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Grading with PSA pays if your copy has better than a 20% chance of a 10.

12% of the 11,970 copies PSA has graded got a 10. People mostly send their cleanest copies, so a typical raw copy's odds are lower.

Raw (NM)

$49.66

TCGplayer

PSA 10

$484.99

81 sales

PSA 9

$45.27

97 sales

If it misses

$40.31

below 10, by PSA's grades