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Check your printing9 different Charmeleon printings exist — is this your card? Crystal Guardians #29
Charmeleon Crystal Guardians #29 Pokémon card
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Uncommon

Charmeleon29/100 · Crystal Guardians Price & Value

2006 · Illustrated by Kagemaru Himeno
70 HPFirePokémonStage 1

Market value · Near Mint · Normal

$2.10

Typical copy sold $3 14 sales, all conditions

  • PSA 8$81 sold · 90d · modelled · pop 18
  • PSA 9$682 sold · 90d · modelled · pop 32
  • PSA 10$90modelled · pop 10
LiquidityOccasional sales
Confidence68 · medium14 raw sales in 90 days, prices spread across conditions, last sale today.
Sales · 90 days4
Last sale$3 Raw · 4 Sep 2026
Range$2$2
Bulk card. At this price most of what a buyer pays is postage, so treat it as a rough band rather than a valuation. eBay + Fanatics + TCGplayer. Updated 5 September 2026. 2 sources agree within 3%. Estimate, not an appraisalhow we price →

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Estimated value · Near Mint
$2.10

What this price is based on

Medium confidence

14 sales in 90 days, but prices vary widely.

Range$1.89$39.00lowest to highest sale
Sales rate5/mo32 recorded
Latest sale1d ago14 sales in 90 days
Momentum+14%30-day vs 90-day sales
Where it sells100% eBaylast 90 days

Recent Raw sales

By grade

  • Raw$2.9915 sales
  • CGC 8.5$8.003 sales
  • CGC 10$33.603 sales
  • PSA 9$25.252 sales
  • CGC 9$29.202 sales
  • PSA 8$30.461 sale
  • PSA 7$12.511 sale
  • PSA 6$29.991 sale

From 32 completed sales recorded between Jun 15, 2024 and Sep 4, 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 15 graded sales and 1,305,862 pop-report entries for a near-mint copy.

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Charmeleon is a Uncommon Pokémon card from Crystal Guardians (#29, released 2006), illustrated by Kagemaru Himeno. It's a Stage 1 Fire-type Pokémon with 70 HP, evolving from Charmander, weak to Water ×2. Its current blended market value is $2.10 ungraded, with a PSA 10 worth around $90 — a gem-mint grading premium of roughly 43× the raw value. Prices are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.

Prices last updated 5 September 2026.

0.4%
Played in 0.4% of competitive decks — 14 of 3,938 decklists across the last 39 Standard tournaments.

Charmeleon price history & recent sales

Price history · Raw

1 Oct 20235 Sept 2026
Latest
$2.10
Period high
$4.65
Period low
$1.95
Change
29.8% · 3Y
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Verified sales history22 in 90 daysreal completed listings

Last sold
$2
Raw · 4 Sep 2026
Typical Raw
$3
Sales · last 90 days
20
How often it sells
Sells often
every 4 days · 11 in last 30 days
Worn-condition sales — shown for context, not price-forming
These listings claimed play wear in the title (LP/MP/played/damaged), so they sell below the Near Mint price above and are excluded from it.

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.

Last sold price
$8
CGC 9 · 20 Jul 2026
Typical CGC 10
$29
Sales · last 90 days
2
How often it sells
No sales in the last 30 days
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.

Demand & liquidity

Very liquid · Sells oftenDemand 70/100
Sales · 30d11
Sales · 90d24
Raw
$3
CGC 8.5
$8
CGC 10
$34
PSA 9
$25
CGC 9
$29
PSA 8
$30

Last sold $2 · Raw · 4 Sep 2026

How often each grade sells · last 90 days, all marketplaces

Raw14sells regularly
CGC 8.52rare
PSA 92rare
CGC 92rare
CGC 101rare
PSA 81rare

Is Charmeleon worth grading?

$28

Expected return across every likely grade, after fees — the realistic average, not the best case. Only 13.7% of copies gem (PSA 10 best case +$17); most land at PSA 9 or below.

