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Best Plasma Blast Cards to Grade

The Plasma Blast 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: Rare Candy at an expected +$1,030.

Worth grading20
With a gem-rate sample20100%
Positive expected value12
Median gem rate4.6%
PSA fees as of2026-09-26

Ranked by expected profit 20

Plasma Blast cards worth grading, ranked by expected grading profit
#CardRawPSA 9PSA 10CostBest caseGem rateExpectedSample
1Rare CandyRare CandyPlasma Blast #105 · Modern (2011–2019)
Expected +$1,030 per submission: 12.5% of 192 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($9,800), and only a PSA 10 covers the $889 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample.
$172$202$9,800$717+$8,91112.5%+$1,030192
high
2VirizionVirizionPlasma Blast #103 · Modern (2011–2019)
Expected +$978 per submission: 12.1% of 445 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($6,250), and a PSA 9 ($1,200) still clears the $824 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample.
$142$1,200$6,250$682+$5,42712.1%+$978445
high
3DusknoirDusknoirPlasma Blast #104 · Modern (2011–2019)
Expected +$930 per submission: 10.9% of 451 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($7,800), and a PSA 9 ($1,000) still clears the $892 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample.
$195$1,000$7,800$697+$6,90810.9%+$930451
high
4Dialga-EXDialga-EXPlasma Blast #99 · Modern (2011–2019)
Expected +$789 per submission: 1.1% of 89 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($30,100), and a PSA 9 ($4,500) still clears the $2,618 you have in it. Confidence medium on that sample.
$298$4,500$30,100$2,320+$27,4821.1%+$78989
medium
5ExeggcuteExeggcutePlasma Blast #102 · Modern (2011–2019)
Expected +$684 per submission: 14.3% of 469 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($4,900), and a PSA 9 ($397) still clears the $539 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample.
$121$397$4,900$418+$4,36114.3%+$684469
high
6Palkia-EXPalkia-EXPlasma Blast #100 · Modern (2011–2019)
Expected +$336 per submission: 2.2% of 93 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($6,750), and a PSA 9 ($2,000) still clears the $1,069 you have in it. Confidence medium on that sample.
$382$2,000$6,750$687+$5,6822.2%+$33693
medium
7Genesect-EXGenesect-EXPlasma Blast #97 · Modern (2011–2019)
Expected +$283 per submission: 1.3% of 77 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($19,800), and a PSA 9 ($995) still clears the $1,400 you have in it. Confidence medium on that sample.
$183$995$19,800$1,217+$18,4001.3%+$28377
medium
8Virizion-EXVirizion-EXPlasma Blast #9 · Modern (2011–2019)
Expected +$99 per submission: 6.3% of 32 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($2,999), and only a PSA 10 covers the $406 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence medium on that sample.
$7$85$2,999$399+$2,5936.3%+$9932
medium
9Jirachi-EXJirachi-EXPlasma Blast #98 · Modern (2011–2019)
Expected +$81 per submission: 0% of 85 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($17,100), and a PSA 9 ($1,500) still clears the $1,325 you have in it. Confidence medium on that sample.
$135$1,500$17,100$1,190+$15,7750%+$8185
medium
10BlastoiseBlastoisePlasma Blast #16 · Modern (2011–2019)
Expected +$71 per submission: 5.1% of 296 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($512), and a PSA 9 ($240) still clears the $103 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample.
$18$240$512$85+$4095.1%+$71296
high
11HoundoomHoundoomPlasma Blast #56 · Modern (2011–2019)
Expected +$68 per submission: 5.2% of 153 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($1,825), and a PSA 9 ($159) still clears the $246 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample.
$9$159$1,825$237+$1,5795.2%+$68153
high
12Palkia-EXPalkia-EXPlasma Blast #66 · Modern (2011–2019)
Expected +$17 per submission: 6.3% of 144 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($1,200), and only a PSA 10 covers the $127 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample.
$15$52$1,200$112+$1,0736.3%+$17144
high
13Dialga-EXDialga-EXPlasma Blast #65 · Modern (2011–2019)
Expected loss −$24 per submission: 4.6% of 109 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($1,200), and only a PSA 10 covers the $152 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample.
$40$80$1,200$112+$1,0484.6%−$24109
high
14Kyurem-EXKyurem-EXPlasma Blast #30 · Modern (2011–2019)
Expected loss −$42 per submission: 4.5% of 89 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($564), and only a PSA 10 covers the $96 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence medium on that sample.
$10$55$564$86+$4684.5%−$4289
medium
15Virizion-EXVirizion-EXPlasma Blast #96 · Modern (2011–2019)
Expected loss −$44 per submission: 0% of 72 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($5,500), and a PSA 9 ($288) still clears the $722 you have in it. Confidence medium on that sample.
$48$288$5,500$674+$4,7780%−$4472
medium
16SalamenceSalamencePlasma Blast #64 · Modern (2011–2019)
Expected loss −$47 per submission: 5.1% of 98 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($88), and only a PSA 10 covers the $87 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence medium on that sample.
$6$53$88$81+$15.1%−$4798
medium
17G BoosterG BoosterPlasma Blast #92 · Modern (2011–2019)
Expected loss −$57 per submission: 3.6% of 28 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($175), and only a PSA 10 covers the $88 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence low on that sample.
$6$37$175$82+$873.6%−$5728
low
18Master BallMaster BallPlasma Blast #94 · Modern (2011–2019)
Expected loss −$66 per submission: 4.2% of 118 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($166), and only a PSA 10 covers the $92 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample.
$10$31$166$82+$744.2%−$66118
high
19Genesect-EXGenesect-EXPlasma Blast #11 · Modern (2011–2019)
Expected loss −$68 per submission: 0% of 29 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($225), and only a PSA 10 covers the $91 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence low on that sample.
$9$41$225$82+$1340%−$6829
low
20Jirachi-EXJirachi-EXPlasma Blast #60 · Modern (2011–2019)
Expected loss −$70 per submission: 0% of 68 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($5,000), and only a PSA 10 covers the $446 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence medium on that sample.
$27$103$5,000$419+$4,5540%−$7068
medium

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 Plasma Blast ranking

Every Plasma Blast card listed here clears one bar: its PSA 10 price beats its raw price by more than the cost of grading it. 20 cards from the set pass. 20 of them (100%) have a gem-rate sample of at least ten graded copies in the population reports, and 12 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 Rare Candy from Plasma Blast, gems 12.5% of the time across 192 graded copies: +$1,030 is what a long run of submissions would average, $8,911 is what one lucky copy returns.

The median gem rate across the sampled Plasma Blast cards is 4.6%. Roughly one submitted copy in 22 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 20 ranked cards, 10 still cover raw price plus fee at PSA 9, 10 need a 10 to break even and 8 lose money on expectation. 9 rest on a hundred or more graded copies.

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

Plasma Blast grading questions

Which Plasma Blast card is the best to grade?
On current numbers the Rare Candy (Plasma Blast #105): 12.5% of 192 graded copies came back PSA 10, an expected profit of $1,030 per submission after the $717 grading cost, against a best case of $8,911 if it gems.
How many Plasma Blast cards are worth grading?
12 keep a positive expected value after the fee, out of the 20 with a gem-rate sample of at least ten graded copies. 20 cards on this page have a PSA 10 price that beats the raw price by more than the grading fee.
What gem rate do Plasma Blast cards get at PSA?
The median across the 20 sampled Plasma Blast cards is 4.6%, so about one in 22 of the copies collectors chose to submit came back PSA 10. The strongest rate with a sample of thirty or more is the Exeggcute (Plasma Blast #102) at 14.3% of 469.
Does the Plasma Blast 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.