Charizard

Grading with PSA pays if your copy has better than a 49% chance of a 10.

35% of the 3,817 copies PSA has graded got a 10. People mostly send their cleanest copies, so a typical raw copy's odds are lower.

Raw (NM)

$32.73

TCGplayer

PSA 10

$201.08

116 sales

PSA 9

$32.25

101 sales

If it misses

$29.47

below 10, by PSA's grades