Base · #100
Market value
$8.55▲ 0.5%30d
PSA 10 price
$252.73(+2856%)
Price history
Series
Base
Artist
Keiji Kinebuchi
Release date
1999/01/09
What grading does to this card
If it grades a PSA 10 (25%)
+$141.34
sells for $252.73
If it does not (75%)
−$41.77
PSA 9 and lower, on average
Grading pays off if more than 23% of copies hit a 10. This card: about 25%. All figures are net of the raw card, grading, shipping and selling fees.
How we weigh the odds
We weigh every outcome by how often PSA-graded copies of this card come back a 10, 9 or 8. The average over all outcomes is the last line below.
Pop reports count submitted cards, and people mostly submit their best copies, so the real odds for a random raw card are likely a bit lower.
Buy Signal · Population report
PSA population
2,477
Graded PSA 10
628
Gem Rate
25.4%
| Grade | PSA |
|---|---|
| 10 | 628 |
| 9 | 1,077 |
| 8.5 | 13 |
| 8 | 423 |
| 7 | 172 |
| 6 | 109 |
| 5 | 41 |
| 4 | 13 |
| 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 |
| 1 | 6 |
| Total | 2,477 |
What a Grade 10 sells for, by grading company.
Every condition and grade Scrydex tracks for this card.
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Short answer: grading Lightning Energy is a close call on our numbers (verdict: CLOSE CALL).
Lightning Energy is a card from Base, released in 1999, illustrated by Keiji Kinebuchi. Lightning Energy (Base, #100) sells for about $8.55 raw and around $252.73 as a PSA 10, a gap of roughly 2,856% before grading costs. PSA has graded 2,477 copies, and about 25% of them received a PSA 10. A PSA 9 sells for around $58.48, so a 9 still beats the raw price. Our model gives a 25% chance of a PSA 10. If a copy grades a 10 it nets about $141.34 after the $59.99 grading fee, shipping and selling fees; if it does not, expect to lose about $41.77, so grading pays off when more than 23% of copies hit a 10. Whether it is worth grading depends on the condition of your copy, the grading fee and how often this card reaches a 10; the grader on CardHunt gives a free AI estimate from a front and back photo.
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