Best Shining Legends Cards to Grade
The Shining Legends 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-GX at an expected +$1,322.
Ranked by expected profit 17
| # | Card | Raw | PSA 9 | PSA 10 | Cost | Best case | Gem rate | Expected | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Expected +$1,322 per submission: 16.8% of 16,204 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($8,606), and a PSA 9 ($1,525) still clears the $1,554 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $849 | $1,525 | $8,606 | $705 | +$7,052 | 16.8% | +$1,322 | 16,204 high |
| 2 | Expected +$302 per submission: 29.3% of 11,351 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($1,365), and a PSA 9 ($249) still clears the $279 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $165 | $249 | $1,365 | $114 | +$1,086 | 29.3% | +$302 | 11,351 high |
| 3 | Expected +$291 per submission: 29.1% of 9,852 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($1,311), and only a PSA 10 covers the $249 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $136 | $215 | $1,311 | $113 | +$1,063 | 29.1% | +$291 | 9,852 high |
| 4 | Expected +$161 per submission: 34.9% of 3,142 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($780), and only a PSA 10 covers the $178 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $90 | $110 | $780 | $88 | +$602 | 34.9% | +$161 | 3,142 high |
| 5 | Expected +$73 per submission: 27.4% of 3,428 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($475), and only a PSA 10 covers the $105 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $20 | $70 | $475 | $85 | +$370 | 27.4% | +$73 | 3,428 high |
| 6 | Expected +$72 per submission: 32.9% of 6,043 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($470), and only a PSA 10 covers the $117 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $32 | $49 | $470 | $85 | +$354 | 32.9% | +$72 | 6,043 high |
| 7 | Expected +$49 per submission: 29.8% of 6,152 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($420), and only a PSA 10 covers the $116 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $32 | $60 | $420 | $84 | +$304 | 29.8% | +$49 | 6,152 high |
| 8 | Expected +$40 per submission: 40.3% of 1,636 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($273), and only a PSA 10 covers the $121 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $38 | $100 | $273 | $83 | +$152 | 40.3% | +$40 | 1,636 high |
| 9 | Expected +$35 per submission: 14.5% of 276 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($438), and a PSA 9 ($120) still clears the $107 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $23 | $120 | $438 | $84 | +$331 | 14.5% | +$35 | 276 high |
| 10 | Expected +$32 per submission: 36.7% of 1,453 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($310), and only a PSA 10 covers the $113 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $30 | $50 | $310 | $83 | +$197 | 36.7% | +$32 | 1,453 high |
| 11 | Expected +$31 per submission: 37.6% of 2,950 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($250), and only a PSA 10 covers the $95 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $13 | $60 | $250 | $82 | +$154 | 37.6% | +$31 | 2,950 high |
| 12 | Expected +$0 per submission: 25.1% of 1,604 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($281), and only a PSA 10 covers the $93 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $10 | $31 | $281 | $83 | +$188 | 25.1% | +$0 | 1,604 high |
| 13 | Expected loss −$10 per submission: 34.7% of 4,322 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($179), and only a PSA 10 covers the $96 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $14 | $39 | $179 | $82 | +$83 | 34.7% | −$10 | 4,322 high |
| 14 | Expected loss −$26 per submission: 22.2% of 135 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($176), and only a PSA 10 covers the $89 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $7 | $60 | $176 | $82 | +$87 | 22.2% | −$26 | 135 high |
| 15 | Expected loss −$28 per submission: 33.4% of 908 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($128), and only a PSA 10 covers the $101 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $20 | $55 | $128 | $81 | +$27 | 33.4% | −$28 | 908 high |
| 16 | Expected loss −$30 per submission: 44.3% of 560 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($119), and only a PSA 10 covers the $96 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $15 | $28 | $119 | $81 | +$23 | 44.3% | −$30 | 560 high |
| 17 | Expected loss −$31 per submission: 34.9% of 4,250 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($125), and only a PSA 10 covers the $90 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $9 | $24 | $125 | $81 | +$35 | 34.9% | −$31 | 4,250 high |
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 Shining Legends ranking
Every Shining Legends card listed here clears one bar: its PSA 10 price beats its raw price by more than the cost of grading it. 17 cards from the set pass. 17 of them (100%) have a gem-rate sample of at least ten graded copies in the population reports, and 11 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-GX from Shining Legends, gems 16.8% of the time across 16,204 graded copies: +$1,322 is what a long run of submissions would average, $7,052 is what one lucky copy returns.
The median gem rate across the sampled Shining Legends cards is 32.9%. Roughly one submitted copy in 3 came back PSA 10, and most rows here need that PSA 10 to cover raw price plus fee, so the gem rate decides whether a submission pays. Of the 17 ranked cards, 3 still cover raw price plus fee at PSA 9, 14 need a 10 to break even and 5 lose money on expectation. 17 rest on a hundred or more graded copies.
Before you submit a Shining Legends 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 Shining Legends card list, or see how gem-mint premiums run across the whole catalogue on the PSA premium index.