Best Southern Islands Cards to Grade
The Southern Islands 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: Mew at an expected +$2,982.
Ranked by expected profit 18
| # | Card | Raw | PSA 9 | PSA 10 | Cost | Best case | Gem rate | Expected | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  MewSouthern Islands #1 · Vintage (1999–2003)Expected +$2,982 per submission: 0.4% of 5,320 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($288,000), and a PSA 9 ($14,059) still clears the $8,354 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $455 | $14,059 | $288,000 | $7,899 | +$279,646 | 0.4% | +$2,982 | 5,320 high |
| 2 |  SlowkingSouthern Islands #14 · Vintage (1999–2003)Expected +$1,960 per submission: 1.8% of 2,990 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($68,625), and a PSA 9 ($5,185) still clears the $4,205 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $500 | $5,185 | $68,625 | $3,705 | +$64,420 | 1.8% | +$1,960 | 2,990 high |
| 3 |  MarillSouthern Islands #11 · Vintage (1999–2003)Expected +$1,290 per submission: 1.5% of 2,496 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($50,000), and a PSA 9 ($3,438) still clears the $2,719 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $200 | $3,438 | $50,000 | $2,519 | +$47,281 | 1.5% | +$1,290 | 2,496 high |
| 4 |  TogepiSouthern Islands #4 · Vintage (1999–2003)Expected +$1,235 per submission: 0.7% of 2,544 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($88,650), and a PSA 9 ($4,500) still clears the $4,122 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $216 | $4,500 | $88,650 | $3,906 | +$84,528 | 0.7% | +$1,235 | 2,544 high |
| 5 |  LedybaSouthern Islands #7 · Vintage (1999–2003)Expected +$673 per submission: 3.3% of 1,879 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($15,000), and a PSA 9 ($1,013) still clears the $1,244 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $75 | $1,013 | $15,000 | $1,169 | +$13,756 | 3.3% | +$673 | 1,879 high |
| 6 |  VileplumeSouthern Islands #17 · Vintage (1999–2003)Expected +$459 per submission: 2.7% of 2,169 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($16,347), and a PSA 9 ($533) still clears the $1,288 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $106 | $533 | $16,347 | $1,182 | +$15,058 | 2.7% | +$459 | 2,169 high |
| 7 |  OnixSouthern Islands #3 · Vintage (1999–2003)Expected +$223 per submission: 23.4% of 1,074 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($1,250), and only a PSA 10 covers the $169 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $57 | $113 | $1,250 | $112 | +$1,080 | 23.4% | +$223 | 1,074 high |
| 8 |  JigglypuffSouthern Islands #8 · Vintage (1999–2003)Expected +$210 per submission: 18.2% of 1,069 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($1,435), and a PSA 9 ($180) still clears the $189 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $75 | $180 | $1,435 | $114 | +$1,246 | 18.2% | +$210 | 1,069 high |
| 9 |  LaprasSouthern Islands #12 · Vintage (1999–2003)Expected +$208 per submission: 26.5% of 1,164 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($1,000), and a PSA 9 ($200) still clears the $184 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $94 | $200 | $1,000 | $90 | +$816 | 26.5% | +$208 | 1,164 high |
| 10 |  TentacruelSouthern Islands #10 · Vintage (1999–2003)Expected +$180 per submission: 28.3% of 1,069 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($800), and a PSA 9 ($180) still clears the $149 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $61 | $180 | $800 | $88 | +$651 | 28.3% | +$180 | 1,069 high |
| 11 |  PrimeapeSouthern Islands #18 · Vintage (1999–2003)Expected +$145 per submission: 26.9% of 1,020 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($815), and only a PSA 10 covers the $133 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $45 | $90 | $815 | $88 | +$682 | 26.9% | +$145 | 1,020 high |
| 12 |  LickitungSouthern Islands #16 · Vintage (1999–2003)Expected +$132 per submission: 29% of 1,020 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($636), and only a PSA 10 covers the $122 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $36 | $115 | $636 | $86 | +$514 | 29% | +$132 | 1,020 high |
| 13 |  ExeggutorSouthern Islands #13 · Vintage (1999–2003)Expected +$130 per submission: 23.6% of 1,054 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($710), and a PSA 9 ($150) still clears the $132 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $45 | $150 | $710 | $87 | +$578 | 23.6% | +$130 | 1,054 high |
| 14 |  WartortleSouthern Islands #15 · Vintage (1999–2003)Expected +$128 per submission: 23.4% of 1,248 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($787), and a PSA 9 ($200) still clears the $187 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $99 | $200 | $787 | $88 | +$600 | 23.4% | +$128 | 1,248 high |
| 15 |  IvysaurSouthern Islands #5 · Vintage (1999–2003)Expected +$116 per submission: 21% of 1,162 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($787), and a PSA 9 ($149) still clears the $152 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $64 | $149 | $787 | $88 | +$635 | 21% | +$116 | 1,162 high |
| 16 |  ButterfreeSouthern Islands #9 · Vintage (1999–2003)Expected +$114 per submission: 22.7% of 1,030 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($685), and a PSA 9 ($160) still clears the $137 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $50 | $160 | $685 | $87 | +$548 | 22.7% | +$114 | 1,030 high |
| 17 |  RaticateSouthern Islands #6 · Vintage (1999–2003)Expected +$105 per submission: 26% of 1,021 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($700), and only a PSA 10 covers the $137 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $50 | $100 | $700 | $87 | +$563 | 26% | +$105 | 1,021 high |
| 18 |  PidgeotSouthern Islands #2 · Vintage (1999–2003)Expected +$105 per submission: 25.7% of 1,117 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($524), and a PSA 9 ($199) still clears the $135 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $50 | $199 | $524 | $85 | +$389 | 25.7% | +$105 | 1,117 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 Southern Islands ranking
Every Southern Islands 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 18 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 Mew from Southern Islands, gems 0.4% of the time across 5,320 graded copies: +$2,982 is what a long run of submissions would average, $279,646 is what one lucky copy returns.
The median gem rate across the sampled Southern Islands cards is 23.4%. Roughly one submitted copy in 4 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, 14 still cover raw price plus fee at PSA 9 and 4 need a 10 to break even. 18 rest on a hundred or more graded copies.
Before you submit a Southern Islands 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 Southern Islands card list, or see how gem-mint premiums run across the whole catalogue on the PSA premium index.