https://theotcg.com/tags/modern/Recent content in Modern on Theo TCGHugoen-us© {year} Theo TCGSun, 16 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0600https://theotcg.com/blog/is-it-worth-grading-modern-pokemon-cards/Sun, 16 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0600https://theotcg.com/blog/is-it-worth-grading-modern-pokemon-cards/<p>Grading modern Pokémon cards works on a narrow band of cards and loses money on everything else. The band got narrower this year.</p> <p>As of 16 August 2026, PSA has <a href="https://www.psacard.com/services/tradingcardgrading">temporarily paused its Value services</a>. That leaves Regular at <strong>$79.99 per card</strong> as the cheapest way in, with an estimated turnaround of 40 to 50 business days. Every piece of arithmetic below starts from that number.</p>