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 +$53.

Worth grading16

With a gem-rate sample16100%

Positive expected value2

Median gem rate22.3%

PSA fees as of2026-09-26

Ranked by expected profit 16

Obsidian Flames cards worth grading, ranked by expected grading profit
#	Card	Raw	PSA 9	PSA 10	Cost	Best case	Gem rate	Expected	Sample
1	Charizard exObsidian Flames #223 · Current (2020–) Expected +$53 per submission: 22.3% of 58,300 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($670), and only a PSA 10 covers the $187 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample.	$100	$120	$670	$87	+$483	22.3%	+$53	58,300 high
2	CleffaObsidian Flames #202 · Current (2020–) Expected +$5 per submission: 21.2% of 14,516 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($400), and only a PSA 10 covers the $121 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample.	$37	$55	$400	$84	+$279	21.2%	+$5	14,516 high
3	Charizard exObsidian Flames #228 · Current (2020–) Expected loss −$16 per submission: 25.9% of 35,345 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($260), and only a PSA 10 covers the $121 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample.	$38	$51	$260	$83	+$139	25.9%	−$16	35,345 high
4	Charizard exObsidian Flames #215 · Current (2020–) Expected loss −$17 per submission: 34.8% of 17,469 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($160), and only a PSA 10 covers the $102 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample.	$20	$44	$160	$82	+$58	34.8%	−$17	17,469 high
5	NinetalesObsidian Flames #199 · Current (2020–) Expected loss −$18 per submission: 21.9% of 21,831 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($305), and only a PSA 10 covers the $118 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample.	$35	$43	$305	$83	+$187	21.9%	−$18	21,831 high
6	GloomObsidian Flames #198 · Current (2020–) Expected loss −$21 per submission: 19.3% of 11,405 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($292), and only a PSA 10 covers the $103 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample.	$20	$32	$292	$83	+$189	19.3%	−$21	11,405 high
7	LarvitarObsidian Flames #203 · Current (2020–) Expected loss −$21 per submission: 17.8% of 3,039 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	$22	$275	$83	+$187	17.8%	−$21	3,039 high
8	LechonkObsidian Flames #209 · Current (2020–) Expected loss −$24 per submission: 21% of 4,329 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($225), and only a PSA 10 covers the $95 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample.	$13	$34	$225	$82	+$130	21%	−$24	4,329 high
9	ScizorObsidian Flames #205 · Current (2020–) Expected loss −$29 per submission: 14.7% of 9,770 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($314), and only a PSA 10 covers the $98 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample.	$15	$28	$314	$83	+$216	14.7%	−$29	9,770 high
10	Tyranitar exObsidian Flames #211 · Current (2020–) Expected loss −$32 per submission: 41.9% of 4,028 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($100), and only a PSA 10 covers the $86 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample.	$5	$23	$100	$81	+$14	41.9%	−$32	4,028 high
11	PidgeyObsidian Flames #207 · Current (2020–) Expected loss −$33 per submission: 22.2% of 6,082 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($200), and only a PSA 10 covers the $96 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample.	$14	$23	$200	$82	+$104	22.2%	−$33	6,082 high
12	Charizard exObsidian Flames #125 · Current (2020–) Expected loss −$35 per submission: 41.2% of 6,673 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($91), and only a PSA 10 covers the $87 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample.	$6	$25	$91	$81	+$4	41.2%	−$35	6,673 high
13	PidgeottoObsidian Flames #208 · Current (2020–) Expected loss −$37 per submission: 18.1% of 4,326 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($183), and only a PSA 10 covers the $92 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample.	$10	$30	$183	$82	+$92	18.1%	−$37	4,326 high
14	HoundourObsidian Flames #204 · Current (2020–) Expected loss −$44 per submission: 23.9% of 5,683 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($135), and only a PSA 10 covers the $92 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample.	$11	$21	$135	$81	+$43	23.9%	−$44	5,683 high
15	Pidgeot exObsidian Flames #225 · Current (2020–) Expected loss −$45 per submission: 25.7% of 9,240 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($136), and only a PSA 10 covers the $100 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample.	$19	$28	$136	$81	+$36	25.7%	−$45	9,240 high
16	Eiscue exObsidian Flames #222 · Current (2020–) Expected loss −$45 per submission: 31% of 2,575 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($97), and only a PSA 10 covers the $87 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample.	$6	$17	$97	$81	+$10	31%	−$45	2,575 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.

