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 +$3,446.
Ranked by expected profit 18
| # | Card | Raw | PSA 9 | PSA 10 | Cost | Best case | Gem rate | Expected | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  CharizardPlasma Storm #136 · Modern (2011–2019)Expected +$3,446 per submission: 2.5% of 3,111 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($90,000), and a PSA 9 ($6,900) still clears the $5,118 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $1,199 | $6,900 | $90,000 | $3,919 | +$84,882 | 2.5% | +$3,446 | 3,111 high |
| 2 |  Lugia-EXPlasma Storm #108 · Modern (2011–2019)Expected +$2,896 per submission: 5.7% of 406 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($52,355), and a PSA 9 ($719) still clears the $3,599 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $56 | $719 | $52,355 | $3,543 | +$48,756 | 5.7% | +$2,896 | 406 high |
| 3 |  BlastoisePlasma Storm #137 · Modern (2011–2019)Expected +$2,332 per submission: 3% of 1,519 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($55,000), and a PSA 9 ($3,900) still clears the $4,069 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $500 | $3,900 | $55,000 | $3,569 | +$50,931 | 3% | +$2,332 | 1,519 high |
| 4 |  ColressPlasma Storm #135 · Modern (2011–2019)Expected +$850 per submission: 2.8% of 435 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($35,000), and a PSA 9 ($254) still clears the $2,451 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $82 | $254 | $35,000 | $2,369 | +$32,549 | 2.8% | +$850 | 435 high |
| 5 |  Articuno-EXPlasma Storm #132 · Modern (2011–2019)Expected +$797 per submission: 2.2% of 1,011 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($6,150), and a PSA 9 ($3,795) still clears the $1,039 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $358 | $3,795 | $6,150 | $681 | +$5,112 | 2.2% | +$797 | 1,011 high |
| 6 |  Cobalion-EXPlasma Storm #133 · Modern (2011–2019)Expected +$430 per submission: 1.6% of 371 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($26,400), and a PSA 9 ($364) still clears the $2,319 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $36 | $364 | $26,400 | $2,283 | +$24,082 | 1.6% | +$430 | 371 high |
| 7 |  Moltres-EXPlasma Storm #14 · Modern (2011–2019)Expected +$358 per submission: 8% of 435 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($4,878), and a PSA 9 ($293) still clears the $431 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $13 | $293 | $4,878 | $418 | +$4,447 | 8% | +$358 | 435 high |
| 8 |  Zapdos-EXPlasma Storm #48 · Modern (2011–2019)Expected +$282 per submission: 6% of 499 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($6,000), and a PSA 9 ($101) still clears the $691 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $12 | $101 | $6,000 | $679 | +$5,309 | 6% | +$282 | 499 high |
| 9 |  Victini-EXPlasma Storm #18 · Modern (2011–2019)Expected +$280 per submission: 6% of 182 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($5,760), and a PSA 9 ($95) still clears the $689 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $12 | $95 | $5,760 | $677 | +$5,071 | 6% | +$280 | 182 high |
| 10 |  White Kyurem-EXPlasma Storm #96 · Modern (2011–2019)Expected +$113 per submission: 37.1% of 574 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($500), and only a PSA 10 covers the $92 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $7 | $35 | $500 | $85 | +$408 | 37.1% | +$113 | 574 high |
| 11 |  Articuno-EXPlasma Storm #25 · Modern (2011–2019)Expected +$100 per submission: 11.2% of 572 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($1,249), and a PSA 9 ($150) still clears the $137 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $25 | $150 | $1,249 | $112 | +$1,112 | 11.2% | +$100 | 572 high |
| 12 |  Black Kyurem-EXPlasma Storm #95 · Modern (2011–2019)Expected +$69 per submission: 27.7% of 582 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($500), and only a PSA 10 covers the $91 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $6 | $34 | $500 | $85 | +$409 | 27.7% | +$69 | 582 high |
| 13 |  GiratinaPlasma Storm #62 · Modern (2011–2019)Expected +$38 per submission: 5.8% of 69 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($1,075), and a PSA 9 ($132) still clears the $117 you have in it. Confidence medium on that sample. | $6 | $132 | $1,075 | $111 | +$958 | 5.8% | +$38 | 69 medium |
| 14 |  Random ReceiverPlasma Storm #138 · Modern (2011–2019)Expected +$12 per submission: 8.8% of 181 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($790), and only a PSA 10 covers the $123 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $35 | $85 | $790 | $88 | +$667 | 8.8% | +$12 | 181 high |
| 15 |  Lugia-EXPlasma Storm #134 · Modern (2011–2019)Expected loss −$37 per submission: 1% of 2,003 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($5,040), and a PSA 9 ($3,120) still clears the $1,879 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $1,210 | $3,120 | $5,040 | $669 | +$3,161 | 1% | −$37 | 2,003 high |
| 16 |  Cobalion-EXPlasma Storm #93 · Modern (2011–2019)Expected loss −$39 per submission: 4.5% of 89 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($399), and only a PSA 10 covers the $94 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence medium on that sample. | $10 | $60 | $399 | $84 | +$305 | 4.5% | −$39 | 89 medium |
| 17 |  Dowsing MachinePlasma Storm #128 · Modern (2011–2019)Expected loss −$50 per submission: 14.9% of 67 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($124), and only a PSA 10 covers the $87 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence medium on that sample. | $6 | $38 | $124 | $81 | +$36 | 14.9% | −$50 | 67 medium |
| 18 |  Scramble SwitchPlasma Storm #129 · Modern (2011–2019)Expected loss −$67 per submission: 7.7% of 52 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($90), and only a PSA 10 covers the $88 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence medium on that sample. | $7 | $22 | $90 | $81 | +$2 | 7.7% | −$67 | 52 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. 18 cards from the set pass. 18 of them (100%) have a gem-rate sample of at least ten graded copies in the population reports, and 14 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 2.5% of the time across 3,111 graded copies: +$3,446 is what a long run of submissions would average, $84,882 is what one lucky copy returns.
The median gem rate across the sampled Plasma Storm cards is 6%. Roughly one submitted copy in 17 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 18 ranked cards, 12 still cover raw price plus fee at PSA 9, 6 need a 10 to break even and 4 lose money on expectation. 14 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.