Best Temporal Forces Cards to Grade
The Temporal Forces 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: Gastly at an expected +$51.
Ranked by expected profit 26
| # | Card | Raw | PSA 9 | PSA 10 | Cost | Best case | Gem rate | Expected | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  GastlyTemporal Forces #177 · Current (2020–)Expected +$51 per submission: 34% of 16,437 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($480), and only a PSA 10 covers the $175 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $90 | $94 | $480 | $85 | +$306 | 34% | +$51 | 16,437 high |
| 2 |  Gengar exTemporal Forces #193 · Current (2020–)Expected +$49 per submission: 40% of 12,475 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($345), and only a PSA 10 covers the $133 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $50 | $76 | $345 | $83 | +$212 | 40% | +$49 | 12,475 high |
| 3 |  DrampaTemporal Forces #184 · Current (2020–)Expected +$10 per submission: 32.5% of 2,136 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($275), and only a PSA 10 covers the $107 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $24 | $42 | $275 | $83 | +$169 | 32.5% | +$10 | 2,136 high |
| 4 |  Morty's ConvictionTemporal Forces #211 · Current (2020–)Expected +$6 per submission: 39.3% of 6,051 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($265), and only a PSA 10 covers the $143 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $60 | $75 | $265 | $83 | +$123 | 39.3% | +$6 | 6,051 high |
| 5 |  GrotleTemporal Forces #164 · Current (2020–)Expected +$-0 per submission: 40.8% of 1,958 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($190), and only a PSA 10 covers the $99 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $17 | $35 | $190 | $82 | +$91 | 40.8% | +$0 | 1,958 high |
| 6 |  Gengar exTemporal Forces #104 · Current (2020–)Expected loss −$1 per submission: 34.7% of 3,491 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($189), and only a PSA 10 covers the $88 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $6 | $36 | $189 | $82 | +$101 | 34.7% | −$1 | 3,491 high |
| 7 |  Torterra exTemporal Forces #185 · Current (2020–)Expected loss −$9 per submission: 45.8% of 703 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($143), and only a PSA 10 covers the $86 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $5 | $23 | $143 | $81 | +$56 | 45.8% | −$9 | 703 high |
| 8 |  CinccinoTemporal Forces #183 · Current (2020–)Expected loss −$9 per submission: 47.7% of 2,061 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($149), and only a PSA 10 covers the $109 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $28 | $60 | $149 | $81 | +$40 | 47.7% | −$9 | 2,061 high |
| 9 |  DeerlingTemporal Forces #165 · Current (2020–)Expected loss −$17 per submission: 32% of 4,320 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($215), and only a PSA 10 covers the $121 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $39 | $55 | $215 | $82 | +$94 | 32% | −$17 | 4,320 high |
| 10 |  SawsbuckTemporal Forces #166 · Current (2020–)Expected loss −$17 per submission: 35.5% of 4,366 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($215), and only a PSA 10 covers the $127 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $45 | $57 | $215 | $82 | +$88 | 35.5% | −$17 | 4,366 high |
| 11 |  MinccinoTemporal Forces #182 · Current (2020–)Expected loss −$20 per submission: 38.6% of 1,317 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($160), and only a PSA 10 covers the $103 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $21 | $35 | $160 | $82 | +$57 | 38.6% | −$20 | 1,317 high |
| 12 |  RelicanthTemporal Forces #173 · Current (2020–)Expected loss −$20 per submission: 42.6% of 875 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($128), and only a PSA 10 covers the $91 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $10 | $30 | $128 | $81 | +$37 | 42.6% | −$20 | 875 high |
| 13 |  LittenTemporal Forces #167 · Current (2020–)Expected loss −$22 per submission: 37.4% of 3,721 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($180), and only a PSA 10 covers the $117 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $35 | $42 | $180 | $82 | +$64 | 37.4% | −$22 | 3,721 high |
