Charmander69/130 · Base Set 2 Price & Value
Market value · Near Mint
- PSA 8$236 sold · 90d · pop 320
- PSA 9$335 sold · 90d · pop 694
- PSA 10$1692 sold · 90d · pop 333
Make sure you have the right card
Every price on this page is for Base Set 2 #69/130, 2000. Check yours against the tells below before you buy, sell or grade.
No foil anywhere — the non-holo printing.
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.
Charmander is a Common Pokémon card from Base Set 2 (#69, released 2000), illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita. It's a Basic Fire-type Pokémon with 50 HP, weak to Water ×2. Prices below are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.
Prices last updated 10 September 2026.
Charmander price history & recent sales
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Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history
Medium confidence6 sales in 90 days — enough for a guide, not a guarantee. · Very liquid — Sells often
Sale mix: 3 auctions, 5 accepted offers, 2 fixed-price. A graded copy trades roughly every 2 days (median gap between cert-verified sales).
By grade
- PSA 8$26.258 sales · 6 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 9$33.506 sales · 5 in 90d, occasional
- CGC 10$55.205 sales · 3 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 10$1613 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- CGC 9.5$25.203 sales · 3 in 90d, occasional
- CGC 9$20.403 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- CGC 8.5$13.203 sales
- CGC 8$6.602 sales
Is Charmander worth grading?
Most copies come back PSA 9 — worth $33 against the $73 you put in, a $40 loss. The money is in the 1 in 2 that reach PSA 9 or 10 and sell for $33–$161. Averaged over every outcome that is −$20 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
Charmander is a Commoncard — a guaranteed slot in every pack, not a rarity gamble, so there's no pull-odds figure for it.
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 | $169.00 | $72 | +$96 | 112.7× |
| PSA 9 | $33.00 | $70 | −$39 | 22.0× |
| PSA 8 | $23.00 | $70 | −$49 | 15.3× |
⚖️ Risk-adjusted return
Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 1,649 PSA-graded copies:
| Outcome | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | 20.2% | $160.50 |
| PSA 9 — typical | 41.3% | $33.00 |
| PSA 8 | 18.9% | $23.00 |
| PSA 7 | 8.4% | $21.60 |
| PSA 6 | 4.3% | $1.50 |
| PSA 5 | 3.3% | $1.50 |
| PSA 4 | 2.2% | $7.00 |
| PSA 3 | 0.8% | $1.50 |
| PSA 2 | 0.2% | $1.50 |
| PSA 1 | 0.2% | $1.50 |
| Other (half grades, authentic) | 0.1% | $1.50 |
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
333 of the 1,677 PSA-graded Charmander copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 20%. 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 1,677.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 783.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 10.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Charmander 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
Charmander Common 69/130 Base Set 2 Pokémon TCG EnglishRaw · eBay$0.99
Charmander 69/130 Base Set 2 Set Common 2000 English Pokemon TCG WoTCRaw · eBay$0.99
Charmander 69/130 Common Base Set 2 Pokemon Lightly PlayedRaw · eBay$0.99
Charmander - Base Set 2 - 69/130 - Pokemon TCG - MPRaw · eBay$1.00
Vintage Pokemon Base Set 2 Charmander 69/130Raw · eBay$1.04
Charmander 69/130 Common Base Set 2 Pokemon Moderately PlayedRaw · eBay$1.09Cheapest raw copy $0.99 — 34% below our near-mint estimate of $2
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10pop 333 | ✓ 48 cert-verified$169$127–$171 | |
| PSA 9pop 694 | $33$28–$38 | |
| PSA 8pop 320 | ✓ 14 cert-verified$23$23–$33 | |
| PSA 7pop 142 | 1 sold$22$18–$25 | |
| PSA 4pop 36 | modelled$7$7–$7 |
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
For context: a graded PSA 7 slab of this card sells for about $47 (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
33% spreadCurrently 33% 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.
🔥 Trending in the community
#89 on the radarCharmander is one of the most-talked-about Pokémon right now across the Pokémon investing & TCG subreddits. See the hype radar →
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Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat
Discard 1 Fire Energy card attached to Charmander in order to use this attack.
“Obviously prefers hot places. If it gets caught in the rain, steam is said to spout from the tip of its tail.”
About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
Obviously prefers hot places. When it rains, steam is said to spout from the tip of its tail.
Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Other Charmander cards
There are 44 different Charmander printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Base Set 2 #69 (Common). The most valuable 7 are below.
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Charmander (Base Set 2 #69) worth?
As of 10 September 2026, Charmander from Base Set 2 is worth approximately $1.50 ungraded (near-mint), and around $169 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 Charmander?
A PSA 10 (gem mint) Charmander from Base Set 2 is worth around $169 — roughly 113× the raw ungraded value of $1.50.
Should I grade my Charmander?
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 Charmander rare?
Charmander is a Common card from Base Set 2 (card #69).
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