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Check your printing9 different Charmander printings exist — is this your card? Base Set 2 #69
Charmander Base Set 2 #69 Pokémon card
Common

Charmander

Base Set 2 · 69/130 · Illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita
50 HPFirePokémonBasic

Market value · ungraded

$1.58 25.1% · 30d
Confidencelimited market data
Range$2$2
Cert-verified10 PSA sales
Sold prices, not asking. TCGplayer + Cardmarket. Updated 20 August 2026. Estimate, not an appraisalhow we price →

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Estimated value · Near Mint
$1.58

What this price is based on

Low confidence

Only 1 sale in the last 90 days.

Median · CGC 8.5$13.203 sales
Trimmed mean$12.00outliers removed
Range$12.00$16.00lowest to highest sale
Sales rate2.2/mo13 recorded

Recent CGC 8.5 sales

By grade

  • CGC 8.5$13.203 sales
  • CGC 10$47.003 sales
  • CGC 9$22.202 sales
  • PSA 8$15.601 sale
  • PSA 7$21.601 sale
  • PSA 6$15.601 sale
  • PSA 10$1991 sale
  • CGC 8$7.201 sale

From 13 completed sales recorded between Mar 9, 2026 and Jul 21, 2026. Sold prices only — asking prices are never counted.

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NOT WORTH IT

Based on 13 graded sales and 1,891,490 pop-report entries for a near-mint copy.

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Charmander is a Common Pokémon card from Base Set 2 (#69), illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita. It's a Basic Fire-type Pokémon with 50 HP, weak to Water ×2. Its current blended market value is $1.58 ungraded, with a PSA 10 worth around $149 — a gem-mint grading premium of roughly 94× the raw value. Prices are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.

Prices last updated 20 August 2026.

0.4%
Played in 0.4% of competitive decks — 13 of 3,174 decklists across the last 41 Standard tournaments.

The receipts

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Price history · Raw

1 Sept 202320 Aug 2026
Latest
$1.58
Period high
$3.49
Period low
$1.17
Change
9.2%
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Verified sales history10 in 90 daysreal completed listings

DateGradePriceCert
15 Aug 2026PSA 7$69.99#114205584
15 Aug 2026PSA 8$22.50#150072738
15 Aug 2026PSA 8$30.00#150072496
8 Aug 2026PSA 9$49.00#54854334
7 Aug 2026PSA 8$29.00#72760081
3 Aug 2026PSA 9$32.00#59466078
24 Jul 2026PSA 10$160.50#48292073
22 Jul 2026PSA 9$29.00#57584208
16 Jul 2026PSA 9$67.61#60719492
13 Jul 2026PSA 6$15.60#147389910

Should you grade it?

$29

Expected return across every likely grade, after fees — the realistic average, not the best case. Only 20.2% of copies gem (PSA 10 best case +$76); most land at PSA 9 or below.

Gem rate (est.)20.2%
Expected return$29
PSA 10 best case+$76
Break-evenPSA 10+
VerdictNot worth it

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.

PSA 10 (gem mint)20.2%333 of 1,649
PSA 941.3%681 of 1,649
PSA graded so far1,649
Gem Mint 10333
Total graded1,649

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 gradeEst. valueGrading feeNet vs rawMultiple
PSA 10$149.00$71+$7694.3×
PSA 9$33.00$70$3920.9×
PSA 8$23.00$70$4914.6×

⚖️ 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:

Likely outcomeChanceValue
PSA 1020.2%$149.00
PSA 941.3%$33.00
PSA ≤838.5%$2.00

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.

Population across gradersPSA, CGC & BGS — every grade, with gem rates

Only 20% of 1,649 PSA-graded Charmander copies are a gem-mint 10 (333 of 1,649) — the rest grade lower.

PSA1,649 gradedPSA 10 · 333 · 20% gem
10333
9681
8312
7.51
7139
671
555
436
313
24
14
CGC1,534 gradedCGC 10 · 204 · 13% gem
10204
9.550
9364
8.5330
8186

Real graded population from PSA, CGC & BGS — a lower gem rate means a Charmander 10 is harder to pull.

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All grades & conditions

Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
Graded prices
Ungraded (raw)$1.58
PSA graded price estimates by grade
GradeRelative valuePrice
PSA 10pop 333$149$127$171
PSA 9pop 681$33$28$38
PSA 8pop 312✓ 14 cert-verified$23$23$33
PSA 7pop 1391 sold$22$18$25
PSA 4pop 36$7$7$7
“Sold” = median of real recent sold listings at that grade (eBay or Fanatics Collect — hover a badge to see which). Other figures are blended marketplace estimates. Confidence reflects source backing and price spread — not PSA-official values.
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
Raw price by condition
Normal · live market via TCGplayer
NMNear Mint$1.58
LPLightly Played$0.65
MPModerately Played$0.47
HPHeavily Played$0.41
DMGDamaged$0.27
7-day 17.0%
30-day 50.4%
90-day 56.3%
All-time high$2
All-time low$1
What NM / LP / MP actually mean — and how much they cost

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

50% spread
TCGplayer · cheapest$2
Cardmarket$2
PriceCharting · dearest$2

Currently 50% 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

Momentum · 30dFalling -25%
Cross-marketMarkets disagree 50% gap

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

🇪🇺 Cardmarket price · Europe

Cardmarket · Europe's largest card market$2

🔥 Trending in the community

#92 on the radar
Mentions this week2

Charmander is one of the most-talked-about Pokémon right now across the Pokémon investing & TCG subreddits. See the hype radar →

What people are saying: My Daughter's Grandmaster Charmander Set. Was the main idea behind my other Daughter's Clefairy Grandmaster set. · 89↑

Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat
Scratch10
Colorless
Ember30
Fire · Colorless

Discard 1 Fire Energy card attached to Charmander in order to use this attack.

Weakness Water ×2Retreat 1

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
Lizard PokémonGEN ICharmanderCharmeleonCharizard

Obviously prefers hot places. When it rains, steam is said to spout from the tip of its tail.

Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Number#69
RarityCommon
SupertypePokémon
SubtypesBasic
TypeFire
HP50
WeaknessWater ×2
Retreat cost1
National Pokédex#4
Card IDbase4-69
SourceAggregated marketplaces

Other Charmander cards

There are 9 different Charmander printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Base Set 2 #69 (Common).

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Frequently asked questions

How much is Charmander (Base Set 2 #69) worth?

As of 20 August 2026, Charmander from Base Set 2 is worth approximately $1.58 ungraded (near-mint), and around $149 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 $149 — roughly 94× the raw ungraded value of $1.58.

Should I grade my Charmander?

A PSA 10 sells for about $149 versus $1.58 raw — roughly a 94× 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 Charmander rare?

Charmander is a Common card from Base Set 2 (card #69), illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita. Its current blended market value is $1.58 ungraded.

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