Grade clean copies
Grading beats selling raw if your copy has at least a 36% chance of a PSA 10.
34% if a miss grades PSA 9, 45% if it grades PSA 8.

Catalog reference · USD $139.49 · PokemonPriceTracker, Nov 9, 12:06 PM UTC
Reference condition: Near mintYour copy’s condition may differ.
Grade clean copies
Grading beats selling raw if your copy has at least a 36% chance of a PSA 10.
34% if a miss grades PSA 9, 45% if it grades PSA 8.
Net of grading and selling costs, compared with selling the raw card today. Grading fee by result: PSA 10 $59.99, PSA 9 $59.99, PSA 8 $59.99, plus $10.00 shipping. Change your costs
Only a PSA 10 beats selling raw.
Grading breaks even at that price with your 30% PSA 10 chance. Raw sells for $139.
Grading still beats selling raw at your odds while all grading costs stay under this.
PSA 10s would need to rise 12% from $360 for grading to pay at your 30% odds.
Completed eBay sales of this exact printing, aggregated by PokemonPriceTracker, updated Nov 8. Only sales bound to this printing count.
| Grade | Price used | Sales | Last sale |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | $360 | 1,365 | Nov 7 |
| PSA 9 | $148 | 678 | Nov 6 |
| PSA 8 | $105 longer-run | 75 | Nov 5 |
| BGS 10 | $660 longer-run | 9 | Oct 20 |
| CGC 10 | $196 | 381 | Nov 4 |
| SGC 10 | — too few | 2 | Sep 22 |
| Raw | $139.49 | — | Nov 9 |
| Grade | Price used | Sales | Last sale |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 7 | $110 longer-run | 10 | Nov 2 |
| PSA 6 | — too few | 8 | Oct 10 |
| PSA 4 | — too few | 8 | Sep 16 |
| PSA 1 | — too few | 2 | Oct 1 |
| BGS 9.5 | $213 longer-run | 46 | Oct 24 |
| BGS 9 | $123 longer-run | 24 | Oct 26 |
| BGS 8.5 | — too few | 5 | Aug 28 |
| CGC 9.5 | $153 longer-run | 64 | Oct 15 |
| CGC 9 | $151 | 187 | Nov 7 |
| CGC 8.5 | $98.70 longer-run | 28 | Nov 3 |
| CGC 8 | $115 longer-run | 17 | Nov 2 |
| CGC 7.5 | $113 longer-run | 7 | Oct 26 |
| CGC 7 | — too few | 3 | Sep 14 |
| CGC 6.5 | — too few | 2 | Aug 17 |
| CGC 6 | — too few | 3 | Aug 25 |
| CGC 5.5 | — too few | 2 | Apr 7 |
| CGC 4.5 | — too few | 2 | Jun 1 |
| SGC 9.5 | $125 longer-run | 5 | Oct 27 |
In the last 7 days, 31 PSA 10s, 10 PSA 9s and 2 PSA 8s sold.
PSA 10s are 67% of this card’s PSA 9 and 10 sales. Owners sell their best copies, so this is not your chance of a 10.
Recorded observations through Nov 9, 12:00 AM UTC. Grading takes months, and the raw price can move while you wait.
1M · USD · price observations, not individual transactions
A PSA 10 sells for 1.8× a CGC 10 of this card. PSA has the most sales, 1,365. The verdict uses PSA.
After each grader’s base fee for that value, shipping and selling fees, a 10 nets $482 from BGS, $242 from PSA, $139 from CGC. The 10s are not equally hard to get: a BGS 10 is far rarer than a PSA 10. Turnaround and resale demand differ too; check the grader board on Grading costs.
Crack it and send the raw card again, or sell the 9 as it is. A miss pays a second grading fee and usually comes back a 9 again.
Cracking pays if that chance is at least 40%. At 15%: −$47 versus selling the 9 for a net $128.
A card that graded 9 once is less likely to get a 10 than a fresh copy, so set this lower than you would for one. Cracking a slab can also damage the card.
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The latest PSA 10 (Gem Mint) graded sales for Moltres & Zapdos & Articuno GX (SM Black Star Promos #SM210) carry a median of $360.00, aggregated from recent eBay sold listings as of Nov 4, 12:00 AM UTC.
Over the latest tracked day, the reference price for Moltres & Zapdos & Articuno GX (SM Black Star Promos #SM210) has fallen 0.8%. This describes recent tracked price movement only and is not investment advice.
CardIntel tracks Moltres & Zapdos & Articuno GX (SM Black Star Promos #SM210) across TCGplayer market data, Cardmarket EUR averages, graded eBay sold comps and daily price history. Use the price chart and cross-platform pricing table above to compare current values.
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PSA raised their base-level grading fee from $30 to $35 for standard cards. Express and Super Express tiers unchanged. This may reduce casual submissions and tighten PSA 10 supply for modern cards.
Feb 10, 12:00 AM UTC · PSA Official
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