Charmander98/165 · Expedition Base Set Price & Value
Market value · Near Mint · Normal
- PSA 8$703 sold · 90d · pop 125
- PSA 9$1604 sold · 90d · pop 203
- PSA 10$7753 sold · 90d · pop 171
Make sure you have the right card
Every price on this page is for Expedition Base Set #98/165, 2002. Check yours against the tells below before you buy, sell or grade.
Everything except the illustration window is foiled — the mirror image of a normal holo, where only the picture shines.
No foil anywhere — the non-holo printing.
The same name and number exists in other sets. The number printed on your card is what separates them — this page prices 98/165.
What's your copy worth?
✨ Is it worth it?
An AI market read of this card — value, momentum, grading economics, liquidity. It lays out the data; you decide.
Charmander is a Common Pokémon card from Expedition Base Set (#98, released 2002), illustrated by Yuichi Sawayama. It's a Basic Fire-type Pokémon with 50 HP, weak to Water ×2. Prices below are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.
Prices last updated 15 September 2026.
Charmander price history & recent sales
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Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history
High confidence112 sales in 90 days, closely clustered. · Very liquid — Sells often
Sale mix: 2 auctions, 7 accepted offers, 1 fixed-price. A graded copy trades roughly every day (median gap between cert-verified sales).
By grade
- Raw$33.31163 sales · 112 in 90d, sells often
- CGC 10$2555 sales · 3 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 9$1994 sales · 4 in 90d, occasional
- CGC 9$1174 sales · 3 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 8$69.993 sales · 3 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 10$8803 sales · 3 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 7$90.001 sale
- PSA 6$37.001 sale
Is Charmander worth grading?
Most copies come back PSA 9 — worth $160 against the $135 you put in. The money is in the 1 in 2 that reach PSA 9 or 10 and sell for $160–$775. Averaged over every outcome that is +$169 a card.
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These are set to a flawless copy — the answer above. Change any of them to re-price it for the card in your hand.
Compare graders, and the live market
The verdict above is PSA's — the grader the population report, the ROI table and the price ladder on this page all use. Trader prices all three graders against each other and adds what the asking market is doing right now.
- PSA, CGC and Beckett side by side — each on its own population and its own fees, with Beckett scored on the 9.5 its market actually pays for.
- Lightly and moderately played — the same expected return for a copy that cannot gem.
- Ask vs sold — what the live listings want, against what copies have really closed at.
- Momentum — the 30-day median against the 90-day, per grade.
- Where it sells higher — the Fanatics-versus-eBay premium, with the sale counts behind it.
- Population history — the weekly PSA census, so you can see how fast 10s are arriving before you post the card.
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.
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 | $775.00 | $108 | +$614 | 14.7× |
| PSA 9 | $160.00 | $72 | +$36 | 3.0× |
| PSA 8 | $69.99 | $71 | −$54 | 1.3× |
⚖️ Risk-adjusted return
Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 576 PSA-graded copies:
| Outcome | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | 29.5% | $775.00 |
| PSA 9 — typical | 33.9% | $160.00 |
| PSA 8 | 19.8% | $69.99 |
| PSA 7 | 6.6% | $39.50 |
| PSA 6 | 4.7% | $39.50 |
| PSA 5 | 2.1% | $39.50 |
| PSA 4 | 1.2% | $39.50 |
| PSA 1 | 2.3% | $39.50 |
Net = graded value − raw value − grading cost (tier fee + ~$20 round-trip shipping), using PSA fees as of 2026-08-26; 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
171 of the 611 PSA-graded Charmander copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 28%. The rest graded lower.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 611.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 267.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 18.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Charmander 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
Nintendo Pokemon TCG Charmander 98/165 Expedition Base Set Regular C EN 50 HPRaw · eBay$15.00
Charmander | 98/165 | Expedition | HPRaw · eBay$16.99
Pokémon TCG Charmander Expedition Base Set, Card 98/165, Regular CommonRaw · eBay$20.00
Pokemon Card Charmander 98/165 Expedition No Holo Vintage Excellent EnglishRaw · eBay$25.37
Pokémon TCG Charmander 98/165 Expedition Base Set Non HoloRaw · eBay$28.00
Pokémon TCG Charmander 98/165 Expedition Base Set Non HoloRaw · eBay$29.99Cheapest raw copy $15.00 — 72% below our near-mint estimate of $53
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10pop 171 | ✓ 32 cert-verified$775$775–$1,081 | |
| PSA 9pop 203 | ✓ 25 cert-verified$160$160–$229 | |
| PSA 8pop 125 | $70$59–$80 | |
| PSA 7pop 46 | modelled$40$34–$45 |
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
For context: a graded PSA 1 slab of this card sells for about $108 (cert-verified) — a heavily-played raw copy shouldn't cost much more than that.
Price by printingBase vs reverse holo vs 1st edition — priced separately
Price by variant
Priced per printing — some from our own completed sales, the rest from TCGplayer's market price. Reverse holo, 1st edition and unlimited often differ sharply.
Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz
Cross-market prices
53% spreadCurrently 53% 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.
🇪🇺 Europe price · eBay sold
🔥 Trending in the community
#57 on the radarCharmander is one of the most-talked-about Pokémon right now across the Pokémon investing & TCG subreddits. See the hype radar →
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Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Burned.
About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
Obviously prefers hot places. When it rains, steam is said to spout from the tip of its tail.
Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Other Charmander cards
There are 44 different Charmander printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Expedition Base Set #98 (Common). The most valuable 7 are below.
More from Expedition Base Set
Frequently asked questions
How much is Charmander (Expedition Base Set #98) worth?
As of 15 September 2026, Charmander from Expedition Base Set is worth approximately $52.90 ungraded (near-mint), and around $775 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 Expedition Base Set is worth around $775 — roughly 15× the raw ungraded value of $52.90.
Should I grade my Charmander?
Grading is worth it when the PSA 10 premium comfortably beats the grading fee and the card is clean enough to have a real shot at a 10 — the "Should you grade it?" estimate above works that out per grade, net of the current fee.
Is Charmander rare?
Charmander is a Common card from Expedition Base Set (card #98).
How do I know if my Charmander is Reverse Holo?
The card body, not the picture: Everything except the illustration window is foiled — the mirror image of a normal holo, where only the picture shines.
How do I tell this Charmander apart from the Dragon one?
They share a name and a card number but come from different sets, and the number printed on the card tells them apart: this one is 98/165 (Expedition Base Set, 2002) and the other is 98/97 (Dragon, 2003).
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