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: Virizion at an expected +$1,257.
Ranked by expected profit 20
| # | Card | Raw | PSA 9 | PSA 10 | Cost | Best case | Gem rate | Expected | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Expected +$1,257 per submission: 12.1% of 445 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($8,513), and a PSA 9 ($1,200) still clears the $846 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $142 | $1,200 | $8,513 | $704 | +$7,667 | 12.1% | +$1,257 | 445 high |
| 2 | Expected +$1,157 per submission: 10.9% of 451 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($9,900), and a PSA 9 ($1,000) still clears the $914 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $196 | $1,000 | $9,900 | $718 | +$8,986 | 10.9% | +$1,157 | 451 high |
| 3 | Expected +$903 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 | +$27,482 | 1.1% | +$903 | 89 medium |
| 4 | Expected +$793 per submission: 14.3% of 469 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($4,900), and a PSA 9 ($800) still clears the $558 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $140 | $800 | $4,900 | $418 | +$4,342 | 14.3% | +$793 | 469 high |
| 5 | Expected +$501 per submission: 12.5% of 192 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($5,640), and only a PSA 10 covers the $847 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $172 | $164 | $5,640 | $675 | +$4,792 | 12.5% | +$501 | 192 high |
| 6 | Expected +$325 per submission: 2.2% of 93 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($6,750), and a PSA 9 ($2,000) still clears the $1,187 you have in it. Confidence medium on that sample. | $500 | $2,000 | $6,750 | $687 | +$5,564 | 2.2% | +$325 | 93 medium |
| 7 | Expected +$276 per submission: 1.3% of 77 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($18,600), and a PSA 9 ($995) still clears the $1,401 you have in it. Confidence medium on that sample. | $196 | $995 | $18,600 | $1,205 | +$17,199 | 1.3% | +$276 | 77 medium |
| 8 | Expected +$98 per submission: 6.3% of 32 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($2,999), and only a PSA 10 covers the $407 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence medium on that sample. | $8 | $75 | $2,999 | $399 | +$2,592 | 6.3% | +$98 | 32 medium |
| 9 | Expected +$68 per submission: 5.2% of 153 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($1,825), and a PSA 9 ($159) still clears the $245 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $8 | $159 | $1,825 | $237 | +$1,580 | 5.2% | +$68 | 153 high |
| 10 | Expected +$57 per submission: 0% of 85 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($17,100), and a PSA 9 ($1,077) still clears the $1,314 you have in it. Confidence medium on that sample. | $124 | $1,077 | $17,100 | $1,190 | +$15,786 | 0% | +$57 | 85 medium |
| 11 | Expected +$52 per submission: 0% of 72 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($5,500), and a PSA 9 ($1,000) still clears the $722 you have in it. Confidence medium on that sample. | $48 | $1,000 | $5,500 | $674 | +$4,778 | 0% | +$52 | 72 medium |
| 12 | 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 | +$1,073 | 6.3% | +$17 | 144 high |
| 13 | Expected loss −$5 per submission: 5.1% of 296 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($200), and a PSA 9 ($180) still clears the $100 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $18 | $180 | $200 | $82 | +$100 | 5.1% | −$5 | 296 high |
| 14 | 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 | +$1,048 | 4.6% | −$24 | 109 high |
| 15 | Expected loss −$30 per submission: 0.8% of 130 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($3,550), and a PSA 9 ($216) still clears the $500 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $95 | $216 | $3,550 | $405 | +$3,051 | 0.8% | −$30 | 130 high |
| 16 | Expected loss −$33 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 | $85 | $564 | $86 | +$468 | 4.5% | −$33 | 89 medium |
| 17 | Expected loss −$43 per submission: 4.2% of 118 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($166), and only a PSA 10 covers the $91 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $9 | $66 | $166 | $82 | +$75 | 4.2% | −$43 | 118 high |
| 18 | Expected loss −$57 per submission: 3.6% of 28 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($175), and only a PSA 10 covers the $87 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence low on that sample. | $5 | $37 | $175 | $82 | +$88 | 3.6% | −$57 | 28 low |
| 19 | Expected loss −$58 per submission: 0% of 68 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($5,000), and a PSA 9 ($184) still clears the $446 you have in it. Confidence medium on that sample. | $27 | $184 | $5,000 | $419 | +$4,554 | 0% | −$58 | 68 medium |
| 20 | 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 | +$134 | 0% | −$68 | 29 low |
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 Virizion from Plasma Blast, gems 12.1% of the time across 445 graded copies: +$1,257 is what a long run of submissions would average, $7,667 is what one lucky copy returns.
The median gem rate across the sampled Plasma Blast cards is 4.5%. 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, 12 still cover raw price plus fee at PSA 9, 8 need a 10 to break even and 8 lose money on expectation. 10 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.