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Charmeleon Base Set 2 #35 Pokémon card
Uncommon

Charmeleon Base Set 2 #35

Card #35 · Illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita
80 HPFirePokémonStage 1
Market value · ungraded
$2.47
13.6% · 30d
4 sales · last 90 days · Fanatics + TCGplayer
Sold prices, not asking · Updated 5 July 2026
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Estimated value · Near Mint
$2.47
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9 different Charmeleon printings exist — is this your card? Base Set 2 #35

Charmeleon is a Uncommon Pokémon card from Base Set 2 (#35), illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita. It's a Stage 1 Fire-type Pokémon with 80 HP, evolving from Charmander, weak to Water ×2. Its current blended market value is $2.47 ungraded. Prices are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.

Prices last updated 5 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
Normal · live market via TCGplayer
NMNear Mint$2.52
LPLightly Played$0.97
MPModerately Played$0.86
HPHeavily Played$0.48
DMGDamaged$0.35
7-day 2.4%
30-day 12.5%
90-day 40.8%
All-time high$3
All-time low$1
Graded prices
Ungraded (raw)$2.51
PSA graded price estimates by grade
GradeRelative valuePrice
PSA 9pop 265$32$21$35
PSA 6pop 38$19$19$20
PSA 5pop 26$13$9$17
PSA 3pop 1$11$11$11
“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.

Price history · Raw

1 Aug 20231 Jul 2026
Latest
$1.99
Period high
$2.85
Period low
$1.36
Change
30.2%

Recent sold prices

Last sold price
$6
CGC (ungraded lot) · 18 May 2026
Typical CGC 8
$7
Sales · last 90 days
4
How often it sells
Rarely sells
0 in last 30 days

Real completed sale prices from Fanatics Collect — weekly and premier auctions plus marketplace Buy It Now sales, refreshed periodically. Grade read from the listing title.

Population across graders

Only 18% of 742 PSA-graded Charmeleon copies are a gem-mint 10 (130 of 742) — the rest grade lower.

PSA742 gradedPSA 10 · 130 · 18% gem rate
Full grade breakdown (10 grades)
10130
9265
8.51
8187
783
638
526
47
31
23
CGC668 gradedCGC 10 · 62 · 9% gem rate
Full grade breakdown (5 grades)
1062
9.56
9168
8.5126
872
Real graded population from PSA, CGC & BGS — a lower gem rate means a Charmeleon 10 is harder to pull.

Should you grade it?

$41
Raw $2.47 → graded PSA 9$32.27
after ~$70.31 grading fee → 13.1× the raw value
Target gradeEst. valueGrading feeNet vs rawMultiple
PSA 9$32.27$70.31$4113.1×

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. Real outcome depends on the grade achieved; PSA 10 is best-case.

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Cross-market prices

12% spread
PriceCharting · cheapest$2
TCGplayer · dearest$2

Currently 12% 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

Momentum · 30dRising +14%
Cross-marketSome gap 12% gap

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

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#128 on the radar
Mentions this week1

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Card text

Evolves from Charmander.

Slash30
Colorless · Colorless · Colorless
Flamethrower50
Fire · Fire · Colorless
Discard 1 Fire Energy card attached to Charmeleon in order to use this attack.
Weakness Water ×2Retreat 1

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

About the Pokémon

Flame PokémonGEN ICharmanderCharmeleonCharizard

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

Card details

Number#35
RarityUncommon
SupertypePokémon
SubtypesStage 1
TypeFire
HP80
Evolves fromCharmander
WeaknessWater ×2
Retreat cost1
National Pokédex#5
Card IDbase4-35
SourceAggregated marketplaces

Other Charmeleon cards

There are 9 different Charmeleon printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Base Set 2 #35 (Uncommon).

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Frequently asked questions

How much is Charmeleon (Base Set 2 #35) worth?

As of 5 July 2026, Charmeleon from Base Set 2 is worth approximately $2.47 ungraded (near-mint). Values are blended from real Cardmarket, eBay sold and TCGplayer prices and update daily.

Is Charmeleon rare?

Charmeleon is a Uncommon card from Base Set 2 (card #35), illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita. Its current blended market value is $2.47 ungraded.