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Best Fossil Cards to Grade

The Fossil cards where grading adds the most — ranked by net profit from raw to PSA 10 after real grading costs, with each card's estimated gem rate and risk-adjusted return. Top pick: Dragonite at +$12,813 best-case net.

Best cards to grade, ranked by risk-adjusted grading profit
#CardRawPSA 10CostNet (best)Risk-adj.
1DragoniteDragoniteFossil #4 · 2.8% gem rate$429$13,800$558+$12,813+$250
2ArticunoArticunoFossil #2 · 2.2% gem rate$208$12,000$540+$11,252−$134
3GengarGengarFossil #5 · 2.5% gem rate$291$7,200$492+$6,417+$298
4RaichuRaichuFossil #14 · 3.4% gem rate$118$5,968$480+$5,370−$225
5MoltresMoltresFossil #12 · 5.6% gem rate$185$4,320$238+$3,897+$109
6DittoDittoFossil #3 · 7.4% gem rate$111$3,780$233+$3,436+$129
7AerodactylAerodactylFossil #1 · 4% gem rate$79$3,720$232+$3,409−$7
8HitmonleeHitmonleeFossil #7 · 4% gem rate$84$3,590$231+$3,275+$5
9ZapdosZapdosFossil #15 · 6.8% gem rate$128$3,600$231+$3,241+$151
10KabutopsKabutopsFossil #9 · 4.6% gem rate$105$3,480$230+$3,145−$20
11HaunterHaunterFossil #6 · 8.1% gem rate$123$2,322$128+$2,070+$128
12GengarGengarFossil #20 · 14.9% gem rate$88$2,240$127+$2,025+$298
13HypnoHypnoFossil #8 · 6.8% gem rate$69$2,070$126+$1,876+$69
14DragoniteDragoniteFossil #19 · 13.7% gem rate$92$2,007$125+$1,790+$191
15MagnetonMagnetonFossil #11 · 9.1% gem rate$45$1,019$115+$859+$20
16ZapdosZapdosFossil #30 · 16.3% gem rate$24$947$89+$833+$110
17ArticunoArticunoFossil #17 · 15.8% gem rate$26$715$87+$601+$59
18DittoDittoFossil #18 · 20.3% gem rate$22$646$86+$538+$78
19PsyduckPsyduckFossil #53 · 23.3% gem rate$10$630$86+$534+$89
20RaichuRaichuFossil #29 · 20.8% gem rate$22$630$86+$521+$76
21HaunterHaunterFossil #21 · 18.6% gem rate$22$612$86+$503+$57
22MoltresMoltresFossil #27 · 16.7% gem rate$28$581$86+$467+$32
23LaprasLaprasFossil #25 · 18.4% gem rate$23$480$75+$381+$48
24MukMukFossil #13 · 13.3% gem rate$51$492$75+$366+$18
25KabutopsKabutopsFossil #24 · 23.4% gem rate$22$454$75+$357+$56
26AerodactylAerodactylFossil #16 · 20.3% gem rate$19$447$74+$353+$38
27GolemGolemFossil #36 · 20.9% gem rate$8$412$74+$330+$31
28HitmonleeHitmonleeFossil #22 · 20.7% gem rate$14$385$74+$297+$43
29MagmarMagmarFossil #39 · 18.3% gem rate$9$380$74+$297+$8
30GamblerGamblerFossil #60 · 29.8% gem rate$7$372$74+$292+$46
31GolduckGolduckFossil #35 · 20.9% gem rate$8$368$74+$287+$24
32HypnoHypnoFossil #23 · 24.4% gem rate$16$359$74+$269+$40
33MukMukFossil #28 · 21.5% gem rate$14$350$73+$263+$16
34SlowbroSlowbroFossil #43 · 19.1% gem rate$13$317$73+$230+$9
35GastlyGastlyFossil #33 · 18% gem rate$8$285$73+$204+$6
36OmastarOmastarFossil #40 · 22.3% gem rate$5$279$73+$201+$4
37KabutoKabutoFossil #50$76$348$73+$198
38TentacruelTentacruelFossil #44 · 20.1% gem rate$5$275$73+$197−$2
39MagnetonMagnetonFossil #26 · 23.2% gem rate$13$280$73+$194+$13
40CloysterCloysterFossil #32 · 22.1% gem rate$6$271$73+$192+$3
41GolbatGolbatFossil #34 · 23.4% gem rate$6$256$73+$178−$1
42SandslashSandslashFossil #41 · 20.4% gem rate$7$204$72+$125−$20
43WeezingWeezingFossil #45 · 20.8% gem rate$6$186$72+$108−$22
44SlowpokeSlowpokeFossil #55 · 24.3% gem rate$7$138$71+$60−$23

Net (best) = PSA 10 value − raw value − grading cost (PSA fees as of 2026-06-28). Risk-adjusted weights every grade by its estimated likelihood from PSA population (cumulative and biased toward nicer copies — a guide, not a guarantee).