Best Cards to Grade in the Platinum Era
The 15 best Platinum cards to grade across 3 sets, ranked by PSA 10 ROI. Flying Pikachu 090 (First Edition Stamp) leads at 17.8x ($70.00 raw vs $19,089.77 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 | Flying Pikachu 090 (First Edition Stamp) | $70.00 | $19,089.77 | 3.6% | 8 | 17.8x |
| 2 | Surfing Pikachu 089 (First Edition Stamp) | $29.99 | $2,404.00 | 5.1% | 10 | 13.4x |
| 3 | Articuno 099 | $40.00 | $4,605.00 | 28.0% | 7 | 11.8x |
| 4 | Pikachu 088 | $95.00 | $5,000.00 | 2.0% | 1 | 11.2x |
| 5 | Moltres 098 | $44.99 | $2,080.50 | 6.7% | 1 | 10.7x |
| 6 | Hitmonchan 096 (First Edition Stamp) | $12.23 | $450.00 | 40.4% | 69 | 9.9x |
| 7 | Pikachu 088 (First Edition Stamp) | $34.95 | $1,092.42 | 3.5% | 10 | 9.4x |
| 8 | Zapdos 100 | $10.00 | $384.00 | 18.2% | 4 | 8.9x |
| 9 | Surfing Pikachu 089 | $14.99 | $710.00 | 0.0% | 0 | 8.8x |
| 10 | Flying Pikachu 090 | $53.94 | $966.40 | 3.2% | 1 | 8.1x |
5 more Platinum cards are ranked for Pro members.