PSA population 189

Every Obsidian Flames card with a PSA population reading, ranked five ways. A historical PSA 10 rate is the share of graded copies that came back a 10 — how hard a 10 has been to earn, not the chance your copy earns one — and it is only quoted on cards with at least 20 graded copies; the PSA 10 tables use the same floor. PSA counts as of 22 Oct 2026. How population is measured.

Most graded 189

The most-submitted cards, by total PSA graded.

Obsidian Flames cards by total PSA graded
#	Card	Graded	PSA 10s
1	Charizard ex #223	58,300	12,979
2	Charizard ex #228	35,345	9,167
3	Ninetales #199	21,831	4,782
4	Charizard ex #215	17,469	6,077
5	Cleffa #202	14,516	3,077
6	Gloom #198	11,405	2,203
7	Scizor #205	9,770	1,439
8	Pidgeot ex #225	9,240	2,373
9	Charizard ex #125	6,673	2,747
10	Pidgey #207	6,082	1,350

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Obsidian Flames cards by total PSA graded
#	Card	Graded	PSA 10s
11	Houndour #204	5,683	1,357
12	Lechonk #209	4,329	911
13	Pidgeotto #208	4,326	782
14	Tyranitar ex #211	4,028	1,687
15	Larvitar #203	3,039	542
16	Eiscue ex #222	2,575	799
17	Geeta #226	2,506	669
18	Palafin #200	2,466	539
19	Revavroom ex #224	2,069	599
20	Bellibolt #201	1,860	385
21	Poppy #227	1,506	339
22	Pidgeot ex #217	1,376	400
23	Basic Fire Energy #230	1,208	270
24	Absol ex #214	1,088	333
25	Artazon #229	1,025	233

Fewest PSA 10s 71

The smallest PSA 10 populations among cards with at least 20 graded.

Obsidian Flames cards with the fewest PSA 10s
#	Card	PSA 10s	Graded
1	Houndoom #133	7	20
2	Scovillain #25	10	43
3	Greavard #100	10	28
4	Eevee #166	10	25
5	Toxtricity #72	11	53
6	Palafin #62	12	53
7	Houndstone ex #102	17	90
8	Toedscruel ex #22	19	80
9	Glimmora ex #123	21	109
10	Claydol #95	21	52

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Obsidian Flames cards with the fewest PSA 10s
#	Card	PSA 10s	Graded
11	Revavroom ex #156	25	92
12	Victini ex #33	26	122
13	Melmetal ex #153	27	104
14	Klawf ex #120	29	100
15	Charmeleon #27	30	82
16	Decidueye ex #15	32	140
17	Thundurus #70	32	108
18	Geeta #188	38	156
19	Miraidon ex #79	38	149
20	Charmander #26	38	135
21	Clefable ex #82	41	147
22	Koraidon ex #124	41	138
23	Espeon #86	44	106
24	Scizor #141	57	217
25	Houndoom ex #134	57	205

Most PSA 10s 71

The largest PSA 10 populations among cards with at least 20 graded.

Obsidian Flames cards with the most PSA 10s
#	Card	PSA 10s	Graded
1	Charizard ex #223	12,979	58,300
2	Charizard ex #228	9,167	35,345
3	Charizard ex #215	6,077	17,469
4	Ninetales #199	4,782	21,831
5	Cleffa #202	3,077	14,516
6	Charizard ex #125	2,747	6,673
7	Pidgeot ex #225	2,373	9,240
8	Gloom #198	2,203	11,405
9	Tyranitar ex #211	1,687	4,028
10	Scizor #205	1,439	9,770

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Obsidian Flames cards with the most PSA 10s
#	Card	PSA 10s	Graded
11	Houndour #204	1,357	5,683
12	Pidgey #207	1,350	6,082
13	Lechonk #209	911	4,329
14	Eiscue ex #222	799	2,575
15	Pidgeotto #208	782	4,326
16	Geeta #226	669	2,506
17	Revavroom ex #224	599	2,069
18	Larvitar #203	542	3,039
19	Palafin #200	539	2,466
20	Pidgeot ex #217	400	1,376
21	Bellibolt #201	385	1,860
22	Dragonite ex #159	341	799
23	Poppy #227	339	1,506
24	Absol ex #214	333	1,088
25	Umbreon #130	319	842

Hardest to gem 71

The lowest historical PSA 10 rates among cards with at least 20 graded.