| 14 |  LickitungTemporal Forces #180 · Current (2020–)Expected loss −$22 per submission: 43.1% of 3,485 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($158), and only a PSA 10 covers the $112 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $30 | $39 | $158 | $82 | +$47 | 43.1% | −$22 | 3,485 high |
| 15 |  MetagrossTemporal Forces #178 · Current (2020–)Expected loss −$26 per submission: 41.9% of 6,046 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($156), and only a PSA 10 covers the $116 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $34 | $43 | $156 | $82 | +$40 | 41.9% | −$26 | 6,046 high |
| 16 |  ArbokTemporal Forces #176 · Current (2020–)Expected loss −$29 per submission: 45.9% of 3,833 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($136), and only a PSA 10 covers the $106 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $25 | $30 | $136 | $81 | +$30 | 45.9% | −$29 | 3,833 high |
| 17 |  Neo Upper EnergyTemporal Forces #162 · Current (2020–)Expected loss −$30 per submission: 36.4% of 209 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($150), and only a PSA 10 covers the $93 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $12 | $15 | $150 | $81 | +$56 | 36.4% | −$30 | 209 high |
| 18 |  CharjabugTemporal Forces #169 · Current (2020–)Expected loss −$31 per submission: 36.8% of 653 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($120), and only a PSA 10 covers the $90 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $9 | $26 | $120 | $81 | +$29 | 36.8% | −$31 | 653 high |
| 19 |  Walking Wake exTemporal Forces #205 · Current (2020–)Expected loss −$34 per submission: 45.8% of 5,625 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($144), and only a PSA 10 covers the $128 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $47 | $55 | $144 | $81 | +$15 | 45.8% | −$34 | 5,625 high |
| 20 |  Raging Bolt exTemporal Forces #208 · Current (2020–)Expected loss −$35 per submission: 41.3% of 9,435 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($189), and only a PSA 10 covers the $147 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $65 | $59 | $189 | $82 | +$42 | 41.3% | −$35 | 9,435 high |
| 21 |  ChatotTemporal Forces #181 · Current (2020–)Expected loss −$35 per submission: 42.6% of 2,298 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($110), and only a PSA 10 covers the $93 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $12 | $20 | $110 | $81 | +$17 | 42.6% | −$35 | 2,298 high |
| 22 |  MudsdaleTemporal Forces #175 · Current (2020–)Expected loss −$36 per submission: 24.7% of 612 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($165), and only a PSA 10 covers the $92 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $10 | $20 | $165 | $82 | +$73 | 24.7% | −$36 | 612 high |
| 23 |  Iron Crown exTemporal Forces #206 · Current (2020–)Expected loss −$38 per submission: 47% of 7,841 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($145), and only a PSA 10 covers the $132 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $51 | $50 | $145 | $81 | +$13 | 47% | −$38 | 7,841 high |
| 24 |  SnomTemporal Forces #168 · Current (2020–)Expected loss −$38 per submission: 40.9% of 1,034 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($110), and only a PSA 10 covers the $97 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $16 | $25 | $110 | $81 | +$13 | 40.9% | −$38 | 1,034 high |
| 25 |  Raging Bolt exTemporal Forces #218 · Current (2020–)Expected loss −$43 per submission: 39.5% of 952 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($102), and only a PSA 10 covers the $94 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $13 | $18 | $102 | $81 | +$8 | 39.5% | −$43 | 952 high |
| 26 |  Gouging Fire exTemporal Forces #204 · Current (2020–)Expected loss −$44 per submission: 44.7% of 5,451 graded copies came back PSA 10 ($136), and only a PSA 10 covers the $131 you have in it — a 9 loses money. Confidence high on that sample. | $50 | $50 | $136 | $81 | +$5 | 44.7% | −$44 | 5,451 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.
PSA population 217
Every Temporal Forces card with a PSA population reading, ranked five ways. A historical PSA 10 rate is the share of graded copies that came back a 10 — how hard a 10 has been to earn, not the chance your copy earns one — and it is only quoted on cards with at least 20 graded copies; the PSA 10 tables use the same floor. PSA counts as of 16 Oct 2026. How population is measured.
Most graded 217
The most-submitted cards, by total PSA graded.
