Charmeleon169/165 · 151 Price & Value
Market value · Near Mint
Pack fresh $70
- PSA 8$6011 sold · 90d · pop 6,186
- PSA 9$9962 sold · 90d · pop 17,655
- PSA 10$50346 sold · 90d · pop 7,663
Make sure you have the right card
Every price on this page is for 151 #169/165, 2023. Check yours against the tells below before you buy, sell or grade.
The picture itself is foiled and the card body is flat. This is the standard holo.
What's your copy worth?
✨ Is it worth it?
An AI market read of this card — value, momentum, grading economics, liquidity. It lays out the data; you decide.
Charmeleon is a Illustration Rare Pokémon card from 151 (#169, released 2023), illustrated by miki kudo. It's a Stage 1 Fire-type Pokémon with 100 HP, evolving from Charmander, weak to Water ×2. Prices below are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.
Prices last updated 7 September 2026.
Charmeleon price history & recent sales
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Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history
High confidence167 sales in 90 days, closely clustered. · Very liquid — Sells often
Sale mix: 3 auctions, 5 accepted offers, 2 fixed-price. A graded copy trades roughly every day (median gap between cert-verified sales).
By grade
- Raw$56.00175 sales · 167 in 90d, sells often
- PSA 9$94.9977 sales · 62 in 90d, sells often
- PSA 10$47063 sales · 46 in 90d, sells often
- CGC 10$13128 sales · 19 in 90d, sells regularly
- CGC 9$51.6023 sales · 7 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 8$60.0013 sales · 11 in 90d, sells regularly
- CGC 8.5$50.506 sales
- TAG 10$4853 sales
Is Charmeleon worth grading?
Most copies come back PSA 9 — worth $99 against the $137 you put in, a $38 loss. The money is in the 1 in 1 that reach PSA 9 or 10 and sell for $99–$470. Averaged over every outcome that is +$42 a card.
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Compare graders, and the live market
The verdict above is PSA's — the grader the population report, the ROI table and the price ladder on this page all use. Trader prices all three graders against each other and adds what the asking market is doing right now.
- PSA, CGC and Beckett side by side — each on its own population and its own fees, with Beckett scored on the 9.5 its market actually pays for.
- Lightly and moderately played — the same expected return for a copy that cannot gem.
- Ask vs sold — what the live listings want, against what copies have really closed at.
- Momentum — the 30-day median against the 90-day, per grade.
- Where it sells higher — the Fanatics-versus-eBay premium, with the sale counts behind it.
- Population history — the weekly PSA census, so you can see how fast 10s are arriving before you post the card.
The odds
Charmeleon is a Ultra Rare in 151 — the pack's hit slot lands on Ultra Rare 10% of the time, split across 32 ultra rare cards in the set, so pulling this exact card is roughly 1 in 322 packs.
Estimates only. Pack odds come from CardTrack's pack model (the same one behind the pack simulator) — not an official rate. Grading odds are the real cumulative PSA population, which skews toward nicer, resubmitted copies, so it overstates the true first-submission gem rate. Full grade-by-grade breakdown below.
Grade-by-grade ROI & risk-adjusted outcomesNet vs raw per target grade, plus the probability-weighted distribution
| Target grade | Est. value | Grading fee | Net vs raw | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | $503.00 | $105 | +$333 | 7.8× |
| PSA 9 | $98.88 | $71 | −$37 | 1.5× |
| PSA 8 | $59.50 | $71 | −$76 | 0.9× |
⚖️ Risk-adjusted return
Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 31,424 PSA-graded copies:
| Outcome | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | 24% | $470.00 |
| PSA 9 — typical | 53.9% | $98.88 |
| PSA 8 | 18.3% | $59.50 |
| PSA 7 | 2.6% | $58.00 † |
| PSA 6 | 0.7% | $33.00 |
| PSA 5 | 0.2% | $26.95 |
| PSA 4 | 0.1% | $26.95 |
| PSA 3 | 0% | $26.95 |
| PSA 2 | 0% | $26.95 |
| Other (half grades, authentic) | 0.3% | $64.78 |
† Priced from PriceCharting's graded ladder — we hold no completed sale of our own at that grade. Every other row is our own sold data.
Net = graded value − raw value − grading cost (tier fee + ~$20 round-trip shipping), using PSA fees as of 2026-08-26; 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.
Population across gradersPSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — every grade, with gem rates
7,663 of the 32,781 PSA-graded Charmeleon copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 23%. The rest graded lower.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 32,781.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 1,097.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Charmeleon 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
Charmeleon 169/165 Sv: Scarlet & Violet 151 Pokémon Extended Art CaseRaw · eBay$12.00
Charmeleon 169/165 Scarlet & Violet 151Raw · eBay$19.49
The Pokémon Company Charmeleon Sv2a 151 169/165 Art Rare Holo Jpn HP100Raw · eBay$19.98
Charmeleon - 169/165 - Holofoil - SV2a: Pokemon Card 151 - NMRaw · eBay$19.99
Charmeleon Art Rare SV2a: Pokemon Card 151 169/165 NM GIDORARaw · eBay$23.73
Charmeleon | Holofoil | SV2a: Pokemon Card 151 #169/165Raw · eBay$36.49Cheapest raw copy $12.00 — 81% below our near-mint estimate of $65
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10pop 7,663 | $503$428–$578 | |
| PSA 9pop 17,655 | $99$84–$114 | |
| PSA 8pop 6,186 | $60$51–$68 | |
| PSA 6pop 249 | ✓ 11 cert-verified$33 | |
| PSA 5pop 59 | modelled$27$20–$27 |
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
A typical Near Mint copy sells for $23.80. Grading-candidate copies — the cleanest 15% of sales — typically fetch $61.00 (+156%). Pack-fresh examples — the top 5% — go for about $70.10.
From 94 sales in the last 12 months. These describe the market — whether a specific copy is a grading candidate is a judgment made by looking at it.
For context: a graded PSA 7 slab of this card sells for about $70 (cert-verified) — a heavily-played raw copy shouldn't cost much more than that.
Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz
Cross-market prices
5% spreadCurrently 5% cheaper on TCGplayer than PriceCharting. These are independent market prices for the same card — a wide gap can mean a buying opportunity. Informational only, not arbitrage advice.
Market signal
Derived from this card's 90-day price history, recent trend and cross-market price gap. Informational, not advice.
Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat
Evolves from Charmander.
Discard an Energy from this Pokémon.
“If it becomes agitated during battle, it spouts intense flames, incinerating its surroundings.”
About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
When it swings its burning tail, it elevates the temperature to unbearably high levels.
Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Other Charmeleon cards
There are 33 different Charmeleon printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is 151 #169 (Illustration Rare). The most valuable 7 are below.
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Charmeleon (151 #169) worth?
As of 7 September 2026, Charmeleon from 151 is worth approximately $64.78 ungraded (near-mint), and around $503 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 151 is worth around $503 — roughly 8× the raw ungraded value of $64.78.
Should I grade my Charmeleon?
Grading is worth it when the PSA 10 premium comfortably beats the grading fee and the card is clean enough to have a real shot at a 10 — the "Should you grade it?" estimate above works that out per grade, net of the current fee.
Is Charmeleon rare?
Charmeleon is a Illustration Rare card from 151 (card #169).
How do I know if my Charmeleon is Holofoil?
The illustration window: The picture itself is foiled and the card body is flat. This is the standard holo.
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