Best Cards to Grade in Base Set 2
40 Base Set 2 cards ranked by grading ROI. Poliwrath 015/130 leads at 13.6x ($18.66 raw vs $1,360.17 in PSA 10). Live prices, PSA gem rates and population.
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 | Poliwrath 015/130 | $18.66 | $1,360.17 | 13.6x | ||
| 2 | Hitmonchan 008/130 | $24.29 | $12,699.00 | 12.4x | ||
| 3 | Chansey 003/130 | $22.54 | $7,498.87 | 12.0x | ||
| 4 | Ninetales 013/130 | $34.70 | $1,982.50 | 10.7x | ||
| 5 | Clefable 005/130 | $33.62 | $1,969.55 | 10.7x | ||
| 6 | Zapdos 020/130 | $43.71 | $1,327.40 | 10.6x | ||
| 7 | Mewtwo 010/130 | $76.56 | $4,284.73 | 10.0x | ||
| 8 | Pidgeot 014/130 | $42.64 | $6,430.00 | 10.0x | ||
| 9 | Venusaur 018/130 | $107.85 | $2,365.25 | 9.2x | ||
| 10 | Gyarados 007/130 | $47.53 | $1,174.46 | 57.4% | 680 | 9.1x |
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