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 18.5x ($33.15 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) | $33.15 | $19,089.77 | 3.5% | 8 | 18.5x |
| 2 | Surfing Pikachu 089 (First Edition Stamp) | $29.99 | $2,404.00 | 5.0% | 10 | 13.4x |
| 3 | Articuno 099 | $40.00 | $4,605.00 | 28.0% | 7 | 11.8x |
| 4 | Pikachu 088 | $100.00 | $5,000.00 | 2.0% | 1 | 11.1x |
| 5 | Moltres 098 | $44.99 | $2,080.50 | 6.2% | 1 | 10.7x |
| 6 | Hitmonchan 096 (First Edition Stamp) | $12.50 | $450.00 | 40.1% | 69 | 9.9x |
| 7 | Pikachu 088 (First Edition Stamp) | $34.95 | $1,103.51 | 3.7% | 11 | 9.5x |
| 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 | Zapdos 100 (First Edition Stamp) | $45.00 | $914.06 | 4.0% | 3 | 8.2x |
5 more Platinum cards are ranked for Pro members.