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Charmander Pokémon Cards

National Dex
#004
Printed
1999–2026
Sets
38
Rarities
6
Total value
$1,159
raw, near mint
Cards priced
48
39 with PSA 10
Most valuable
$335
Dragon
Typical PSA 10
50.1×
median of 39

CardTrack prices 48 different Charmander cards across 38 sets, from 1999 to 2026, worth $1,159 together. The most valuable is the Charmander from Dragon at $334.99 ungraded, about $8,000 in PSA 10. Every price below is a blended raw value from real sold results, updated daily.

Charmander is a Fire-type Pokémon (Generation I). Evolution line: Charmander → Charmeleon → Charizard.

All 48 Charmander cards

Filter by set or rarity, sort by value, era, the PSA 10 gap or the 30-day move.

48 cards

Prices updated · How we price →

Where the Charmander money is

Value is not spread evenly across the printings — the ranking below is by total tracked value, not by card count, the same measure as the most valuable Pokémon cards.

The top 8 of 48 Charmander cards hold 81% of the $1,159 total. The remaining 40 share what is left, which is why a “complete Charmander collection” in the collection tracker costs far less than the headline suggests until you reach the top row.

What grading a Charmander is worth

Across the 39 Charmander cards that have both a raw price and a real PSA 10 price.

Typical (median)

50.1×

half are above, half below

Middle half

18.9× – 129×

the 25th to 75th percentile

Cheapest card

3.7×

smallest gap

Largest gap

827×

one card, near-zero raw

This is the median, not the average. Averaging the ratios gives 108×, which only 13 of 39 cards (33%) actually reach: a card worth a few cents raw with a three-figure slab produces a ratio in the hundreds and drags the mean above almost the whole set. The median is what a card in the middle really does, and it is the figure to take to the grading ROI calculator.

Charmander value over time

Total tracked value of every Charmander printing since 2021, from PriceCharting sales history; the top 100 cards across every Pokémon are charted in the market report.

90 days

+69.0%

1 year

+240.5%

All time

+101.1%

As of

2026-10

$1,1592026-10-04+231.1% since 2021Hover the chart to read any month
$0$614$1,227202120222023202420252026

Indexed over 24 of this set's 48 cards — the ones with enough PriceCharting sales history to track continuously.

Strongest Charmander grading opportunities

Ranked by expected net — every grade weighted by how often this card actually earns it (the gem rate beside each card is its PSA 10 share). Best case is the PSA 10 outcome, which is why it is the larger number and the one to trust least.

All 16 Charmander grading picks →

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Every Charmander card, by set

Open the other 46 Charmander cards, across 36 more sets

Collecting Charmander cards

Charmander has been printed in every era of the game, from 1999 (Base) to 2026 (Ascended Heroes). The Current (2020–) era holds the most printings, 14 of the 48. The value sits elsewhere: the Vintage (1999–2003) era's 9 cards are worth $434, 37% of the total, against $255 for the Current (2020–) printings.

Most Charmander cards are cheap to own: 29 of the 48 priced cards sit under $5 raw, the cheapest being the Charmander, and the median card is worth about $3.99. 7 are worth $50 or more. Those 7 cards hold 77% of the total on this page.

By rarity the printings split into 6 tiers, led by Common (35), Promo (5) and Rare Secret (3). 39 of the 48 cards carry a PSA 10 price, the figure the grading section uses; those cards are worth about $4.55 raw at the median, against $2.11 for the 9 with no gem-mint price on file.

The grid filters by set and rarity and sorts by value, era, the PSA 10 gap or the 30-day move, so the cheapest Charmander is one sort away (add the rarity filter for the cheapest holo); the by-set index above lists every card as text for when you know the number. Prices are CardTrack's blended raw value from real sold results, updated today.

Charmander card questions

How many Charmander cards are there?

CardTrack tracks 48 priced Charmander cards across 38 Pokémon TCG sets, printed between 1999 and 2026. 39 of them also carry a real PSA 10 price.

What is the most valuable Charmander card?

The most valuable Charmander card is the Charmander from Dragon (#98) at about $334.99 ungraded, or around $8,000 in PSA 10 gem mint.

How much is a complete Charmander collection worth?

All 48 tracked Charmander cards come to approximately $1,159 in raw near-mint condition. The value is concentrated: the top 8 cards alone account for 81% of it.

How much more is a graded Charmander card worth?

A typical Charmander card in PSA 10 sells for about 50.1× its raw price — that is the median across the 39 cards with both a raw and a PSA 10 price. Half fall between 18.9× and 129×, and the very cheapest cards can show far larger multiples simply because their raw price is near zero.

What is the cheapest Charmander card?

The cheapest priced Charmander card CardTrack tracks is the Charmander from Ascended Heroes (#20) at about $0.15. 29 of the 48 priced cards sit under $5, so a set-by-set Charmander collection starts cheaply.

Which set has the most Charmander cards?

FireRed & LeafGreen has the most Charmander printings, 3 of the 48. The most valuable set is a different one: Dragon, whose 1 Charmander card is worth about $335.

Which Charmander card is worth grading?

On expected profit the Charmander from Dragon leads, at about $851 profit per submission after fees, with 10% of 1,192 graded copies coming back PSA 10. The full ranking covers all 16 gradeable Charmander cards.