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Check your printing4 different Charizard VSTAR printings exist — is this your card? Brilliant Stars #18
Charizard VSTAR Brilliant Stars #18 Pokémon card
Rare Holo VSTAR

Charizard VSTAR

Brilliant Stars · 18/172 · Illustrated by 5ban Graphics
280 HPFirePokémonVSTAR

Market value · ungraded

$8.86 19.4% · 30d
Confidencemedium
Sales · 90 days5
Last sale$10 Raw · 29 Jun 2026
Cert-verified10 PSA sales
Sold prices, not asking. eBay + TCGplayer + Cardmarket. Updated 20 August 2026. Estimate, not an appraisalhow we price →

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Estimated value · Near Mint
$8.86

What this price is based on

High confidence

132 sales in 90 days, closely clustered.

Median · Raw$10.00155 sales
Trimmed mean$10.75outliers removed
Range$5.50$75.00lowest to highest sale
Sales rate32.2/mo197 recorded

Recent Raw sales

  • Aug 17, 2026eBay — Pokémon TCG Charizard VSTAR Brilliant Stars 018/172$9.00
  • Aug 17, 2026eBay — Pokémon Charizard Vstar Ultra Rare Pokemon Sword & Shield Brilliant Stars 18/172$10.99
  • Aug 15, 2026eBay — Pokémon Card TCG Charizard Vstar Ultra Rare Pokemon SWSH Brilliant Stars 18/172$13.06
  • Aug 13, 2026eBay — CHARIZARD VSTAR 018/172 SWORD & SHIELD BRILLIANT STARS Pokémon NEAR MINTNM$12.49
  • Aug 9, 2026eBay — Pokémon Charizard Vstar Ultra Rare Pokemon Sword & Shield Brill Stars 18/172 NMNM$12.99
  • Aug 9, 2026eBay — Charizard VSTAR 018/172 Brilliant Stars Ultra Rare ENG Pokemon TCG NMNM$12.99
  • Aug 8, 2026eBay — Charizard VSTAR 018/172 Pokemon Swsh09: Brilliant Stars Ultra Rare Holo$5.50
  • Aug 8, 2026eBay — Charizard VSTAR 018/172 Holo VSTAR Rare Brilliant Stars Pokemon Near MintNM$10.05

By grade

  • Raw$10.00155 sales
  • CGC 10$31.0012 sales
  • PSA 10$1297 sales
  • CGC 9$17.406 sales
  • PSA 9$30.003 sales
  • CGC 9.6$34.003 sales
  • PSA 8$24.602 sales
  • CGC 9.5$21.002 sales

From 197 completed sales recorded between Jul 23, 2024 and Aug 17, 2026. Sold prices only — asking prices are never counted. The range is wide because these sales span different printings and conditions — 1st Edition, Shadowless and Unlimited copies all carry this card's name, and they trade at very different levels. Each sale above is labelled with what its listing claimed, so you can see which ones describe the same object. Treat the median as the typical copy, not the range.

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NOT WORTH IT

Based on 41 graded sales and 4,409,561 pop-report entries for a near-mint copy.

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Charizard VSTAR is a Rare Holo VSTAR Pokémon card from Brilliant Stars (#18), illustrated by 5ban Graphics. It's a VSTAR Fire-type Pokémon with 280 HP, evolving from Charizard V, weak to Water ×2. Its current blended market value is $8.86 ungraded, with a PSA 10 worth around $110 — a gem-mint grading premium of roughly 12× 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.

The receipts

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Price history · Raw

14 Jul 202620 Aug 2026
Latest
$8.86
Period high
$12.81
Period low
$8.81
Change
28.7%
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Verified sales history15 in 90 daysreal completed listings

Last sold
$10
Raw · 29 Jun 2026
Typical Raw
$12
Sales · last 90 days
5
How often it sells
Rarely sells
daily · 0 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.

DateGradePriceCert
15 Aug 2026PSA 10$135.00#64090609
14 Aug 2026PSA 10$125.00#144725786
14 Aug 2026PSA 10$129.99#139807969
14 Aug 2026PSA 10$124.00#66885619
14 Aug 2026PSA 10$129.00#155983030
14 Aug 2026PSA 10$119.99#157568549
14 Aug 2026PSA 9$39.99#125689825
14 Aug 2026PSA 8$24.00#160801601
13 Aug 2026PSA 9$34.00#86471907
13 Aug 2026PSA 9$35.00#103458316

Demand & liquidity

Thin · Rarely sellsDemand 32/100
Sales · 30d0
Sales · 90d5
Price momentum-19%
HypeOn the radar
Raw
$12
RawNM
$12

Last sold $10 · Raw · 29 Jun 2026

Should you grade it?

