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Charmeleon Expedition Base Set #73 Pokémon card
Uncommon

Charmeleon Expedition Base Set #73

Card #73 · Illustrated by Tomokazu Komiya
80 HPFirePokémonStage 1
Ungraded · blended
$139.99
PSA 10
$2,124
15× raw
Range $85 → $140
Recently sold raw ~$30 (mixed cond.)
4 grading companies tracked
Confidence high · How we price →
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Charmeleon is a Uncommon Pokémon card from Expedition Base Set (#73), illustrated by Tomokazu Komiya. It's a Stage 1 Fire-type Pokémon with 80 HP, evolving from Charmander, weak to Water ×2. Its current blended market value is $139.99 ungraded, with a PSA 10 worth around $2,124 — a gem-mint grading premium of roughly 15× the raw value. Prices are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.

Prices last updated 2 July 2026.

Competitive play · Limitless

0.4%
Played in 0.4% of competitive decks — 13 of 3,174 decklists across the last 41 Standard tournaments.
Raw price by condition
Reverse Holofoil · live market via TCGplayer
NMNear Mint$139.99
LPLightly Played$106.45
MPModerately Played$30.00
HPHeavily Played$28.39
DMGDamaged$28.60
7-dayflat
30-dayflat
90-day 168.1%
All-time high$140
All-time low$46
Other printingsNormal · $31.11

Price by variant

Reverse Holo$140
Normal$32

TCGplayer market price per printing — reverse holo, 1st edition and unlimited often differ sharply.

Graded prices
Ungraded (raw)$139.99
PSA graded price estimates by grade
GradeRelative valuePrice
PSA 104 sold$2,124$1,805$2,443
PSA 97 sold$200$170$230
PSA 88 sold$179$152$205
PSA 7$30$30$35
PSA 4$30$20$30
“Sold” = median of real recent eBay sold listings at that grade. Other figures are blended marketplace estimates. Confidence reflects the price spread — not PSA-official values.

Price history · raw near-mint

1 Aug 20231 Jul 2026
Current
$26.14
Period high
$26.77
Period low
$5.86
Change
290.7%

Recent sold prices

Last sold
$298
PSA 7 · 27 Jun 2026
Typical Raw
$30
Sales · last 90 days
12
Liquidity
Very liquid
12 in last 30 days

Real completed eBay sales, refreshed periodically. Grade read from the listing title. Implausibly priced listings (lots, proxies, empty slabs) and wrong-variant sales are filtered out. Links to eBay are affiliate links — we may earn a commission.

Last hammer price
$60
PSA 9 · 8 Jun 2026
Typical PSA 9
$60
Auction lots · last 90 days
4
Liquidity
Moderate
1 in last 30 days

Real completed hammer prices from Fanatics Collect weekly and premier auctions, refreshed periodically. Grade read from the listing title.

Population across graders

PSA297 gradedPSA 10 · 38 · 13% gem rate
1038
990
8.52
884
735
619
514
45
31
23
16
CGC282 gradedCGC 10 · 42 · 15% gem rate
1042
9.516
979
8.570
820
Real graded population from PSA, CGC & BGS — a lower gem rate means a Charmeleon 10 is harder to pull.

Should you grade it?

+$1,858
Raw $139.99 → graded PSA 10$2,124.02
after ~$126.23 grading fee → 15.2× the raw value
Target gradeEst. valueGrading feeNet vs rawMultiple
PSA 10$2,124.02$126.23+$1,85815.2×
PSA 9$200.10$71.99$121.4×
PSA 8$178.55$71.78$331.3×

⚖️ Risk-adjusted return

Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 297 PSA-graded copies:

Gem rate (est.)
12.8%
hit PSA 10
Expected return
+$146
net, all grades
PSA 10 best case
+$1,858
Break-even
PSA 10+
Likely outcomeChanceValue
PSA 1012.8%$2,124.00
PSA 930.3%$200.00
PSA ≤856.9%$140.00

Net = graded value − raw value − grading cost (tier fee + ~$20 round-trip shipping), using PSA fees as of 2026-06-28; the paused PSA Value tier is excluded so this isn't overstated. Gem rate is estimated from cumulative PSA population, which skews toward nicer, resubmitted copies — so it overstates the true grade rate. Treat it as a guide, not a guarantee.

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Where to buy

Available to buy nowLive on eBay
PSA 10 slabs — buy nowLive on eBay
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Cross-market prices

65% spread
PriceCharting · cheapest$85
TCGplayer · dearest$140

Currently 65% cheaper on PriceCharting than TCGplayer. These are independent market prices for the same card — a wide gap can mean a buying opportunity. Informational only, not arbitrage advice.

Market signal

Cross-marketMarkets disagree 65% gap

Derived from this card's 90-day price history, recent trend and cross-market price gap. Informational, not advice.

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Card text

Evolves from Charmander.

Double Scratch20×
Colorless · Colorless
Flip 2 coins. This attack does 20 damage times the number of heads.
Flamethrower50
Fire · Colorless · Colorless
Discard 1 Fire Energy card attached to Charmeleon.
Weakness Water ×2Retreat 1

About the Pokémon

Flame PokémonGEN ICharmanderCharmeleonCharizard

When it swings its burning tail, it elevates the temperature to unbearably high levels.

Card details

Number#73
RarityUncommon
SupertypePokémon
SubtypesStage 1
TypeFire
HP80
Evolves fromCharmander
WeaknessWater ×2
Retreat cost1
National Pokédex#5
Card IDecard1-73
SourceAggregated marketplaces

Other Charmeleon cards

There are 9 different Charmeleon printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Expedition Base Set #73 (Uncommon).

More from Expedition Base Set

Frequently asked questions

How much is Charmeleon (Expedition Base Set #73) worth?

As of 2 July 2026, Charmeleon from Expedition Base Set is worth approximately $139.99 ungraded (near-mint), and around $2,124 in PSA 10 gem mint. Values are blended from real Cardmarket, eBay sold and TCGplayer prices and update daily.

What is the PSA 10 price for Charmeleon?

A PSA 10 (gem mint) Charmeleon from Expedition Base Set is worth around $2,124 — roughly 15× the raw ungraded value of $139.99.

Should I grade my Charmeleon?

A PSA 10 sells for about $2,124 versus $139.99 raw — roughly a 15× uplift. Grading is worth it when that premium comfortably beats the grading fee and the card is clean enough to have a real shot at a 10. See the "Should you grade it?" estimate above for net profit per grade.

Is Charmeleon rare?

Charmeleon is a Uncommon card from Expedition Base Set (card #73), illustrated by Tomokazu Komiya. Its current blended market value is $139.99 ungraded.