Jolteon ★
Power Keepers · #101 · CGC Standard tier
| Comp price | $14,460 |
| Less raw cost | −$1,701 |
| Less CGC Standard fee | −$25 |
| Less return shipping | −$10 |
| Less eBay fee (13.25% + $0.30) | −$1,916 |
| NET | +$10,808 |
| ROI | +635% |
| Comp price | $3,402 |
| Less raw cost | −$1,701 |
| Less CGC Standard fee | −$25 |
| Less return shipping | −$10 |
| Less eBay fee (13.25% + $0.30) | −$451 |
| NET | +$1,215 |
| ROI | +71% |
| Comp price | $936 |
| Less raw cost | −$1,701 |
| Less CGC Standard fee | −$25 |
| Less return shipping | −$10 |
| Less eBay fee (13.25% + $0.30) | −$124 |
| NET | −$925 |
| ROI | −54% |
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Analysis
Jolteon ★ sits in Power Keepers, part of the EX Era era on Cardboard Assets. Raw spot is $1,701 per the most recent manual seed value, last refreshed May 4, 2026.
I'm scoring this a 69/100 — PLAY. The math: $3,116 expected value at CGC Standard tier, less raw cost $1,701, less $25 grading fee, less $10 return shipping, less $413 eBay fee = +$966 net per copy. ROI works out to 57% on the raw cost basis.
CGC Standard tier turnaround runs about 30 days. Annualized for capital velocity, that's roughly +691% APR — useful framing if you're thinking about this as a capital allocation, not a one-shot trade.
Pop is growing modestly — +11% Grade 10s in the last 30 days. Not a saturation alarm, but worth tracking. Honestly, the call gets clearer with another month of pop data.
Sourcing raw: high-end card. Don't buy without seeing high-resolution scans of every edge and the surface. Comp $1,701 is your ceiling — bid below it to leave room for grading risk. Auction houses (PWCC, Goldin) sell raw copies of cards in this range with provenance.
Risk to size: grading is one-way. Grading fees aren't refundable, the round-trip eats 30 days of capital, and the comp data lags real-time market shifts. For comparable plays in the same era, look at Flareon ★ and Flareon ★. Numbers above pull from PSA POP Report, recent eBay sold listings, and PriceCharting comps as of 2026-05-04.
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