Giovanni’s Scheme 162/162

Over the last 30 days, an ungraded Giovanni’s Scheme has moved down 6.8% to $24.28. PSA 10 copies are up 11.8% over the same period.

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

At $24.28 raw, you need a PSA 10 to profit. A PSA 10 sells for $319.29, giving a net return of +$225.50 after grading costs and selling fees. PSA 9 returns −$2.72 and PSA 8 returns −$23.85, so anything below a 10 loses money on this card.

PSA have graded 877 copies of Giovanni’s Scheme #162/162, of which 202 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 9.3 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.