Best Obsidian Flames Cards to Grade
The Obsidian Flames 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: Charizard ex at an expected +$59.
Ranked by expected profit 15
| # | Card | Raw | PSA 9 | PSA 10 | Cost | Best case | Gem rate | Expected | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Charizard exObsidian Flames #223 · Current (2020–)Expected +$59 per submission: 22.4% of 57,705 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($689), and only a PSA 10 covers the $186 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $99 | $120 | $689 | $87 | +$503 | 22.4% | +$59 | 57,705 high |
| 2 |  CleffaObsidian Flames #202 · Current (2020–)Expected +$7 per submission: 21.4% of 14,342 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($400), and only a PSA 10 covers the $120 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $36 | $55 | $400 | $84 | +$280 | 21.4% | +$7 | 14,342 high |
| 3 |  Charizard exObsidian Flames #228 · Current (2020–)Expected loss −$14 per submission: 26.1% of 35,031 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($269), and only a PSA 10 covers the $121 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $38 | $52 | $269 | $83 | +$148 | 26.1% | −$14 | 35,031 high |
| 4 |  NinetalesObsidian Flames #199 · Current (2020–)Expected loss −$15 per submission: 22% of 21,651 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($300), and only a PSA 10 covers the $117 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $34 | $46 | $300 | $83 | +$183 | 22% | −$15 | 21,651 high |
| 5 |  Charizard exObsidian Flames #215 · Current (2020–)Expected loss −$17 per submission: 35% of 17,306 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($162), and only a PSA 10 covers the $102 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $20 | $45 | $162 | $82 | +$60 | 35% | −$17 | 17,306 high |
| 6 |  LarvitarObsidian Flames #203 · Current (2020–)Expected loss −$18 per submission: 18% of 3,008 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($275), and only a PSA 10 covers the $88 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $5 | $25 | $275 | $83 | +$187 | 18% | −$18 | 3,008 high |
| 7 |  GloomObsidian Flames #198 · Current (2020–)Expected loss −$18 per submission: 19.4% of 11,301 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($282), and only a PSA 10 covers the $103 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $20 | $40 | $282 | $83 | +$179 | 19.4% | −$18 | 11,301 high |
| 8 |  LechonkObsidian Flames #209 · Current (2020–)Expected loss −$21 per submission: 21.1% of 4,291 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($255), and only a PSA 10 covers the $96 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $13 | $28 | $255 | $83 | +$159 | 21.1% | −$21 | 4,291 high |
| 9 |  ScizorObsidian Flames #205 · Current (2020–)Expected loss −$23 per submission: 14.8% of 9,707 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($350), and only a PSA 10 covers the $98 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $15 | $30 | $350 | $83 | +$252 | 14.8% | −$23 | 9,707 high |
| 10 |  PidgeyObsidian Flames #207 · Current (2020–)Expected loss −$28 per submission: 22.3% of 6,029 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($222), and only a PSA 10 covers the $97 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $15 | $25 | $222 | $82 | +$125 | 22.3% | −$28 | 6,029 high |
| 11 |  Charizard exObsidian Flames #125 · Current (2020–)Expected loss −$28 per submission: 41.4% of 6,634 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($109), and only a PSA 10 covers the $87 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $6 | $25 | $109 | $81 | +$22 | 41.4% | −$28 | 6,634 high |
| 12 |  PidgeottoObsidian Flames #208 · Current (2020–)Expected loss −$31 per submission: 18.2% of 4,279 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($240), and only a PSA 10 covers the $95 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $13 | $25 | $240 | $82 | +$145 | 18.2% | −$31 | 4,279 high |
| 13 |  BelliboltObsidian Flames #201 · Current (2020–)Expected loss −$33 per submission: 20.8% of 1,839 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($170), and only a PSA 10 covers the $87 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $5 | $25 | $170 | $82 | +$83 | 20.8% | −$33 | 1,839 high |
| 14 |  HoundourObsidian Flames #204 · Current (2020–)Expected loss −$43 per submission: 23.9% of 5,660 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($137), and only a PSA 10 covers the $91 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $10 | $20 | $137 | $81 | +$46 | 23.9% | −$43 | 5,660 high |
| 15 |  Pidgeot exObsidian Flames #225 · Current (2020–)Expected loss −$45 per submission: 25.8% of 9,165 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($135), and only a PSA 10 covers the $101 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $20 | $30 | $135 | $81 | +$34 | 25.8% | −$45 | 9,165 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 Obsidian Flames ranking
Every Obsidian Flames card listed here clears one bar: its PSA 10 price beats its raw price by more than the cost of grading it. 15 cards from the set pass. 15 of them (100%) 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 Charizard ex from Obsidian Flames, gems 22.4% of the time across 57,705 graded copies: +$59 is what a long run of submissions would average, $503 is what one lucky copy returns.
The median gem rate across the sampled Obsidian Flames cards is 22%. Roughly one submitted copy in 5 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 15 ranked cards, 15 need a 10 to break even and 13 lose money on expectation. 15 rest on a hundred or more graded copies.
Before you submit a Obsidian Flames 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 Obsidian Flames card list, or see how gem-mint premiums run across the whole catalogue on the PSA premium index.