The Most Profitable Victor Wembanyama Cards To Grade Right Now
Wemby's MVP odds are rising and his cards have never been more profitable to grade.
Victor Wembanyama thinks he should be the league’s MVP this season, and apparently the card market agrees. Wemby cards are surging, and that’s creating a huge buying window for card graders.
We generally look to buy cards with positive price momentum, because PSA 10 prices usually rise before raw prices catch up (read more about this approach here and here). You can see this phenomenon very clearly with the Victor Wembanyama Prizm Silver market.
Wemby’s PSA 10 Prizm Silver Rookie Card is up over 60% in the last 30 days:
While the raw market is trailing with just 23.8% gains over the same time:
This post is going to break down some of the top Wemby cards you can grade, with a few additional thoughts at the very end. With that said, Victor Wembanyama is not the only player that’s hot. The card market is in a great place for graders, with Shohei Ohtani, Aaron Judge, and others also surging.
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Victor Wembanyama Cards To Grade Now
Analysis based on Expected Value (EV). Read the full EV tutorial here.
Expected Value = PSA 10 Value x Gem Rate + PSA 9 Value x (100% - Gem Rate) - Grading Costs - Selling Fees
1. Victor Wembanyama Prizm Silver #136
Values & Gem Rate
Raw Value | $700
PSA 10 Value | $2,540
PSA 9 Value | $725
Gem Rate | 62.8%
Profitability
PSA Submission Tier | Value Max
Expected Value | $1,522.83
Expected Profit | $822.83
Expected ROI | 117.5%
Available For Purchase
Notes: If there’s one card on this list to focus on, it’s this one. This is both the most abundant of the listed cards, and one of the most profitable. Buying just a few of these can genuinely move the needle for a grading business.
2. Victor Wembanyama Prizm Hyper #136
Values & Gem Rate
Raw Value | $350
PSA 10 Value | $1,500
PSA 9 Value | $375
Gem Rate | 48.4%
Profitability
PSA Submission Tier | Value Plus
Expected Value | $748.71
Expected Profit | $398.71
Expected ROI | 113.9%
Available For Purchase
Notes: This one is more rare than the others on this list, but worth having on your radar. While you’re not going to see a lot of them, Expected Profitability is very high, so just one purchase will be impactful.
3. Victor Wembanyama Prizm Ice #136
Values & Gem Rate
Raw Value | $240
PSA 10 Value | $850
PSA 9 Value | $270
Gem Rate | 58.5%
Profitability
PSA Submission Tier | Value Plus
Expected Value | $466.44
Expected Profit | $226.44
Expected ROI | 94.3%
Available For Purchase
Notes: Pretty much all the Ice variants are profitable as you’ll see in the remainder of this list, although this one has the highest Expected ROI. If you see any of these on the market, including variants that aren’t shown in this post, they are worth looking into.
4. Victor Wembanyama Prizm Pink Ice #136
Values & Gem Rate
Raw Value | $225
PSA 10 Value | $615
PSA 9 Value | $225
Gem Rate | 68.5%
Profitability
PSA Submission Tier | Value Plus
Expected Value | $361.93
Expected Profit | $136.93
Expected ROI | 60.9%
Available For Purchase
5. Victor Wembanyama Prizm Red Ice #136
Values & Gem Rate
Raw Value | $300
PSA 10 Value | $775
PSA 9 Value | $240
Gem Rate | 59.8%
Profitability
PSA Submission Tier | Value Plus
Expected Value | $422.98
Expected Profit | $122.98
Expected ROI | 41.0%
Available For Purchase
6. Victor Wembanyama Prizm Orange Ice #136
Values & Gem Rate
Raw Value | $250
PSA 10 Value | $725
PSA 9 Value | $275
Gem Rate | 55.1%
Profitability
PSA Submission Tier | Value Plus
Expected Value | $391.56
Expected Profit | $141.56
Expected ROI | 56.6%
Available For Purchase
7. Victor Wembanyama Optic Holo #225
Values & Gem Rate
Raw Value | $175
PSA 10 Value | $585
PSA 9 Value | $160
Gem Rate | 47.4%
Profitability
PSA Submission Tier | Value Plus
Expected Value | $251.79
Expected Profit | $76.79
Expected ROI | 43.9%
Available For Purchase
Notes: This card doesn’t quite have supply like some of the other Prizm cards, but there are still quite a few on the market. Many Wembanyama cards are like this — highly profitable but with only 10 to 20 PSA 10 sales per month as compared to the more liquid/abundant cards above. These cards are also worth having on your radar, but didn’t make the cut for this article.
Final Thoughts
Grading Notes: In general, all of these cards grade well. The corners are sturdy, and on the Prizms in particular, the borders are large which means that many of these are centered within PSA’s 55/45 guidelines. Just be aware that the front surfaces on these cards can scratch easily.
Market Outlook: I expect we’ll see these raw cards rise in value quickly as they catch up to the grading math (although it’s possible that graded cards fall instead). This happens when people like us enter the market and start buying them at profitable prices. That doesn’t fundamentally change the strategy to target these cards now, but you should be aware that these markets are moving quickly right now. We’ll be buying these cards aggressively for the foreseeable future.