Is Breel Embolo [Blue Prizm] #242 worth grading?

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Grading rarely pays for this card

Grade 9.5 copies of Breel Embolo [Blue Prizm] #242 sell for $5.00, only $0.25 above the $4.75 raw price — less than an economy-tier grading fee. A PSA 9 ($4.25) 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): $4.75
Grade 9.5: $5.00
PSA 9: $4.25
Gem premium: 1.1×
As of: Sep 3, 2026

Break-even by outcome and fee

Breel Embolo [Blue Prizm] #242: 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	$5.00	−$24.75	−$49.75	−$150
PSA 9	$4.25	−$25.50	−$50.50	−$151

Net = sale price − $4.75 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?

Breel Embolo [Blue Prizm] #242: expected value of submitting by gem probability
Chance it gems	Expected sale	Expected net (standard fee)
25%	$4.44	−$50.31
50%	$4.63	−$50.13
75%	$4.81	−$49.94

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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Breel Embolo [Blue Prizm] #242 graded prices by company and grade
Grade	Graded
9.5	$5.00
9	$4.25

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