Giovanni’s Scheme 162/162

Over the last 30 days, an ungraded Giovanni’s Scheme has moved down 15.5% to $21.56. PSA 10 copies are up 8.4% over the same period.

Giovanni’s Scheme #162/162 is a Ultra Rare, one of the higher rarity tiers in BREAKthrough.

At $21.56 raw, you need a PSA 10 to profit. A PSA 10 sells for $349.76, giving a net return of +$254.73 after grading costs and selling fees. PSA 9 returns +$11.82 and PSA 8 returns −$21.13, so a PSA 9 or 10 can profit, while anything below that loses money on this card.

PSA have graded 882 copies of Giovanni’s Scheme #162/162, of which 203 came back as PSA 10. That is a gem rate of 23%, or roughly 1 in 4.3 graded copies.

No. At a 23% gem rate, Giovanni’s Scheme grades better than the BREAKthrough average by 9.4 points. Most submitted copies come back clean.

Giovanni’s Scheme #162/162 was illustrated by Ken Sugimori, who has illustrated 2072 Pokémon cards in total.

Giovanni’s Scheme #162/162 was released on 4 November 2015 as part of BREAKthrough. It belongs to the Modern era.