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Are graded packs actually worth it?

46 packs · $2,138.13 spent · 34 days

+5.3%

+$114.22 against $2,138.13

9 sold, counted at what they fetched

And yet

29 of 46 packs lost money.

And the gain offsetting them is not spread about, it sits in 2 of the 46. That is what a running total shows and a single session cannot: one good pull can carry a month of ordinary ones, and the percentage on its own says nothing about which of the two you would get.

29 lost money7 about even7 up2 2× to 3×1 3× or better

GameStop, Ripit and others now sell digital packs that pay out real PSA-graded cards. Plenty of people film themselves opening them, and plenty are straight about losing money doing it. What is harder to find is a running total: one person, every pack, over months, with the numbers kept current.

So I’m keeping the receipt. Every pack I open goes here - including the duds - with what it cost and where the whole thing stands. Every card links to its PSA certificate, so none of it has to be taken on trust, and values come from live market data rather than a guess at the time of opening.

Pikachu VMAX PSA 10 slab
2× to 3×

Pikachu VMAX, out of a $50 Pokémon PSA 10 Silver

One of 2 packs doing the heavy lifting. The other 44 are why an average deserves a second look, and why every one of them is listed below rather than just this one.

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By GameStop pack tier

Whether the dearer tiers pay for themselves is the question worth asking. Check the packs-opened column before reading much into a row - a tier with one pack behind it is an anecdote, not a rate. Tier names are GameStop’s own.

PackOpenedSpentReturn
Pokémon PSA 10 Silver32$1,600+8.8%
Pokémon Starter10$263.95incl. $13.95 post−27.7%
Pokémon BB Classic Silver2$100+70.5%
Pokémon PSA 10 Gold1$80$100 less 20% promo−26.3%
eBay1$94.18+27.9%

Every pull, newest first

Values updated yesterday

Want to track your own?

This runs on a tool I built for myself - it prices every card from live sold comps and PSA population data, and tells me when something is worth buying. If enough people want the same for their own ripping, I’ll build it properly. Leave an address and I’ll count you.

No mailing list, no sending — this only counts interest while I work out whether to build it properly.

The short answers

Are graded Pokémon packs worth it?
Across 46 GameStop Power Packs opened between 2026-08-04 and 2026-09-06 — 34 days — $2138.13 of packs returned cards worth $2252.35 at market prices as of 2026-09-22, a return of +5.3%. That figure is not evenly earned: 29 of the 46 packs came back worth less than they cost, and the gain concentrates in a small number of pulls. A sample this size cannot tell you what any individual pack will do.
How often does a graded pack lose money?
29 of 46 packs (63%) returned a card worth less than the pack cost, as of 2026-09-22. Card values are market estimates before any selling fees, so the share that loses money after fees is higher than that.
Which GameStop Power Pack tier gives the best return?
Of the tiers with at least three packs opened, Pokémon PSA 10 Silver has returned +8.8% across 32 packs and Pokémon Starter -27.7% across 10, as of 2026-09-22. Both samples are small enough that the gap could be chance.
Can these pack results be verified?
Yes. Every card listed carries its PSA certificate number, and each one links to that certificate on psacard.com, where the card, its grade and its population can be checked independently. Prices come from public market data and are refreshed daily.

Card values are derived from public market data and are estimates, not offers - what a card is worth and what you can sell it for are different numbers, and fees sit between them. Nothing here is financial advice, and packs are a gamble whichever way my numbers happen to be running. Pokémon and all card images are © Nintendo / Creatures / GAME FREAK.

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