Charizard VMAX20/189 · Darkness Ablaze Price & Value
Market value · Near Mint
Typical copy sold $44 22 sales, all conditionsPack fresh $73est.
- PSA 8$40pop 1,207
- PSA 9$578 sold · 90d · pop 7,116
- PSA 10$15017 sold · 90d · pop 23,878
What's your copy worth?
Estimated. This card has enough sales to price the top 15% but not the top 5%, so pack-fresh is projected from the gap we measure between those two tiers on cards that do — about 1.4x on vintage, 1.2x on modern. $70.02. That's about +65% over a typical Near Mint copy.
ⓘ How do we work this out?
We take every real sale of this exact card over the last 12 months (20 sales), sort them by price, and read off the top 15% and top 5%. No multipliers, no guesses — the prices cleaner copies actually fetched.
Why cleaner copies cost more: buyers can see condition in the photos and pay for it. Listings sellers describe as pack fresh or gem mint land in this top band 1.7× more often than ordinary ones — the premium follows the card, not the hype.
Copies in this band are also the ones collectors send to grading: far more likely than a typical binder copy to be submitted at all — and to come back with the strong grade that carries the PSA prices shown on this page. That prospect is part of what buyers are paying for here.
These are read straight off this card's own completed sales — sort them by price and take the top 15% and top 5%. Whether your copy qualifies is a judgment made by looking at the card.
What this price is based on
High confidence22 sales in 90 days, closely clustered.
Recent Raw sales
- Sep 2, 2026eBay — Pokémon TCG Charizard VMAX Darkness Ablaze Rare Holo Card 20/189 NMNM$41.00
- Sep 2, 2026eBay — Pokémon Charizard VMAX Darkness Ablaze #20/189 NM/MNM$34.00
- Aug 13, 2026eBay — Pokémon Charizard VMAX Darkness Ablaze #20/189 NM/MNM$42.00
- Aug 9, 2026eBay — Pokémon TCG Charizard VMAX Darkness Ablaze Rare Holo Card 20/189 Near MintNM$54.03
- Aug 7, 2026eBay — Pokémon TCG Charizard VMAX 20/189 (Mint/NM)NM$39.99
- Aug 6, 2026eBay — Pokémon TCG Charizard VMAX Darkness Ablaze Rare Holo Card 20/189$95.00
- Jul 28, 2026eBay — Pokémon Charizard VMAX Darkness Ablaze #20/189 NMNM$44.99
- Jul 28, 2026eBay — Charizard Vmax Darkness Ablaze 20/189 Pokemon TCG$31.00
By grade
- PSA 10$15440 sales
- Raw$44.9933 sales
- CGC 10$74.5014 sales
- PSA 9$59.9810 sales
- CGC 9$39.609 sales
- BGS 9.5$84.995 sales
- BGS 10$2505 sales
- CGC 9.5$49.804 sales
From 131 completed sales recorded between Jul 1, 2024 and Sep 2, 2026. Sold prices only — asking prices are never counted.
Grade it or not
GRADE ITBased on 98 graded sales and 4,442,148 pop-report entries for a near-mint copy.
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✨ Is it worth it?
An AI market read of this card — value, momentum, grading economics, liquidity. It lays out the data; you decide.
Charizard VMAX is a Rare Holo VMAX Pokémon card from Darkness Ablaze (#20, released 2020), illustrated by aky CG Works. It's a VMAX Fire-type Pokémon with 330 HP, evolving from Charizard V, weak to Water ×2. Its current blended market value is $42.52 ungraded, with a PSA 10 worth around $150 — a gem-mint grading premium of roughly 4× 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.
Charizard VMAX price history & recent sales
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Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history74 in 90 days✓ real completed listings
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Demand & liquidity
Last sold $150 · PSA 10 · 2 Sep 2026
How often each grade sells · last 90 days, all marketplaces
Is Charizard VMAX worth grading?