| # | Card | Graded | PSA 10s |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gastly #177 | 16,437 | 5,584 |
| 2 | Gengar ex #193 | 12,475 | 4,993 |
| 3 | Raging Bolt ex #208 | 9,435 | 3,895 |
| 4 | Iron Crown ex #206 | 7,841 | 3,687 |
| 5 | Morty's Conviction #211 | 6,051 | 2,381 |
| 6 | Metagross #178 | 6,046 | 2,536 |
| 7 | Walking Wake ex #205 | 5,625 | 2,577 |
| 8 | Gouging Fire ex #204 | 5,451 | 2,435 |
| 9 | Iron Leaves ex #203 | 4,427 | 1,957 |
| 10 | Sawsbuck #166 | 4,366 | 1,552 |
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| # | Card | Graded | PSA 10s |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Deerling #165 | 4,320 | 1,381 |
| 12 | Arbok #176 | 3,833 | 1,759 |
| 13 | Litten #167 | 3,721 | 1,392 |
| 14 | Gengar ex #104 | 3,491 | 1,211 |
| 15 | Lickitung #180 | 3,485 | 1,501 |
| 16 | Bianca's Devotion #209 | 2,800 | 1,218 |
| 17 | Iron Boulder ex #207 | 2,427 | 1,068 |
| 18 | Chatot #181 | 2,298 | 978 |
| 19 | Drampa #184 | 2,136 | 695 |
| 20 | Cinccino #183 | 2,061 | 984 |
| 21 | Grotle #164 | 1,958 | 799 |
| 22 | Shiftry #163 | 1,903 | 930 |
| 23 | Eri #210 | 1,534 | 689 |
| 24 | Minccino #182 | 1,317 | 508 |
| 25 | Bronzor #170 | 1,238 | 626 |
Fewest PSA 10s 93
The smallest PSA 10 populations among cards with at least 20 graded.
| # | Card | PSA 10s | Graded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Melmetal #117 | 5 | 27 |
| 2 | Magcargo #29 | 6 | 22 |
| 3 | Iron Valiant #79 | 6 | 20 |
| 4 | Relicanth #84 | 12 | 26 |
| 5 | Latias #67 | 12 | 26 |
| 6 | Iron Valiant #80 | 15 | 46 |
| 7 | Raichu #52 | 17 | 31 |
| 8 | Koraidon #119 | 21 | 87 |
| 9 | Flutter Mane #78 | 22 | 59 |
| 10 | Drampa #138 | 23 | 70 |
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| # | Card | PSA 10s | Graded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Iron Thorns #62 | 27 | 96 |
| 12 | Scovillain ex #22 | 30 | 65 |
| 13 | Miraidon #121 | 32 | 118 |
| 14 | Iron Boulder ex #99 | 41 | 90 |
| 15 | Feraligatr #41 | 44 | 142 |
| 16 | Roaring Moon #109 | 46 | 171 |
| 17 | Incineroar ex #34 | 47 | 124 |
| 18 | Koraidon ex #120 | 50 | 102 |
| 19 | Miraidon ex #122 | 55 | 128 |
| 20 | Torterra ex #12 | 57 | 125 |
| 21 | Iron Leaves ex #25 | 58 | 146 |
| 22 | Wugtrio ex #60 | 62 | 139 |
| 23 | Salvatore #202 | 71 | 215 |
| 24 | Walking Wake ex #50 | 74 | 168 |
| 25 | Pikachu #51 | 75 | 317 |
Most PSA 10s 93
The largest PSA 10 populations among cards with at least 20 graded.
| # | Card | PSA 10s | Graded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gastly #177 | 5,584 | 16,437 |
| 2 | Gengar ex #193 | 4,993 | 12,475 |
| 3 | Raging Bolt ex #208 | 3,895 | 9,435 |
| 4 | Iron Crown ex #206 | 3,687 | 7,841 |
| 5 | Walking Wake ex #205 | 2,577 | 5,625 |
| 6 | Metagross #178 | 2,536 | 6,046 |
| 7 | Gouging Fire ex #204 | 2,435 | 5,451 |
| 8 | Morty's Conviction #211 | 2,381 | 6,051 |
| 9 | Iron Leaves ex #203 | 1,957 | 4,427 |
| 10 | Arbok #176 | 1,759 | 3,833 |
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| # | Card | PSA 10s | Graded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Sawsbuck #166 | 1,552 | 4,366 |
| 12 | Lickitung #180 | 1,501 | 3,485 |
| 13 | Litten #167 | 1,392 | 3,721 |
| 14 | Deerling #165 | 1,381 | 4,320 |
| 15 | Bianca's Devotion #209 | 1,218 | 2,800 |
| 16 | Gengar ex #104 | 1,211 | 3,491 |
| 17 | Iron Boulder ex #207 | 1,068 | 2,427 |
| 18 | Cinccino #183 | 984 | 2,061 |
| 19 | Chatot #181 | 978 | 2,298 |
| 20 | Shiftry #163 | 930 | 1,903 |
| 21 | Grotle #164 | 799 | 1,958 |
| 22 | Drampa #184 | 695 | 2,136 |
| 23 | Eri #210 | 689 | 1,534 |
| 24 | Bronzor #170 | 626 | 1,238 |
| 25 | Excadrill #174 | 623 | 1,201 |
Hardest to gem 93
The lowest historical PSA 10 rates among cards with at least 20 graded.