Obsidian Flames cards with the lowest historical PSA 10 rate
#	Card	Historical PSA 10 rate	Graded
1	Scizor #205	15%	9,770
2	Larvitar #203	18%	3,039
3	Pidgeotto #208	18%	4,326
4	Houndstone ex #102	19%	90
5	Glimmora ex #123	19%	109
6	Gloom #198	19%	11,405
7	Bellibolt #201	21%	1,860
8	Toxtricity #72	21%	53
9	Lechonk #209	21%	4,329
10	Cleffa #202	21%	14,516

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Obsidian Flames cards with the lowest historical PSA 10 rate
#	Card	Historical PSA 10 rate	Graded
11	Victini ex #33	21%	122
12	Palafin #200	22%	2,466
13	Ninetales #199	22%	21,831
14	Pidgey #207	22%	6,082
15	Charizard ex #223	22%	58,300
16	Basic Fire Energy #230	22%	1,208
17	Poppy #227	23%	1,506
18	Palafin #62	23%	53
19	Artazon #229	23%	1,025
20	Decidueye ex #15	23%	140
21	Scovillain #25	23%	43
22	Absol ex #135	23%	256
23	Poppy #220	24%	685
24	Geeta #218	24%	852
25	Ryme #221	24%	494

Fastest growing 70

The most copies newly PSA graded over 30 days, between our readings of 14 Sept 2026 and 19 Oct 2026 — weekly readings, never interpolated between.

Obsidian Flames cards by PSA copies graded over 30 days
#	Card	New graded	PSA 10s change
1	Charizard ex #223	+910	+63
2	Charizard ex #228	+466	+50
3	Ninetales #199	+299	+23
4	Cleffa #202	+287	+13
5	Charizard ex #215	+249	+33
6	Gloom #198	+161	+11
7	Pidgeot ex #225	+111	+11
8	Scizor #205	+107	+4
9	Pidgey #207	+89	+6
10	Pidgeotto #208	+76	+6

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Obsidian Flames cards by PSA copies graded over 30 days
#	Card	New graded	PSA 10s change
11	Charizard ex #125	+70	+6
12	Lechonk #209	+70	+9
13	Larvitar #203	+56	+3
14	Houndour #204	+49	+4
15	Bellibolt #201	+38	+2
16	Tyranitar ex #211	+36	+10
17	Revavroom ex #224	+25	+2
18	Umbreon #130	+20	+2
19	Palafin #200	+19	+2
20	Eiscue ex #222	+14	−1
21	Darkrai #136	+14	+3
22	Artazon #229	+12	0
23	Entei #30	+12	+2
24	Varoom #206	+11	+2
25	Basic Fire Energy #230	+10	0

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. 16 cards from the set pass. 16 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 22.3% of the time across 58,300 graded copies: +$53 is what a long run of submissions would average, $483 is what one lucky copy returns.

The median gem rate across the sampled Obsidian Flames cards is 22.3%. Roughly one submitted copy in 4 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 16 ranked cards, 16 need a 10 to break even and 14 lose money on expectation. 16 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.

Obsidian Flames grading questions

Which Obsidian Flames card is the best to grade?

On current numbers the Charizard ex (Obsidian Flames #223): 22.3% of 58,300 graded copies came back PSA 10, an expected profit of $53 per submission after the $87 grading cost, against a best case of $483 if it gems.

How many Obsidian Flames cards are worth grading?

2 keep a positive expected value after the fee, out of the 16 with a gem-rate sample of at least ten graded copies. 16 cards on this page have a PSA 10 price that beats the raw price by more than the grading fee.

What gem rate do Obsidian Flames cards get at PSA?

The median across the 16 sampled Obsidian Flames cards is 22.3%, so about one in 4 of the copies collectors chose to submit came back PSA 10. The strongest rate with a sample of thirty or more is the Tyranitar ex (Obsidian Flames #211) at 41.9% of 4,028.

Does the Obsidian Flames 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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