Gem rate (est.)13.7%
Expected return$28
PSA 10 best case+$17
Break-evenPSA 10+
VerdictNot worth it

The odds

Charmeleon is a Uncommoncard — a guaranteed slot in every pack, not a rarity gamble, so there's no pull-odds figure for it.

PSA 10 (gem mint)13.5%10 of 74
PSA 943.2%32 of 74
PSA graded so far74
Gem Mint 1010
Total graded74

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$90.26$71+$1743.0×
PSA 9$67.50$71$532.1×
PSA 8$8.00$70$643.8×

⚖️ Risk-adjusted return

Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 73 PSA-graded copies:

Likely outcomeChanceValue
PSA 1013.7%$90.00
PSA 943.8%$68.00
PSA ≤842.5%$6.00

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 & TAG — every grade, with gem rates

Only 14% of 74 PSA-graded Charmeleon copies are a gem-mint 10 (10 of 74) — the rest grade lower.

PSA74 gradedPSA 10 · 10 · 14% gem
1010
932
818
76
61
52
43
32
CGC177 gradedCGC 10 · 29 · 16% gem
1029
9.58
950
8.541
828
7.59
75
6.52
61
5.51
52
BGS8 gradedBGS 10 · 0 · 0% gem
9.51
94
8.51
81
5.51
TAG3 gradedTAG 10 · 0 · 0% gem
8.51
6.51
11

Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Charmeleon 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)$2.10
PSA graded price estimates by grade
GradeRelative valuePrice
PSA 10pop 10modelled$90$77$104
PSA 9pop 322 · 90dmodelled$68$57$78
PSA 8pop 181 · 90dmodelled$8$7$9
PSA 7pop 6modelled$6$5$7
“Sold” = median of real recent sold listings at that grade (eBay or Fanatics Collect — hover a badge to see which). “Modelled” = no verified graded sale behind the figure; it is derived from the raw price and reference guides, so treat it as a ceiling to check, not a price to quote. 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
Reverse Holofoil · live market via TCGplayer
NMNear Mint$2.10
MPModerately Played$1.89
HPHeavily Played$0.75
DMGDamaged$0.58
7-dayflat
30-dayflat
90-dayflat
All-time high$2
All-time low$2
Other printingsNormal · $1.88
What NM / LP / MP actually mean — and how much they cost
Price by printingBase vs reverse holo vs 1st edition — priced separately

Price by variant

Reverse Holo$23
Normal$2

TCGplayer market price per printing — reverse holo, 1st edition and unlimited often differ sharply.

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

Cross-market prices

3% spread
PriceCharting · cheapest$2
TCGplayer · dearest$2

Currently 3% 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

Cross-marketMarkets agree 3% gap

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.

Rage10+
Colorless · Colorless

Does 10 damage plus 10 more damage for each damage counter on Charmeleon.

Flamethrower60
Fire · Fire · Colorless

Discard a Fire Energy attached to Charmeleon.

Weakness Water ×2Retreat 1
About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
Flame PokémonGEN ICharmanderCharmeleonCharizard

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

Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Number#29
RarityUncommon
Released2006
SupertypePokémon
SubtypesStage 1
TypeFire
HP70
Evolves fromCharmander
WeaknessWater ×2
Retreat cost1
National Pokédex#5
Card IDex14-29
SourceAggregated marketplaces

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Frequently asked questions

How much is Charmeleon (Crystal Guardians #29) worth?

As of 5 September 2026, Charmeleon from Crystal Guardians is worth approximately $2.10 ungraded (near-mint), and around $90 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 Crystal Guardians is worth around $90 — roughly 43× the raw ungraded value of $2.10.

Should I grade my Charmeleon?

A PSA 10 sells for about $90 versus $2.10 raw — roughly a 43× 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 Charmeleon rare?

Charmeleon is a Uncommon card from Crystal Guardians (card #29), illustrated by Kagemaru Himeno. Its current blended market value is $2.10 ungraded.

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