Lugia

Even below a PSA 10, a slab beats selling raw, after grading costs.

<1% of the 12,478 copies PSA has graded got a 10. People mostly send their cleanest copies, so a typical raw copy's odds are lower.

Raw (NM)

$531.39

TCGplayer

PSA 10

$44,999

5 sales

PSA 9

$9,300

31 sales

If it misses

$2,206

below 10, by PSA's grades