Best Sun & Moon Cards to Grade
The Sun & Moon 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: Umbreon-GX at an expected +$274.
Ranked by expected profit 16
| # | Card | Raw | PSA 9 | PSA 10 | Cost | Best case | Gem rate | Expected | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Expected +$274 per submission: 25.4% of 3,816 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($1,375), and only a PSA 10 covers the $135 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $21 | $60 | $1,375 | $114 | +$1,240 | 25.4% | +$274 | 3,816 high |
| 2 | Expected +$198 per submission: 25.8% of 4,032 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($1,061), and only a PSA 10 covers the $196 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $85 | $150 | $1,061 | $111 | +$865 | 25.8% | +$198 | 4,032 high |
| 3 | Expected +$89 per submission: 30.6% of 2,310 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($550), and only a PSA 10 covers the $117 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $32 | $65 | $550 | $85 | +$433 | 30.6% | +$89 | 2,310 high |
| 4 | Expected +$47 per submission: 24.4% of 2,852 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($570), and only a PSA 10 covers the $146 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $60 | $77 | $570 | $86 | +$424 | 24.4% | +$47 | 2,852 high |
| 5 | Expected +$36 per submission: 27.9% of 976 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($406), and only a PSA 10 covers the $104 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $20 | $46 | $406 | $84 | +$302 | 27.9% | +$36 | 976 high |
| 6 | Expected +$34 per submission: 28.1% of 4,146 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($408), and only a PSA 10 covers the $134 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $50 | $85 | $408 | $84 | +$274 | 28.1% | +$34 | 4,146 high |
| 7 | Expected +$34 per submission: 41.9% of 563 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($250), and only a PSA 10 covers the $90 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $8 | $38 | $250 | $82 | +$160 | 41.9% | +$34 | 563 high |
| 8 | Expected +$20 per submission: 29.6% of 527 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($295), and only a PSA 10 covers the $94 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $11 | $40 | $295 | $83 | +$201 | 29.6% | +$20 | 527 high |
| 9 | Expected +$8 per submission: 31% of 906 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($281), and only a PSA 10 covers the $103 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $20 | $40 | $281 | $83 | +$178 | 31% | +$8 | 906 high |
| 10 | Expected +$8 per submission: 37% of 627 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($200), and only a PSA 10 covers the $89 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $7 | $39 | $200 | $82 | +$111 | 37% | +$8 | 627 high |
| 11 | Expected +$4 per submission: 28.7% of 1,841 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($266), and only a PSA 10 covers the $91 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $8 | $30 | $266 | $83 | +$175 | 28.7% | +$4 | 1,841 high |
| 12 | Expected loss −$9 per submission: 26.6% of 7,555 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($280), and only a PSA 10 covers the $127 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $44 | $70 | $280 | $83 | +$154 | 26.6% | −$9 | 7,555 high |
| 13 | Expected loss −$15 per submission: 37.9% of 599 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($174), and only a PSA 10 covers the $94 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $12 | $22 | $174 | $82 | +$80 | 37.9% | −$15 | 599 high |
| 14 | Expected loss −$16 per submission: 35.7% of 776 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($199), and only a PSA 10 covers the $101 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $19 | $20 | $199 | $82 | +$98 | 35.7% | −$16 | 776 high |
| 15 | Expected loss −$29 per submission: 35.1% of 847 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($140), and only a PSA 10 covers the $93 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $12 | $27 | $140 | $81 | +$47 | 35.1% | −$29 | 847 high |
| 16 | Expected loss −$49 per submission: 25% of 803 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($158), and only a PSA 10 covers the $107 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $25 | $23 | $158 | $82 | +$51 | 25% | −$49 | 803 high |
Best case only — no gem-rate evidence 1
Fewer than 10 graded copies in the PSA and CGC population reports. They clear the grading cost if they gem — that is all the numbers support.
| # | Card | Raw | PSA 9 | PSA 10 | Cost | Best case | Gem rate | Expected | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | $25 | — | $2,000 | $239 | +$1,736 | — | — | none <10 |
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 Sun & Moon ranking
Every Sun & Moon 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. 16 of them (94%) 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 Umbreon-GX from Sun & Moon, gems 25.4% of the time across 3,816 graded copies: +$274 is what a long run of submissions would average, $1,240 is what one lucky copy returns.
The median gem rate across the sampled Sun & Moon cards is 29.6%. Roughly one submitted copy in 3 came back PSA 10, and no row here covers raw price plus fee at PSA 9, so the gem rate decides whether a submission pays. Of the 16 ranked cards, 16 need a 10 to break even and 5 lose money on expectation. 16 rest on a hundred or more graded copies.
1 card sits below the ranking with a best case only, fewer than ten graded copies. The largest best case among them is the Eevee from Sun & Moon at +$1,736.
Before you submit a Sun & Moon 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 Sun & Moon card list, or see how gem-mint premiums run across the whole catalogue on the PSA premium index.