How do I filter and sort Top Picks?
Keep Top Picks wide: leave the two starting filters on, add a maximum price and your grading tier, and sort by GemScore or a trend. Every extra filter hides cards from you. When a view works, save the search so it sits in your left menu, one tap or click away.
Free accounts see the top 10 and get one saved search. Pro opens the longer lists and the filters. PRO
Chapters
0:00Keep it wide0:15GemScore is not Gem Rate0:36The two starting filters0:54Max price and grading tier1:30What PSA is taking now1:50Trend sorts and saved searches2:11Free and ProSteps
- Pick your game up top.
- Leave the two starting filters on. They keep out the noise.
- Add a maximum price so you only see cards you would actually buy.
- Set your grading tier. It hides no cards; it changes the fee and profit on every card.
- Sort by GemScore, or use a trend sort to see what is moving.
- Hit Save search and name it. It shows up in your left menu under Top Picks.
Transcript
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Keep it wide
0:02Top Picks is the best grading opportunities across the market, ranked for you. The trick is to keep it wide.
0:11First, pick the game you want to look at, up top.
GemScore is not Gem Rate
0:15Every card gets a GemScore. Don't mix it up with Gem Rate. Gem Rate is the share of graded copies that came back a ten. GemScore is our own score. It weighs profit, Gem Rate, sales and more into one number. That's why the list is sorted by it.
The two starting filters
0:36Top Picks starts with two sensible defaults: at least a hundred dollars of profit at a ten, and at least ten graded sales. Those keep out the noise. My advice? Leave the rest open. The best card on the list might be one you'd never have searched for.
Max price and grading tier
0:54Keeping it wide doesn't mean never touching it. Two popular ones are worth a quick look. First, a maximum price, so you only see cards you'd actually buy. Second, your grading tier. It doesn't hide any cards. It changes the math on every card.
1:14Watch this card. Switch the tier, and its grading fee and profit update right away.
1:21I use Priority as my floor. But this card is worth more than Priority covers, so it's priced at the next level up on its own.
What PSA is taking now
1:30As of fall 2026, PSA has paused its Value levels. It still takes Standard orders, but says it won't process them until its backlog clears. The note underneath always shows what PSA is taking right now. Past that, every filter you add hides cards from you.
Trend sorts and saved searches
1:50The trend sorts show what's moving, and the arrow flips between the biggest gains and the biggest drops.
1:57Found a view you like? Click Save search and give it a name. It shows up in your left menu, right under Top Picks, so one click brings it back. Reset puts everything back.
Free and Pro
2:11Want to dial in exact prices, profit and Gem Rates? That's what the Screener is for.
2:18On a free account, you see the top ten and get one saved search. Pro opens up the longer lists and the filters.