Which Trading Card Game Classic cards are the hardest to gem, on registry lines of 100 or more slabs, while a raw copy still buys cheaply? A low gem rate with a low ask is the trade: the tens are scarce and the raw is not priced for it.
PSA 10 share of the registry on lines of 100 or more slabs, hardest first, raw ask beside it, cards carrying a figure we publish.
| # | Card | Gem rate | PSA pop | Raw ask | PSA 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ![]() Sun Seed#027 · Classic Collection | 22% | 120 | $0.26 | |
| 2 | ![]() Mr. Mime#013 · Classic Collection | 26% | 1,369 | $1.58condition not stated | |
| 3 | ![]() Ho-oh ex#007 · Classic Collection | 29% | 741 | $0.69condition not stated | |
| 4 | ![]() Charizard#003 · Classic Collection | 36% | 7,111 | $182 | $1,00013 comps |
| 5 | ![]() Blastoise#003 · Classic Collection | 37% | 4,607 | $51.03 | $23950 comps |
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Raw is the canonical printing's TCGplayer ask, the same figure the card page shows. PSA 10 and PSA 9 are eBay sold medians verified per listing, printed with their comp counts; a premium is only computed on 10 or more PSA 10 comps.
Gem rates come from the PSA registry snapshot and are only trusted on lines of 100 or more slabs; a zero beside a real population is a provider gap and is withheld, never shown as 0%. Moves and highs come from each product's own recorded series, trimmed at the price-rule change of September 7, 2026, and ignore cards under $5.
Every figure carries its sample. A short series, a thin comp count or a small registry is printed beside the number rather than hidden, and a card that lacks the figure a reading needs is left off that reading instead of scored on a guess.
| 40% | 2,160 | $24.86 | $15015 comps |
| 7 | ![]() Ivysaur#002 · Classic Collection | 41% | 2,425 | $8.22 | $89.9921 comps |
| 8 | ![]() Suicune ex#010 · Classic Collection | 41% | 695 | $0.96condition not stated |
| 9 | ![]() Scorching Charcoal#026 · Classic Collection | 41% | 111 | $0.23 |
| 10 | ![]() Basic Lightning Energy#034 · Classic Collection | 42% | 114 | $0.87 |
| 11 | ![]() Basic Psychic Energy#034 · Classic Collection | 42% | 114 | $0.85 |
| 12 | ![]() Basic Fire Energy#033 · Classic Collection | 43% | 131 | $1.01condition not stated |
| 13 | ![]() Basic Grass Energy#033 · Classic Collection | 43% | 131 | $0.77 |
| 14 | ![]() Basic Water Energy#033 · Classic Collection | 43% | 131 | $0.77 |
| 15 | ![]() Hitmonlee#011 · Classic Collection | 43% | 325 | $10.75 |
| 16 | ![]() Sandshrew#008 · Classic Collection | 43% | 105 | $2.80 |
| 17 | ![]() Lugia ex#017 · Classic Collection | 43% | 1,214 | $1.69condition not stated | $52.0018 comps |
| 18 | ![]() Onix#010 · Classic Collection | 44% | 220 | $10.34 |
| 19 | ![]() Drops in the Ocean#021 · Classic Collection | 45% | 114 | $0.31condition not stated |
| 20 | ![]() Staryu#004 · Classic Collection | 47% | 129 | $1.80 |
| 21 | ![]() Lt. Surge's Rattata#015 · Classic Collection | 49% | 152 | $2.48 |
| 22 | ![]() Wartortle#002 · Classic Collection | 49% | 2,741 | $9.39 |
| 23 | ![]() Hitmonchan#012 · Classic Collection | 52% | 332 | $8.69 |
| 24 | ![]() Sandslash#009 · Classic Collection | 52% | 104 | $1.68condition not stated |
| 25 | ![]() Doduo#013 · Classic Collection | 52% | 117 | $1.19 |
| 26 | ![]() Clefable#014 · Classic Collection | 52% | 527 | $6.96condition not stated |
| 27 | ![]() Ponyta#004 · Classic Collection | 52% | 157 | $4.28condition not stated |
| 28 | ![]() Bulbasaur#001 · Classic Collection | 53% | 3,267 | $18.17 | $74.9937 comps |
| 29 | ![]() Kangaskhan#017 · Classic Collection | 53% | 165 | $2.51 |
| 30 | ![]() Miltank#017 · Classic Collection | 54% | 136 | $3.48 |
| 31 | ![]() Charmeleon#002 · Classic Collection | 54% | 2,984 | $9.10 | $91.0010 comps |
| 32 | ![]() Charmander#001 · Classic Collection | 55% | 3,827 | $18.99 | $12811 comps |
| 33 | ![]() Squirtle#001 · Classic Collection | 55% | 3,573 | $16.53 | $73.5038 comps |
| 34 | ![]() Gyarados#007 · Classic Collection | 56% | 1,237 | $15.66 | $12519 comps |
| 35 | ![]() Dodrio#014 · Classic Collection | 56% | 131 | $1.96condition not stated |
| 36 | ![]() Lapras#008 · Classic Collection | 56% | 563 | $8.85 |
| 37 | ![]() Snorlax#016 · Classic Collection | 57% | 899 | $16.17condition not stated | $13013 comps |
| 38 | ![]() Drowzee#011 · Classic Collection | 58% | 114 | $1.32 |
| 39 | ![]() Scyther#006 · Classic Collection | 58% | 1,138 | $11.22condition not stated | $10012 comps |
| 40 | ![]() Starmie#005 · Classic Collection | 58% | 154 | $3.10 |
| 41 | ![]() Pikachu#008 · Classic Collection | 59% | 2,830 | $47.74 | $19827 comps |
| 42 | ![]() Rapidash#005 · Classic Collection | 59% | 160 | $3.65 |
| 43 | ![]() Clefairy#013 · Classic Collection | 60% | 589 | $7.81 |
| 44 | ![]() Paras#004 · Classic Collection | 60% | 112 | $5.26 |
| 45 | ![]() Articuno#009 · Classic Collection | 61% | 1,431 | $14.50condition not stated | $69.9921 comps |
| 46 | ![]() Chansey#015 · Classic Collection | 61% | 1,008 | $10.45 | $70.6015 comps |
| 47 | ![]() Zapdos#012 · Classic Collection | 61% | 550 | $10.42 | $64.9918 comps |
| 48 | ![]() Lt. Surge's Raticate#016 · Classic Collection | 61% | 168 | $1.72condition not stated |
| 49 | ![]() Magmar#006 · Classic Collection | 62% | 381 | $3.01condition not stated |
| 50 | ![]() Parasect#005 · Classic Collection | 63% | 107 | $0.99 |
| 51 | ![]() Hypno#012 · Classic Collection | 63% | 178 | $1.70 |
| 52 | ![]() Electrode#011 · Classic Collection | 66% | 333 | $3.17condition not stated |
| 53 | ![]() Pinsir#007 · Classic Collection | 67% | 156 | $1.10condition not stated |
| 54 | ![]() Voltorb#010 · Classic Collection | 73% | 230 | $1.36 |