Vaporeon ★
Power Keepers · #102 · CGC Standard tier
| Comp price | $7,139 |
| Less raw cost | −$840 |
| Less CGC Standard fee | −$25 |
| Less return shipping | −$10 |
| Less eBay fee (13.25% + $0.30) | −$946 |
| NET | +$5,318 |
| ROI | +633% |
| Comp price | $1,680 |
| Less raw cost | −$840 |
| Less CGC Standard fee | −$25 |
| Less return shipping | −$10 |
| Less eBay fee (13.25% + $0.30) | −$223 |
| NET | +$582 |
| ROI | +69% |
| Comp price | $462 |
| Less raw cost | −$840 |
| Less CGC Standard fee | −$25 |
| Less return shipping | −$10 |
| Less eBay fee (13.25% + $0.30) | −$62 |
| NET | −$474 |
| ROI | −56% |
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Analysis
Vaporeon ★ sits in Power Keepers, part of the EX Era era on Cardboard Assets. Raw spot is $840 per the most recent manual seed value, last refreshed May 4, 2026.
I'm scoring this a 64/100 — PLAY. The math: $1,538 expected value at CGC Standard tier, less raw cost $840, less $25 grading fee, less $10 return shipping, less $204 eBay fee = +$459 net per copy. ROI works out to 55% on the raw cost basis.
CGC Standard tier turnaround runs about 30 days. Annualized for capital velocity, that's roughly +665% 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: at $840, source on TCGplayer near-mint listings or eBay BIN. Pictures matter — request high-res scans of corners and edges before buying. Anything obviously off-center isn't a Grade 10 candidate.
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 Jolteon ★. Numbers above pull from PSA POP Report, recent eBay sold listings, and PriceCharting comps as of 2026-05-04.
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