A graded copy of a card and a raw one are worth very different amounts — often several times apart. CardStreet tracks graded prices separately from raw ones: over 230,000 graded prices across PSA, BGS, CGC and SGC, updated daily and always shown in Thai baht.
Open any card page on CardStreet and scroll to the graded prices section to see every tier we hold real data for. Tiers we have no data for are left blank rather than guessed.
1. Find the card
Search by name or collector number, or scan the card with your camera. Thai, English and Japanese printings all work.
2. Open the card page and scroll to graded prices
Graded prices sit in their own section, separate from the raw price at the top of the page.
3. Compare the grade you care about against the raw price
The gap between the two is the whole reason to grade a card, and it is the number to base any decision on.
4. Read a blank tier as "no data", not as zero
A tier we hold no real price for is left empty on purpose. We would rather show nothing than a guessed number.
Coverage is currently the top tiers of each company — the ones that actually trade:
Lower tiers have no reliable pricing yet, so we show nothing rather than a made-up number. TAG slabs display correctly on CardStreet, but there is no market price data for TAG grades.
Three sources, in order of authority:
1. Real sales on CardStreet
If that card in that grade has actually sold on the platform, that price wins.
2. International market data
Graded sales from the global market, converted to baht.
3. An estimate for Thai cards
Thai-language Pokémon cards have no international graded pricing, so we show 60% of the English-equivalent graded price, and switch to the real figure the moment that Thai card sells in that grade on CardStreet.
A tier with none of the three is left blank.
Before paying submission fees, most people want to know whether a card has a shot at a high grade. CardStreet’s AI grading tool estimates one from a photo, looking at corners, edges, surface and centering.
The result is an estimate, not an official grade, and carries no weight with PSA, BGS, CGC or TAG. Use it to decide which cards are worth submitting first. It is a CardStreet Pro feature.
Grading means sending a card to a third-party company that checks its condition and authenticity, then seals it in a plastic slab with a score from 1 to 10. The companies Thai collectors deal with most are PSA, BGS, CGC and TAG.
It is worth doing when the card is valuable enough that the price difference covers submission and shipping. Cards in excellent condition with a shot at a 9 or better are usually the ones that pay off; low-value cards usually are not.
CardStreet does not offer a grading submission service. We are a marketplace and a pricing source — submitting is done directly with those companies or with a Thai submission agent.
If you already own graded cards and want to sell, you can list them. CardStreet renders the slab frame and the grading company’s logo so buyers can see exactly what they are getting, and the market price for that grade sits alongside as a reference while you price it. Sellers pay a fee only when a card sells, buyers pay by card or PromptPay, and orders ship nationwide with Flash Express.
They all score from 1 to 10. What differs is how widely each is traded and how the score is broken down:
PSA
The most recognised and most traded in the Pokémon market. One overall number, and PSA 10 is the grade the market quotes most often.
BGS
Scores four sub-grades — corners, edges, surface and centering — before an overall score, which is why 9.5 is common, and awards a Black Label when all four are a 10.
CGC
Came to trading cards later but has grown quickly. A different slab design, and sub-grades as well.
SGC
Long-established, and better known in sports cards than in trading card games.
TAG
Grades using an automated system and publishes detailed sub-scores. Increasingly of interest to Pokémon collectors.
CardStreet renders cards from all of these with their slab frame and company logo, but our price data covers only the tiers listed above. TAG has no market price data.
Three numbers answer it. First, what the raw card is worth today. Second, what the same card is worth in the grade you think it would get. Third, what submitting actually costs you — the grading fee, shipping both ways, and an agent’s cut if you use one. If the gap between the second number and the first is not clearly larger than the third, it is not worth submitting yet.
Two of those three are already on CardStreet. Open the card’s page and compare the raw price against the graded prices section. The cost of submitting has to come from the grading company or the agent you plan to use — they charge differently and the amounts change.
The common mistake is running the numbers on the grade you are hoping for rather than the grade you are likely to get. On many cards the gap between the top grade and the one below it is large, and coming in a single grade under can wipe out the whole case for submitting. If you are unsure what condition a card is really in, the AI grade estimate is a way to filter before you spend anything.
Submitting a card that is not valuable enough
If the gap between the raw price and the graded price is smaller than what submitting costs, the result is a slabbed card at a loss. Check both prices on the card page first, every time.
Trying to clean the card first
Wiping the surface usually leaves marks invisible to the eye but not to the grader’s camera, and altering a card’s condition counts as tampering. It makes the outcome worse, not better.
Ignoring centering
Centering is the one thing that cannot be fixed, and it is why plenty of beautiful cards miss the top grade. Check whether all four borders are even before you decide.
Submitting one card at a time
Shipping both ways is charged per submission, not per card. Batching several cards into one submission usually cuts the cost per card substantially.
Assuming grading always raises the price
Grading confirms condition and authenticity — it does not create demand that was not there. A common card in a high grade is still a common card.