Is Firebolts [Foil] worth grading?

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Grading rarely pays for this card

Grade 9.5 copies of Firebolts [Foil] sell for $18.00, only $0.00 above the $18.00 raw price — less than an economy-tier grading fee. A PSA 9 ($16.19) 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): $18.00
Grade 9.5: $18.00
PSA 9: $16.19
Gem premium: 1.0×
As of: Oct 4, 2026

Break-even by outcome and fee

Firebolts [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	$18.00	−$25.00	−$50.00	−$150
PSA 9	$16.19	−$26.81	−$51.81	−$152

Net = sale price − $18.00 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?

Firebolts [Foil]: expected value of submitting by gem probability
Chance it gems	Expected sale	Expected net (standard fee)
25%	$16.64	−$51.36
50%	$17.09	−$50.91
75%	$17.55	−$50.45

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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Firebolts [Foil] graded prices by company and grade
Grade	Graded
9.5	$18.00
9	$16.19

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