{
  "url": "https://www.moonstonehq.com/articles/every-big-evolving-skies-card-pays-to-grade-but-leafeon-vmax-clears-it",
  "slug": "every-big-evolving-skies-card-pays-to-grade-but-leafeon-vmax-clears-it",
  "title": "Every Big Evolving Skies Card Pays to Grade, but Leafeon VMAX Clears It by $8.74",
  "summary": "All 10 Evolving Skies cards we can price as slabs come out ahead of selling raw after fees, led by Umbreon VMAX #215 at $338.51. The catch is that on every one of them, a PSA 9 sells for less than the raw card.",
  "section": "Grading ledger",
  "published": "2026-11-15",
  "readMinutes": 5,
  "publisher": "moonstone",
  "findings": [],
  "tables": [
    {
      "title": "Grade it or keep it raw: the ledger, as of November 15, 2026",
      "columns": [
        "Card",
        "Raw",
        "PSA 10",
        "PSA 9",
        "Gem rate",
        "Graded, after fees",
        "Raw, less eBay fee"
      ],
      "rows": [
        {
          "Card": "[Umbreon VMAX #215](/card/swsh7-215)",
          "Raw": "$2,324.94",
          "PSA 10": "$3,904.89",
          "PSA 9": "$2,050.00",
          "Gem rate": "68.9%",
          "Graded, after fees": "$2,355.00",
          "Raw, less eBay fee": "$2,016.49"
        },
        {
          "Card": "[Rayquaza VMAX #218](/card/swsh7-218)",
          "Raw": "$1,223.16",
          "PSA 10": "$2,100.00",
          "PSA 9": "$1,060.00",
          "Gem rate": "67.6%",
          "Graded, after fees": "$1,240.45",
          "Raw, less eBay fee": "$1,060.69"
        },
        {
          "Card": "[Dragonite V #192](/card/swsh7-192)",
          "Raw": "$475.27",
          "PSA 10": "$1,000.00",
          "PSA 9": "$444.00",
          "Gem rate": "50.1%",
          "Graded, after fees": "$525.49",
          "Raw, less eBay fee": "$411.90"
        },
        {
          "Card": "[Rayquaza V #194](/card/swsh7-194)",
          "Raw": "$468.64",
          "PSA 10": "$1,099.49",
          "PSA 9": "$435.00",
          "Gem rate": "50.5%",
          "Graded, after fees": "$529.30",
          "Raw, less eBay fee": "$406.15"
        },
        {
          "Card": "[Umbreon V #189](/card/swsh7-189)",
          "Raw": "$375.04",
          "PSA 10": "$1,001.98",
          "PSA 9": "$340.00",
          "Gem rate": "43.1%",
          "Graded, after fees": "$416.65",
          "Raw, less eBay fee": "$324.95"
        },
        {
          "Card": "[Leafeon VMAX #205](/card/swsh7-205)",
          "Raw": "$372.13",
          "PSA 10": "$530.00",
          "PSA 9": "$350.00",
          "Gem rate": "71.4%",
          "Graded, after fees": "$331.16",
          "Raw, less eBay fee": "$322.42"
        },
        {
          "Card": "[Sylveon VMAX #212](/card/swsh7-212)",
          "Raw": "$361.04",
          "PSA 10": "$600.00",
          "PSA 9": "$323.74",
          "Gem rate": "71.7%",
          "Graded, after fees": "$373.33",
          "Raw, less eBay fee": "$312.80"
        },
        {
          "Card": "[Glaceon VMAX #209](/card/swsh7-209)",
          "Raw": "$287.34",
          "PSA 10": "$504.99",
          "PSA 9": "$244.00",
          "Gem rate": "71.0%",
          "Graded, after fees": "$297.70",
          "Raw, less eBay fee": "$248.87"
        },
        {
          "Card": "[Espeon V #180](/card/swsh7-180)",
          "Raw": "$227.95",
          "PSA 10": "$480.00",
          "PSA 9": "$219.13",
          "Gem rate": "50.0%",
          "Graded, after fees": "$215.04",
          "Raw, less eBay fee": "$197.35"
        },
        {
          "Card": "[Sylveon V #184](/card/swsh7-184)",
          "Raw": "$180.90",
          "PSA 10": "$391.81",
          "PSA 9": "$179.99",
          "Gem rate": "51.4%",
          "Graded, after fees": "$174.54",
          "Raw, less eBay fee": "$156.53"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "charts": [],
  "sections": [
    "Raw copies slipped across the top of the set"
  ],
  "method": [
    "Population: Evolving Skies, 237 English cards with a TCGplayer market price on both October 17, 2026 and November 15, 2026. Every move compares a card to itself on the same TCGplayer product, first day against last, before anything is ranked or summed; a set total is never compared across days. Prices are TCGplayer market prices for the flagship printing, read from our daily price file. Graded figures are sold medians from our graded comps, PSA population counts come from our daily registry snapshot, and the expected value counts the PSA 9 outcome as well as the PSA 10, net of the grading fee and selling costs. The expected value sits beside the raw price less the same eBay selling fee, so the two compare like with like. It counts copies that grade below a 9 at nothing and leaves out shipping to PSA and back. Angle: whether grading pays: PSA 10 and PSA 9 sale prices against the raw card, the gem rate, and the expected value after fees."
  ],
  "terms": "Figures are moonstone's own recorded measurements, dated as published. Quote them with the population stated beside them. The article at `url` is the human form of this file."
}