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 +$1,695.
Ranked by expected profit 17
| # | Card | Raw | PSA 9 | PSA 10 | Cost | Best case | Gem rate | Expected | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Expected +$1,695 per submission: 0.4% of 4,744 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($85,001), and a PSA 9 ($10,000) still clears the $4,282 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $413 | $10,000 | $85,001 | $3,869 | +$80,719 | 0.4% | +$1,695 | 4,744 high |
| 2 | Expected +$1,602 per submission: 2% of 2,673 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($68,625), and a PSA 9 ($2,500) still clears the $4,205 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $500 | $2,500 | $68,625 | $3,705 | +$64,420 | 2% | +$1,602 | 2,673 high |
| 3 | Expected +$1,102 per submission: 1.6% of 2,243 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($50,000), and a PSA 9 ($1,700) still clears the $2,666 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $147 | $1,700 | $50,000 | $2,519 | +$47,334 | 1.6% | +$1,102 | 2,243 high |
| 4 | Expected +$461 per submission: 3% of 1,985 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($16,347), and a PSA 9 ($375) still clears the $1,280 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $98 | $375 | $16,347 | $1,182 | +$15,066 | 3% | +$461 | 1,985 high |
| 5 | Expected +$195 per submission: 3.6% of 1,740 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($6,000), and a PSA 9 ($285) still clears the $743 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $64 | $285 | $6,000 | $679 | +$5,257 | 3.6% | +$195 | 1,740 high |
| 6 | Expected +$157 per submission: 25.1% of 996 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($900), and only a PSA 10 covers the $149 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $60 | $113 | $900 | $89 | +$751 | 25.1% | +$157 | 996 high |
| 7 | Expected +$144 per submission: 19.6% of 991 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($1,000), and a PSA 9 ($168) still clears the $165 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $75 | $168 | $1,000 | $90 | +$835 | 19.6% | +$144 | 991 high |
| 8 | Expected +$130 per submission: 27.7% of 1,030 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($705), and only a PSA 10 covers the $136 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $49 | $119 | $705 | $87 | +$569 | 27.7% | +$130 | 1,030 high |
| 9 | Expected +$116 per submission: 30% of 994 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($600), and only a PSA 10 covers the $147 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $61 | $138 | $600 | $86 | +$453 | 30% | +$116 | 994 high |
| 10 | Expected +$101 per submission: 25.4% of 1,143 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($702), and only a PSA 10 covers the $182 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $95 | $157 | $702 | $87 | +$520 | 25.4% | +$101 | 1,143 high |
| 11 | Expected +$82 per submission: 28.6% of 1,070 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($510), and a PSA 9 ($192) still clears the $179 you have in it. Confidence high on that sample. | $94 | $192 | $510 | $85 | +$331 | 28.6% | +$82 | 1,070 high |
| 12 | Expected +$71 per submission: 22.5% of 1,082 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($573), and only a PSA 10 covers the $150 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $64 | $128 | $573 | $86 | +$423 | 22.5% | +$71 | 1,082 high |
| 13 | Expected +$60 per submission: 31.1% of 941 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($408), and only a PSA 10 covers the $124 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $40 | $96 | $408 | $84 | +$284 | 31.1% | +$60 | 941 high |
| 14 | Expected +$43 per submission: 28.9% of 946 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($428), and only a PSA 10 covers the $129 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $45 | $75 | $428 | $84 | +$299 | 28.9% | +$43 | 946 high |
| 15 | Expected +$36 per submission: 27.9% of 947 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($404), and only a PSA 10 covers the $125 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $41 | $80 | $404 | $84 | +$279 | 27.9% | +$36 | 947 high |
| 16 | Expected +$29 per submission: 25.2% of 970 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($440), and only a PSA 10 covers the $129 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $45 | $72 | $440 | $84 | +$311 | 25.2% | +$29 | 970 high |
| 17 | Expected +$29 per submission: 24.4% of 947 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($380), and only a PSA 10 covers the $134 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $50 | $108 | $380 | $84 | +$246 | 24.4% | +$29 | 947 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. 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 17 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 4,744 graded copies: +$1,695 is what a long run of submissions would average, $80,719 is what one lucky copy returns.
The median gem rate across the sampled Southern Islands cards is 25.1%. Roughly one submitted copy in 4 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, 7 still cover raw price plus fee at PSA 9 and 10 need a 10 to break even. 17 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.