Swoobat #117

Pokemon Japanese White Flare · #117 · Jun 2025

No — Not Worth Grading

Should You Grade?

Raw Price

$5.24

Expected Value

$-1.13

Net Profit

$-0.25

Gem Rate

88.4%

ROI

-1%

Sales / Yr

133

Even a PSA 10 would lose $0.25 after the $15.00 grading cost and selling fees. The graded value doesn't justify the investment.

Factors in grading cost, turnaround time, and compounding — how fast you can reinvest profits into the next flip.

Company	Best Tier	Gem Rate	Pop	10s	Cost	EV	Net Profit	ROI
PSA	PSA Standard	52.3%	8,420	1,250	$20.00	$85.40	$32.50	127%
BGS	BGS Standard	52.3%	8,420	1,250	$20.00	$85.40	$32.50	127%
CGC	CGC Standard	52.3%	8,420	1,250	$20.00	$85.40	$32.50	127%
SGC	SGC Standard	52.3%	8,420	1,250	$20.00	$85.40	$32.50	127%
TAG	TAG Standard	52.3%	8,420	1,250	$20.00	$85.40	$32.50	127%

Shows the best-value tier from each grading company based on EV, cost, and turnaround. Pop = total graded population; 10s = grade 10 count.

Raw

$5.24

BGS 10

$42.00

PSA 10

$31.99

CGC 10

$19.99

SGC 10

$19.00

BGS 9.5

$19.00

$17.02

88.4%Gem Rate (PSA 10)

285Total

PSA 1025288.4%

PSA 9207.0%

PSA 862.1%

PSA 741.4%

Below 731.1%