
Does the Nintendo Black Star Promos ranking apply to CGC or Beckett?
Not directly. The cost column is PSA's fee as of 2026-09-26 and the graded columns are PSA slab prices; the gem-rate sample falls back to CGC's population only when PSA has fewer than ten copies. A CGC or Beckett submission has its own fee and resale price.
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