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Best Pokemon Team Rocket Cards to Grade

Top 20 Pokemon Team Rocket Cards by PSA 10 Payoff, All with Positive Expected Value

Looking for the best Pokemon Team Rocket cards to grade? These are the 20 picks with the highest payoff if the card comes back a PSA 10. Every card here also has positive expected value once every grade outcome is weighted by its real gem rate, so the ranking never recommends a card the math says to skip.

How these numbers work. Expected value weights every PSA grade by how often this card actually earns it, then subtracts the raw price and the $79.99 grading fee. If PSA 10 is the single best-case outcome: PSA 10 price minus raw price minus the grading fee. Selling fees, shipping, and insurance are not deducted — set your own selling fee on any card page.

Prices updated weekly · Last updated October 4, 2026

1
Dark Charizard [1st Edition] #4

Dark Charizard [1st Edition] #4

Positive EV $1,536.31
Raw $725.00 → PSA 10 $21,926.43Gem Rate 4.6%ROI 2624%

$21,121.44

if PSA 10

2
Dark Dragonite [1st Edition] #5

Dark Dragonite [1st Edition] #5

Positive EV $698.09
Raw $360.00 → PSA 10 $17,902.00Gem Rate 2.4%ROI 3969%

$17,462.01

if PSA 10

3
Dark Dragonite #5

Dark Dragonite #5

Positive EV $96.38
Raw $59.28 → PSA 10 $15,050.00Gem Rate 0.5%ROI 10706%

$14,910.73

if PSA 10

4
Dark Blastoise [1st Edition] #3

Dark Blastoise [1st Edition] #3

Positive EV $565.21
Raw $333.65 → PSA 10 $13,386.34Gem Rate 2.5%ROI 3136%

$12,972.70

if PSA 10

5
Dark Magneton [1st Edition] #11

Dark Magneton [1st Edition] #11

Positive EV $130.10
Raw $81.00 → PSA 10 $9,869.87Gem Rate 1.3%ROI 6031%

$9,708.88

if PSA 10

6
Dark Charizard #4

Dark Charizard #4

Positive EV $124.46
Raw $268.48 → PSA 10 $8,912.35Gem Rate 0.9%ROI 2458%

$8,563.88

if PSA 10

7
Dark Dragonite [Holo] #5

Dark Dragonite [Holo] #5

Positive EV $404.87
Raw $101.25 → PSA 10 $7,600.00Gem Rate 4.7%ROI 4093%

$7,418.76

if PSA 10

8
Dark Raichu [1st Edition] #83

Dark Raichu [1st Edition] #83

Positive EV $295.23
Raw $252.50 → PSA 10 $7,581.56Gem Rate 3.1%ROI 2180%

$7,249.07

if PSA 10

9
Dark Raichu #83

Dark Raichu #83

Positive EV $4.57
Raw $94.75 → PSA 10 $5,747.89Gem Rate 0.4%ROI 3189%

$5,573.15

if PSA 10

10
Dark Alakazam [1st Edition] #1

Dark Alakazam [1st Edition] #1

Positive EV $266.68
Raw $149.99 → PSA 10 $4,740.00Gem Rate 5.2%ROI 1961%

$4,510.02

if PSA 10

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11
Dark Gyarados [1st Edition] #8

Dark Gyarados [1st Edition] #8

Positive EV $388.31
Raw $154.86 → PSA 10 $4,471.53Gem Rate 7.9%ROI 1804%

$4,236.68

if PSA 10

12
Dark Slowbro [1st Edition] #12

Dark Slowbro [1st Edition] #12

Positive EV $229.74
Raw $105.00 → PSA 10 $3,719.50Gem Rate 5.9%ROI 1911%

$3,534.51

if PSA 10

13
Dark Machamp [1st Edition] #10

Dark Machamp [1st Edition] #10

Positive EV $167.80
Raw $115.00 → PSA 10 $3,377.50Gem Rate 5%ROI 1632%

$3,182.51

if PSA 10

14
Dark Vileplume [1st Edition] #13

Dark Vileplume [1st Edition] #13

Positive EV $119.26
Raw $57.50 → PSA 10 $2,999.50Gem Rate 4.4%ROI 2082%

$2,862.01

if PSA 10

15
Dark Charizard [1st Edition] #21

Dark Charizard [1st Edition] #21

Positive EV $255.51
Raw $168.43 → PSA 10 $2,939.25Gem Rate 7.7%ROI 1083%

$2,690.83

if PSA 10

16
Dark Dugtrio [1st Edition] #6

Dark Dugtrio [1st Edition] #6

Positive EV $88.61
Raw $76.00 → PSA 10 $2,750.00Gem Rate 3.3%ROI 1663%

$2,594.01

if PSA 10

17
Dark Hypno [1st Edition] #9

Dark Hypno [1st Edition] #9

Positive EV $228.30
Raw $75.58 → PSA 10 $2,573.19Gem Rate 8.7%ROI 1554%

$2,417.62

if PSA 10

18
Dark Golbat [1st Edition] #7

Dark Golbat [1st Edition] #7

Positive EV $110.16
Raw $60.14 → PSA 10 $1,800.00Gem Rate 7.3%ROI 1185%

$1,659.87

if PSA 10

19
Dark Charizard #21

Dark Charizard #21

Positive EV $12.39
Raw $55.00 → PSA 10 $1,625.00Gem Rate 2.5%ROI 1104%

$1,490.01

if PSA 10

20
Dark Gyarados #8

Dark Gyarados #8

Positive EV $3.70
Raw $26.70 → PSA 10 $1,547.24Gem Rate 2.4%ROI 1350%

$1,440.55

if PSA 10

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