Expected return across every likely grade, after fees — the realistic average, not the best case. Only 72.3% of copies gem (PSA 10 best case +$36); most land at PSA 9 or below.
The odds
Charizard VMAX is a Holo / V / ex in Darkness Ablaze — the pack's hit slot lands on Holo / V / ex 27.9% of the time, split across 39 holo / v / ex cards in the set, so pulling this exact card is roughly 1 in 140 packs.
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 | $150.00 | $71 | +$36 | 3.5× |
| PSA 9 | $56.50 | $71 | −$57 | 1.3× |
| PSA 8 | $39.60 | $70 | −$73 | 0.9× |
⚖️ Risk-adjusted return
Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 32,597 PSA-graded copies:
| Likely outcome | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | 72.3% | $150.00 |
| PSA 9 | 21.4% | $57.00 |
| PSA ≤8 | 6.3% | $38.00 |
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 72% of 33,090 PSA-graded Charizard VMAX copies are a gem-mint 10 (23,878 of 33,090) — the rest grade lower.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Charizard VMAX 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
Charizard VMAX 020/189 Swsh03: Darkness Ablaze HoloRaw · eBay$20.00
Darkness Ablaze Charizard VMAX Raw · eBay$30.00
Charizard VMAX 020/189 Swsh03: Darkness Ablaze HoloRaw · eBay$35.00
Charizard VMAX 020/189 Swsh03: Darkness Ablaze HoloRaw · eBay$35.00
Charizard VMAX Full Art Ultra Rare DARKNESS ABLAZE Pokemon TCG 20/189 NMRaw · eBay$35.00
Charizard VMAX 020/189 Swsh03: Darkness Ablaze HoloRaw · eBay$35.00Cheapest raw copy $20.00 — 53% below our estimate of $43
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10pop 23,87817 · 90d | $150$128–$173 | |
| PSA 9pop 7,1168 · 90d | $57$48–$65 | |
| PSA 8pop 1,207 | 1 sold$40$34–$46 | |
| PSA 7pop 334 | 1 sold$29$24–$33 | |
| PSA 4pop 60 | modelled$19$19–$22 | |
| PSA 3pop 27 | modelled$12$12–$12 |
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
A typical Near Mint copy sells for $44.60. Grading-candidate copies — the cleanest 15% of sales — typically fetch $60.70 (+36%). Pack-fresh examples — the top 5% — go for about $73.45.
From 10 sales in the last 12 months. These describe the market — whether a specific copy is a grading candidate is a judgment made by looking at it.
For context: a graded PSA 7 slab of this card sells for about $35 (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
16% spreadCurrently 16% 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
Derived from this card's 90-day price history, recent trend and cross-market price gap. Informational, not advice.
🔥 Trending in the community
#1 on the radarCharizard is one of the most-talked-about Pokémon right now across the Pokémon investing & TCG subreddits. See the hype radar →
What people are saying: “Lost in the abyss for 20 years.” · 613↑
Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat
Evolves from Charizard V.
Discard 2 Energy from this Pokémon.
VMAX rule: When your Pokémon VMAX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 3 Prize cards.
About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
It is said that Charizard’s fire burns hotter if it has experienced harsh battles.
Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Other Charizard VMAX cards
There are 4 different Charizard VMAX printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Darkness Ablaze #20 (Rare Holo VMAX).
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Charizard VMAX (Darkness Ablaze #20) worth?
As of 5 September 2026, Charizard VMAX from Darkness Ablaze is worth approximately $42.52 ungraded (near-mint), and around $150 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 VMAX?
A PSA 10 (gem mint) Charizard VMAX from Darkness Ablaze is worth around $150 — roughly 4× the raw ungraded value of $42.52.
Should I grade my Charizard VMAX?
A PSA 10 sells for about $150 versus $42.52 raw — roughly a 4× 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 VMAX rare?
Charizard VMAX is a Rare Holo VMAX card from Darkness Ablaze (card #20), illustrated by aky CG Works. Its current blended market value is $42.52 ungraded.
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