Evolutions · #42 · Rare Holo
Market value
$5.73▼ 18.0%30d
PSA 10 price
$675.80(+11694%)
Price history
Series
XY
Artist
Ken Sugimori
Release date
2016/11/02
Region
Kanto
Types
Lightning
What grading does to this card
If it grades a PSA 10 (10%)
+$512.23
sells for $675.80
If it does not (90%)
−$42.99
PSA 9 and lower, on average
Grading pays off if more than 8% of copies hit a 10. This card: about 10%. 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 -18% 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
4,903
Graded PSA 10
474
Gem Rate
9.7%
| Grade | PSA |
|---|---|
| 10 | 474 |
| 9 | 2,893 |
| 8.5 | 13 |
| 8 | 1,177 |
| 7 | 235 |
| 6 | 82 |
| 5 | 29 |
| 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 |
| Total | 4,903 |
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 Zapdos is a close call on our numbers (verdict: CLOSE CALL).
Zapdos is a Rare Holo Lightning-type card from Evolutions, released in 2016, illustrated by Ken Sugimori. Zapdos (Evolutions, #42) sells for about $5.73 raw and around $675.80 as a PSA 10, a gap of roughly 11,694% before grading costs. PSA has graded 4,903 copies, and about 10% of them received a PSA 10. A PSA 9 sells for around $46.29, so a 9 still beats the raw price. The raw price has fallen about 18% over the last 30 days. Our model gives a 10% chance of a PSA 10. If a copy grades a 10 it nets about $512.23 after the $59.99 grading fee, shipping and selling fees; if it does not, expect to lose about $42.99, so grading pays off when more than 8% 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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