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Cheren's Care #168

Cheren's Care #168

Pokemon Brilliant Stars · #168 · Base · Feb 2022

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No — Not Worth Grading

Should You Grade?

Raw Price
$2.12
Expected Value
$-3.52
Net Profit
$-1.37
Gem Rate
39.0%
ROI
-8%
Sales / Yr
286

Even a PSA 10 would lose $1.37 after the $15.00 grading cost and selling fees. The graded value doesn't justify the investment.

ⓘPopulation data match confidence: 0% — verify on PSA

Best Tier for Flipping

TAG Basic$22.00/card · 30+ business days
Net Profit $42.50
Per-Flip ROI 127%
Annualized 2,340%
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Factors in grading cost, turnaround time, and compounding — how fast you can reinvest profits into the next flip.

Profitability by Grading Company

CompanyBest TierGem RatePop10sCostEVNet ProfitROI
PSAPSA Standard52.3%8,4201,250$20.00$85.40$32.50127%
BGSBGS Standard52.3%8,4201,250$20.00$85.40$32.50127%
CGCCGC Standard52.3%8,4201,250$20.00$85.40$32.50127%
SGCSGC Standard52.3%8,4201,250$20.00$85.40$32.50127%
TAGTAG Standard52.3%8,4201,250$20.00$85.40$32.50127%
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Shows the best-value tier from each grading company based on EV, cost, and turnaround. Pop = total graded population; 10s = grade 10 count.

Price by Grade

Raw
$2.12
BGS 10
$34.00
PSA 10
$26.00
SGC 10
$16.00
CGC 10
$15.75
9
$14.50
BGS 9.5
$13.25
8
$9.47
7
$7.86
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0%100%
39.0%Gem Rate (PSA 10)
2 graded last month
Past month gem rate: 100.0%

Grade Distribution (310 total graded)

310Total
PSA 1012239.4%
PSA 912139.0%
PSA 84815.5%
PSA 7134.2%
Below 741.3%
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