Best Cards to Grade in the E-Card Era
The 9 best E-Card cards to grade across 3 sets, ranked by PSA 10 ROI. Nidoking 088 leads at 7.0x ($349.99 raw vs $6,606.51 in PSA 10).
ROI is the PSA 10 price against the raw price plus grading cost and PSA's value-tier upcharge, from live market prices and PSA population data. Cards are ranked highest ROI first.
| Rank | Card | Raw | PSA 10 | Gem rate | PSA 10 pop | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nidoking 088 | $349.99 | $6,606.51 | 7.0x | ||
| 2 | Kabutops 090 | $295.00 | $6,000.00 | 6.7x | ||
| 3 | Celebi 091 | $567.02 | $7,069.69 | 6.1x | ||
| 4 | Charizard 089 | $6,220.26 | $55,000.00 | 6.0x | ||
| 5 | Kingdra 089 | $280.00 | $2,380.37 | 5.5x | ||
| 6 | Ho-Oh 091 | $1,918.12 | $11,462.50 | 3.9x | ||
| 7 | Crobat 090 | $465.00 | $3,100.00 | 3.8x | ||
| 8 | Lugia 090 | $2,072.50 | $11,550.00 | 3.8x | ||
| 9 | Golem 089 | $400.78 | $2,613.04 | 3.5x |