| # | Card | Historical PSA 10 rate | Graded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Melmetal #117 | 19% | 27 |
| 2 | Pikachu #51 | 24% | 317 |
| 3 | Koraidon #119 | 24% | 87 |
| 4 | Mudsdale #175 | 25% | 612 |
| 5 | Roaring Moon #109 | 27% | 171 |
| 6 | Miraidon #121 | 27% | 118 |
| 7 | Magcargo #29 | 27% | 22 |
| 8 | Iron Thorns #62 | 28% | 96 |
| 9 | Iron Valiant #79 | 30% | 20 |
| 10 | Feraligatr #41 | 31% | 142 |
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| # | Card | Historical PSA 10 rate | Graded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Bianca's Devotion #197 | 31% | 601 |
| 12 | Deerling #165 | 32% | 4,320 |
| 13 | Drampa #184 | 33% | 2,136 |
| 14 | Iron Valiant #80 | 33% | 46 |
| 15 | Ciphermaniac's Codebreaking #198 | 33% | 372 |
| 16 | Drampa #138 | 33% | 70 |
| 17 | Salvatore #202 | 33% | 215 |
| 18 | Gastly #177 | 34% | 16,437 |
| 19 | Morty's Conviction #201 | 34% | 311 |
| 20 | Gengar ex #104 | 35% | 3,491 |
| 21 | Eri #199 | 35% | 541 |
| 22 | Cutiefly #172 | 35% | 597 |
| 23 | Sawsbuck #166 | 36% | 4,366 |
| 24 | Neo Upper Energy #162 | 36% | 209 |
| 25 | Charjabug #169 | 37% | 653 |
Fastest growing 74
The most copies newly PSA graded over 30 days, between our readings of 24 Aug 2026 and 28 Sept 2026 — weekly readings, never interpolated between.
| # | Card | New graded | PSA 10s change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gengar ex #193 | +292 | +41 |
| 2 | Gastly #177 | +282 | +64 |
| 3 | Morty's Conviction #211 | +103 | +18 |
| 4 | Raging Bolt ex #208 | +89 | +19 |
| 5 | Gengar ex #104 | +70 | +9 |
| 6 | Litten #167 | +67 | +14 |
| 7 | Deerling #165 | +62 | +7 |
| 8 | Metagross #178 | +61 | +17 |
| 9 | Sawsbuck #166 | +55 | +10 |
| 10 | Iron Crown ex #206 | +52 | +8 |
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| # | Card | New graded | PSA 10s change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Walking Wake ex #205 | +44 | +10 |
| 12 | Gouging Fire ex #204 | +44 | +5 |
| 13 | Lickitung #180 | +42 | +13 |
| 14 | Drampa #184 | +39 | +4 |
| 15 | Arbok #176 | +36 | +7 |
| 16 | Cinccino #183 | +33 | +9 |
| 17 | Grotle #164 | +29 | +7 |
| 18 | Chatot #181 | +25 | +10 |
| 19 | Pikachu #51 | +24 | +1 |
| 20 | Minccino #182 | +20 | +6 |
| 21 | Iron Leaves ex #203 | +18 | +2 |
| 22 | Iron Boulder ex #207 | +15 | +4 |
| 23 | Eri #210 | +15 | +1 |
| 24 | Bianca's Devotion #209 | +14 | 0 |
| 25 | Shiftry #163 | +14 | +4 |
How to read the Temporal Forces ranking
Every Temporal Forces card listed here clears one bar: its PSA 10 price beats its raw price by more than the cost of grading it. 26 cards from the set pass. 26 of them (100%) have a gem-rate sample of at least ten graded copies in the population reports, and 4 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 Gastly from Temporal Forces, gems 34% of the time across 16,437 graded copies: +$51 is what a long run of submissions would average, $306 is what one lucky copy returns.
The median gem rate across the sampled Temporal Forces cards is 40.8%. Roughly one submitted copy in 2 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 26 ranked cards, 26 need a 10 to break even and 21 lose money on expectation. 26 rest on a hundred or more graded copies.
Before you submit a Temporal Forces 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 Temporal Forces card list, or see how gem-mint premiums run across the whole catalogue on the PSA premium index.