Is Cloud City [Foil Foil] worth grading?

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Grading rarely pays for this card

Grade 9.5 copies of Cloud City [Foil Foil] sell for $290, only $0.00 above the $456 raw price — less than an economy-tier grading fee. A PSA 9 ($264) sells for less than raw, so anything short of a 10 loses money. Keep it raw unless you are grading for the slab itself.

Raw (NM): $456
Grade 9.5: $290
PSA 9: $264
Gem premium: 0.6×
As of: Oct 4, 2026

Break-even by outcome and fee

Cloud City [Foil Foil]: net result of grading versus selling raw, by outcome and fee tier
If it comes back…	Sells for	Economy / bulk (~$25.00)	Standard (~$50.00)	Express (~$150)
Gem — Grade 9.5	$290	−$191	−$216	−$316
PSA 9	$264	−$217	−$242	−$342

Net = sale price − $456 raw value − fee. Fee tiers are illustrative; plug your grader's current price into the calculator below.

Expected value — how often does it need to gem?

Cloud City [Foil Foil]: expected value of submitting by gem probability
Chance it gems	Expected sale	Expected net (standard fee)
25%	$271	−$236
50%	$277	−$229
75%	$284	−$223

At the standard fee this submission does not break even at any realistic gem rate unless the miss lands above the 9 price.

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Cloud City [Foil Foil] graded prices by company and grade
Grade	Graded
9.5	$290
9	$264

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