$18

Expected return across every likely grade, after fees — the realistic average, not the best case. Only 42.6% of copies gem (PSA 10 best case +$30); most land at PSA 9 or below.

Gem rate (est.)42.6%
Expected return$18
PSA 10 best case+$30
Break-evenPSA 10+
VerdictNot worth it

The odds

Charizard VSTAR is a Secret / Rainbow in Brilliant Stars — the pack's hit slot lands on Secret / Rainbow 2.5% of the time, split across 18 secret / rainbow cards in the set, so pulling this exact card is roughly 1 in 724 packs.

Secret / Rainbow2.5%18 cards

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$109.99$71+$3012.4×
PSA 9$33.00$70$463.7×
PSA 8$23.00$70$562.6×

⚖️ Risk-adjusted return

Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 15,870 PSA-graded copies:

Likely outcomeChanceValue
PSA 1042.6%$110.00
PSA 939.3%$33.00
PSA ≤818.1%$9.00

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 43% of 15,870 CGC-graded Charizard VSTAR copies are a gem-mint 10 (6,768 of 15,870) — the rest grade lower.

CGC15,870 gradedCGC 10 · 6,768 · 43% gem
106,768
9.5576
96,234
8.51,242
8534

Real graded population from PSA, CGC & BGS — a lower gem rate means a Charizard VSTAR 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)$8.84
PSA graded price estimates by grade
GradeRelative valuePrice
PSA 10$110$93$126
PSA 9✓ 199 cert-verified$33$30$40
PSA 8✓ 60 cert-verified$23$20$30
PSA 7$20$17$23
PSA 5$9$9$9
PSA 4$9$9$9
“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
Holofoil · live market via TCGplayer
NMNear Mint$8.86
LPLightly Played$8.55
DMGDamaged$2.51
7-dayflat
30-day 2.3%
90-day 18.9%
All-time high$9
All-time low$5
What NM / LP / MP actually mean — and how much they cost

For context: a graded PSA 7 slab of this card sells for about $20 (cert-verified) — a heavily-played raw copy shouldn't cost much more than that.

Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz

Market signal

Momentum · 30dFalling -19%

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

🇪🇺 Cardmarket price · Europe

97% cheaper than the US
Cardmarket · Europe's largest card market$9

🔥 Trending in the community

#2 on the radar
Mentions this week25

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

What people are saying: I had no clue my prized card was so sought after until today 😳 · 436↑

Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat

Evolves from Charizard V.

Explosive Fire130+
Fire · Fire · Colorless

If this Pokémon has any damage counters on it, this attack does 100 more damage.

Star Blaze320
Fire · Fire · Fire · Colorless

Discard 2 Energy from this Pokémon. (You can't use more than 1 VSTAR Power in a game.)

Weakness Water ×2Retreat 2

VSTAR rule: When your Pokémon VSTAR is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
Flame PokémonGEN ICharmanderCharmeleonCharizard

It is said that Charizard’s fire burns hotter if it has experienced harsh battles.

Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Number#18
RarityRare Holo VSTAR
SupertypePokémon
SubtypesVSTAR
TypeFire
HP280
Evolves fromCharizard V
WeaknessWater ×2
Retreat cost2
National Pokédex#6
Card IDswsh9-18
SourceAggregated marketplaces

Other Charizard VSTAR cards

There are 4 different Charizard VSTAR printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Brilliant Stars #18 (Rare Holo VSTAR).

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Frequently asked questions

How much is Charizard VSTAR (Brilliant Stars #18) worth?

As of 20 August 2026, Charizard VSTAR from Brilliant Stars is worth approximately $8.86 ungraded (near-mint), and around $110 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 Charizard VSTAR?

A PSA 10 (gem mint) Charizard VSTAR from Brilliant Stars is worth around $110 — roughly 12× the raw ungraded value of $8.86.

Should I grade my Charizard VSTAR?

A PSA 10 sells for about $110 versus $8.86 raw — roughly a 12× 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 Charizard VSTAR rare?

Charizard VSTAR is a Rare Holo VSTAR card from Brilliant Stars (card #18), illustrated by 5ban Graphics. Its current blended market value is $8.86 ungraded.

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