Is Thiago Silva [Yellow & Red Pulsar Prizm] #108 worth grading?

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Grading rarely pays for this card

Grade 9.5 copies of Thiago Silva [Yellow & Red Pulsar Prizm] #108 sell for $19.00, only $16.53 above the $2.47 raw price — less than an economy-tier grading fee. A PSA 9 ($17.62) only about breaks even after fees, so the case rests on gemming. Keep it raw unless you are grading for the slab itself.

Raw (NM): $2.47
Grade 9.5: $19.00
PSA 9: $17.62
Gem premium: 7.7×
As of: Sep 3, 2026

Break-even by outcome and fee

Thiago Silva [Yellow & Red Pulsar Prizm] #108: 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	$19.00	−$8.47	−$33.47	−$133
PSA 9	$17.62	−$9.85	−$34.85	−$135

Net = sale price − $2.47 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?

Thiago Silva [Yellow & Red Pulsar Prizm] #108: expected value of submitting by gem probability
Chance it gems	Expected sale	Expected net (standard fee)
25%	$17.96	−$34.51
50%	$18.31	−$34.16
75%	$18.66	−$33.81

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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Thiago Silva [Yellow & Red Pulsar Prizm] #108 graded prices by company and grade
Grade	Graded
9.5	$19.00
9	$17.62

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