Best Ruby & Sapphire Cards to Grade
The Ruby & Sapphire 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: Mewtwo ex at an expected +$1,128.
Ranked by expected profit 23
| # | Card | Raw | PSA 9 | PSA 10 | Cost | Best case | Gem rate | Expected | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Expected +$1,128 per submission: 2% of 3,840 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($38,400), and a PSA 9 ($5,500) still clears the $3,053 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $650 | $5,500 | $38,400 | $2,403 | +$35,347 | 2% | +$1,128 | 3,840 high |
| 2 | Expected +$1,078 per submission: 3.1% of 1,671 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($30,999), and a PSA 9 ($1,250) still clears the $2,478 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $149 | $1,250 | $30,999 | $2,329 | +$28,521 | 3.1% | +$1,078 | 1,671 high |
| 3 | Expected +$757 per submission: 2.6% of 2,082 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($18,600), and a PSA 9 ($1,925) still clears the $1,370 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $165 | $1,925 | $18,600 | $1,205 | +$17,230 | 2.6% | +$757 | 2,082 high |
| 4 | Expected +$696 per submission: 2.4% of 828 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($5,100), and a PSA 9 ($2,900) still clears the $770 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $100 | $2,900 | $5,100 | $670 | +$4,330 | 2.4% | +$696 | 828 high |
| 5 | Expected +$564 per submission: 5% of 762 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($6,000), and a PSA 9 ($1,263) still clears the $769 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $90 | $1,263 | $6,000 | $679 | +$5,231 | 5% | +$564 | 762 high |
| 6 | Expected +$544 per submission: 2.4% of 1,770 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($15,300), and a PSA 9 ($1,200) still clears the $1,287 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $115 | $1,200 | $15,300 | $1,172 | +$14,013 | 2.4% | +$544 | 1,770 high |
| 7 | Expected +$543 per submission: 3.3% of 2,044 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($9,999), and a PSA 9 ($1,650) still clears the $884 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $165 | $1,650 | $9,999 | $719 | +$9,115 | 3.3% | +$543 | 2,044 high |
| 8 | Expected +$448 per submission: 4.8% of 893 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($5,924), and a PSA 9 ($975) still clears the $768 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $90 | $975 | $5,924 | $678 | +$5,156 | 4.8% | +$448 | 893 high |
| 9 | Expected +$446 per submission: 3.7% of 1,593 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($7,200), and a PSA 9 ($1,250) still clears the $789 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $98 | $1,250 | $7,200 | $691 | +$6,412 | 3.7% | +$446 | 1,593 high |
| 10 | Expected +$373 per submission: 36.7% of 79 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($1,100), and a PSA 9 ($200) still clears the $119 you have in it. Confidence medium on that sample. | $8 | $200 | $1,100 | $111 | +$981 | 36.7% | +$373 | 79 medium |
| 11 | Expected +$342 per submission: 9.7% of 381 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($3,616), and a PSA 9 ($281) still clears the $433 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $28 | $281 | $3,616 | $405 | +$3,183 | 9.7% | +$342 | 381 high |
| 12 | Expected +$328 per submission: 4.1% of 1,492 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($6,000), and a PSA 9 ($745) still clears the $759 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $80 | $745 | $6,000 | $679 | +$5,241 | 4.1% | +$328 | 1,492 high |
| 13 | Expected +$309 per submission: 4.3% of 1,500 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($3,499), and a PSA 9 ($885) still clears the $487 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $83 | $885 | $3,499 | $404 | +$3,012 | 4.3% | +$309 | 1,500 high |
| 14 | Expected +$292 per submission: 12.6% of 350 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($3,000), and only a PSA 10 covers the $412 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $13 | $75 | $3,000 | $399 | +$2,588 | 12.6% | +$292 | 350 high |
| 15 | Expected +$275 per submission: 10.5% of 276 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($3,025), and a PSA 9 ($200) still clears the $419 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $20 | $200 | $3,025 | $399 | +$2,606 | 10.5% | +$275 | 276 high |
| 16 | Expected +$193 per submission: 8.9% of 314 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($2,984), and only a PSA 10 covers the $437 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $38 | $106 | $2,984 | $399 | +$2,547 | 8.9% | +$193 | 314 high |
| 17 | Expected +$175 per submission: 7.4% of 353 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($2,269), and a PSA 9 ($266) still clears the $277 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $35 | $266 | $2,269 | $242 | +$1,992 | 7.4% | +$175 | 353 high |
| 18 | Expected +$161 per submission: 8.8% of 352 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($1,400), and a PSA 9 ($321) still clears the $133 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $19 | $321 | $1,400 | $114 | +$1,267 | 8.8% | +$161 | 352 high |
| 19 | Expected +$133 per submission: 10.9% of 312 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($1,537), and a PSA 9 ($150) still clears the $248 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $14 | $150 | $1,537 | $234 | +$1,289 | 10.9% | +$133 | 312 high |
| 20 | Expected +$76 per submission: 4.3% of 348 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($2,520), and a PSA 9 ($126) still clears the $413 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $19 | $126 | $2,520 | $394 | +$2,107 | 4.3% | +$76 | 348 high |
| 21 | Expected +$70 per submission: 7.2% of 349 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($1,020), and a PSA 9 ($200) still clears the $130 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $20 | $200 | $1,020 | $110 | +$890 | 7.2% | +$70 | 349 high |
| 22 | Expected +$60 per submission: 10.3% of 281 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($1,080), and only a PSA 10 covers the $126 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $15 | $84 | $1,080 | $111 | +$954 | 10.3% | +$60 | 281 high |
| 23 | Expected loss −$21 per submission: 13.7% of 95 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($348), and only a PSA 10 covers the $92 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence medium on that sample. | $9 | $40 | $348 | $83 | +$256 | 13.7% | −$21 | 95 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 Ruby & Sapphire ranking
Every Ruby & Sapphire card listed here clears one bar: its PSA 10 price beats its raw price by more than the cost of grading it. 23 cards from the set pass. 23 of them (100%) have a gem-rate sample of at least ten graded copies in the population reports, and 22 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 Mewtwo ex from Ruby & Sapphire, gems 2% of the time across 3,840 graded copies: +$1,128 is what a long run of submissions would average, $35,347 is what one lucky copy returns.
The median gem rate across the sampled Ruby & Sapphire cards is 5%. Roughly one submitted copy in 20 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 23 ranked cards, 19 still cover raw price plus fee at PSA 9, 4 need a 10 to break even and 1 loses money on expectation. 21 rest on a hundred or more graded copies.
Before you submit a Ruby & Sapphire 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 Ruby & Sapphire card list, or see how gem-mint premiums run across the whole catalogue on the PSA premium index.