Best Plasma Storm Cards to Grade
The Plasma Storm 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 at an expected +$3,105.
Ranked by expected profit 19
| # | Card | Raw | PSA 9 | PSA 10 | Cost | Best case | Gem rate | Expected | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Expected +$3,105 per submission: 2.6% of 3,038 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($99,100), and a PSA 9 ($4,999) still clears the $5,310 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $1,300 | $4,999 | $99,100 | $4,010 | +$93,790 | 2.6% | +$3,105 | 3,038 high |
| 2 | Expected +$2,174 per submission: 3.1% of 1,471 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($55,000), and a PSA 9 ($3,000) still clears the $4,033 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $464 | $3,000 | $55,000 | $3,569 | +$50,967 | 3.1% | +$2,174 | 1,471 high |
| 3 | Expected +$380 per submission: 1.3% of 75 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($35,000), and a PSA 9 ($258) still clears the $2,451 you have in it. Confidence medium on that sample. | $82 | $258 | $35,000 | $2,369 | +$32,549 | 1.3% | +$380 | 75 medium |
| 4 | Expected +$159 per submission: 0% of 122 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($6,150), and a PSA 9 ($2,000) still clears the $1,013 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $332 | $2,000 | $6,150 | $681 | +$5,137 | 0% | +$159 | 122 high |
| 5 | Expected +$134 per submission: 5.9% of 389 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($2,709), and a PSA 9 ($288) still clears the $457 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $61 | $288 | $2,709 | $396 | +$2,252 | 5.9% | +$134 | 389 high |
| 6 | Expected +$92 per submission: 0% of 58 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($1,422), and a PSA 9 ($1,400) still clears the $242 you have in it. Confidence medium on that sample. | $128 | $1,400 | $1,422 | $114 | +$1,179 | 0% | +$92 | 58 medium |
| 7 | Expected +$56 per submission: 0% of 224 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($5,040), and a PSA 9 ($4,255) still clears the $1,919 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $1,250 | $4,255 | $5,040 | $669 | +$3,121 | 0% | +$56 | 224 high |
| 8 | Expected +$22 per submission: 6.2% of 178 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($1,200), and only a PSA 10 covers the $126 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $14 | $75 | $1,200 | $112 | +$1,074 | 6.2% | +$22 | 178 high |
| 9 | Expected +$14 per submission: 2% of 153 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($264), and a PSA 9 ($256) still clears the $101 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $18 | $256 | $264 | $83 | +$163 | 2% | +$14 | 153 high |
| 10 | Expected loss −$21 per submission: 0.9% of 234 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($6,000), and only a PSA 10 covers the $692 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $13 | $68 | $6,000 | $679 | +$5,308 | 0.9% | −$21 | 234 high |
| 11 | Expected loss −$21 per submission: 8.8% of 182 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($487), and only a PSA 10 covers the $126 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $41 | $85 | $487 | $85 | +$361 | 8.8% | −$21 | 182 high |
| 12 | Expected loss −$23 per submission: 8.6% of 162 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($500), and only a PSA 10 covers the $90 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $5 | $38 | $500 | $85 | +$410 | 8.6% | −$23 | 162 high |
| 13 | Expected loss −$34 per submission: 0% of 51 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($1,075), and a PSA 9 ($132) still clears the $118 you have in it. Confidence medium on that sample. | $7 | $132 | $1,075 | $111 | +$957 | 0% | −$34 | 51 medium |
| 14 | Expected loss −$42 per submission: 1.2% of 252 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($1,250), and a PSA 9 ($145) still clears the $129 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $17 | $145 | $1,250 | $112 | +$1,121 | 1.2% | −$42 | 252 high |
| 15 | Expected loss −$44 per submission: 4.5% of 88 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($400), and only a PSA 10 covers the $96 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence medium on that sample. | $12 | $51 | $400 | $84 | +$305 | 4.5% | −$44 | 88 medium |
| 16 | Expected loss −$49 per submission: 9.3% of 151 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($275), and only a PSA 10 covers the $89 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $6 | $24 | $275 | $83 | +$187 | 9.3% | −$49 | 151 high |
| 17 | Expected loss −$50 per submission: 14.7% of 68 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($115), and only a PSA 10 covers the $88 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence medium on that sample. | $7 | $38 | $115 | $81 | +$27 | 14.7% | −$50 | 68 medium |
| 18 | Expected loss −$61 per submission: 0% of 172 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($2,900), and a PSA 9 ($150) still clears the $407 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $9 | $150 | $2,900 | $398 | +$2,493 | 0% | −$61 | 172 high |
| 19 | Expected loss −$65 per submission: 7.8% of 51 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($104), and only a PSA 10 covers the $88 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence medium on that sample. | $7 | $22 | $104 | $81 | +$16 | 7.8% | −$65 | 51 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 Storm ranking
Every Plasma Storm card listed here clears one bar: its PSA 10 price beats its raw price by more than the cost of grading it. 19 cards from the set pass. 19 of them (100%) have a gem-rate sample of at least ten graded copies in the population reports, and 9 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 from Plasma Storm, gems 2.6% of the time across 3,038 graded copies: +$3,105 is what a long run of submissions would average, $93,790 is what one lucky copy returns.
The median gem rate across the sampled Plasma Storm cards is 2.6%. Roughly one submitted copy in 38 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 19 ranked cards, 11 still cover raw price plus fee at PSA 9, 8 need a 10 to break even and 10 lose money on expectation. 13 rest on a hundred or more graded copies.
Before you submit a Plasma Storm 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 Storm card list, or see how gem-mint premiums run across the whole catalogue on the PSA premium index.