Base Set 2 · #94 · Common
Market value
$1.08▲ 58.8%30d
PSA 10 price
$193.79(+17844%)
Thin market: only 45 PSA 10s exist, so this price can swing.
Price history
Series
Base
Artist
Keiji Kinebuchi
Release date
2000/02/24
Region
Kanto
Types
Water
What grading does to this card
If it grades a PSA 10 (21%)
+$97.53
sells for $193.79
If it does not (79%)
−$51.49
PSA 9 and lower, on average
Grading pays off if more than 35% of copies hit a 10. This card: about 21%. 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.
▲ Volatile: the raw price moved +59% in the last 30 days. PSA Standard takes about 90–100 business days (roughly 4–5 months), so this pick is more sensitive to the price moving before the slab comes back.
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
197
Graded PSA 10
45
Gem Rate
22.8%
| Grade | PSA |
|---|---|
| 10 | 45 |
| 9 | 90 |
| 8 | 37 |
| 7 | 14 |
| 6 | 3 |
| 5 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 |
| Total | 197 |
What a Grade 10 sells for, by grading company.
Every condition and grade Scrydex tracks for this card.
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Every other printing of this character across sets.
Short answer: no, grading Starmie does not pay off on our numbers (verdict: SKIP IT).
Starmie is a Common Water-type card from Base Set 2, released in 2000, illustrated by Keiji Kinebuchi. Starmie (Base Set 2, #94) sells for about $1.08 raw and around $193.79 as a PSA 10, a gap of roughly 17,844% before grading costs. PSA has graded 197 copies, and about 23% of them received a PSA 10. A PSA 9 sells for around $34.34, so a 9 still beats the raw price. The raw price has risen about 59% over the last 30 days. Our model gives a 21% chance of a PSA 10. If a copy grades a 10 it nets about $97.53 after the $59.99 grading fee, shipping and selling fees; if it does not, expect to lose about $51.49, so grading pays off when more than 35% 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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