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All Charmander Pokémon Cards — Values & Prices

National Dex
#004
Printed
1999–2026
Sets
38
Rarities
6
Total value
$1,188
raw, near mint
Cards priced
48
28 with PSA 10
Most valuable
$369
Dragon
Sold, 90 days
6,408
eBay sales
Typical PSA 10
32.9×
median of 17

CardTrack prices 48 different Charmander cards across 38 sets, from 1999 to 2026, worth $1,188 together. The most valuable is the Charmander from Dragon at $369.00 ungraded, about $8,305 in PSA 10. 14 of these prices come from CardTrack’s own completed sales; the rest are current market prices. Updated daily.

6,408 Charmander cards sold on eBay in the last 90 days (3,034 in the last 30). The most traded is the Charmander from 151, with 866 sales — see the most traded Pokémon cards.

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

All 48 Charmander cards

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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 $1,188 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 17 Charmander cards that have both a raw price and a PSA 10 price backed by at least 3 real sales.

Typical (median)

32.9×

half are above, half below

Middle half

6.3× – 73.7×

the 25th to 75th percentile

Cheapest card

3.0×

smallest gap

Largest gap

183×

one card, near-zero raw

A PSA 10 Charmander runs from $68 for the Charmander (Vivid Voltage) to $8,305 for the Charmander (Dragon).

This is the median, not the average. Averaging the ratios gives 52.4×, which only 5 of 17 cards (29%) 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

+20.8%

1 year

—

All time

+85.8%

History to

2026-10

$1,1882026-10-22+85.8% since 2021Hover the chart to read any month
$0$597$1,193202120222023202420252026

Indexed over 24 of Charmander’s 48 cards — the ones with enough PriceCharting sales history to track continuously.

1 year is withheld: the weighted index and the basket total disagree over that window, which means the index was re-based rather than the cards re-priced. A number we cannot stand behind is worse than no number.

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 18 Charmander grading picks →

What people are saying about Charmander

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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 $469, 40% of the total, against $249 for the Current (2020–) printings.

Most Charmander cards are cheap to own: 26 of the 48 priced cards sit under $5 raw, the cheapest being the Charmander, and the median card is worth about $3.59. 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). 40 of the 48 cards carry a PSA 10 price, the figure the grading section uses; those cards are worth about $4.64 raw at the median, against $2.13 for the 8 with no gem-mint price on file.

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. 28 of them carry a PSA 10 price backed by real sales.

What is the most valuable Charmander card?

The most valuable Charmander card is the Charmander from Dragon (#98) at about $369.00 ungraded, or around $8,305 in PSA 10 gem mint.

How much is a complete Charmander collection worth?

All 48 tracked Charmander cards come to approximately $1,188 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 32.9× its raw price — that is the median across the 17 cards with both a raw price and a PSA 10 price backed by real sales. Half fall between 6.3× and 73.7×, 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 $0.18. 26 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 $369.

Which Charmander card is traded most?

The Charmander from 151 (#168): 866 of the 6,408 Charmander sales CardTrack recorded on eBay in the last 90 days, the latest at $81.00 ungraded.

Which Charmander card is worth grading?

On expected profit the Charmander from Dragon leads, at about $878 profit per submission after fees, with 9% of 1,322 graded copies coming back PSA 10. The full ranking covers all 18 gradeable Charmander cards.