Charizard Pokémon Cards: Every Card and Its Value (2026)

Every Charizard Card, Ranked by Price

The table includes every English card with Charizard in its name: Dark Charizard, Shining Charizard, Mega Charizard X and Y, tag teams like Reshiram & Charizard GX, promos and reprints. Each card appears once, at its most valuable printing. For example, the Blaine's Charizard row shows the 1st Edition price, which is higher than the Unlimited one.

A few rows need context:

• Base Set (Shadowless) is the Shadowless print. The plain Base Set row is the later Unlimited print. 1st Edition copies have no market price because they almost never sell ungraded on TCGplayer.
• Prize Pack Series Cards are reprints with a Play! Pokémon stamp, given out as tournament prizes. The stamped Charizard VMAX sells for far more than the normal Darkness Ablaze card.
• Rarely traded cards can move a lot between updates, because a single sale can set the market price.

The Most Expensive Charizard Cards Ever Sold

Every record sale is a graded card, and almost all of them are PSA 10s, the top grade.

The "No Rarity" Charizard comes from the first print run of the Japanese Base Set, which has no rarity symbol in the bottom right corner. According to Sports Illustrated, the March 2026 sale made it the first Charizard to sell for more than $1 million.

The 1st Edition Charizard is the English benchmark. The $1,385,274 figure comes from a post by Jeremy Padawer, president of Jazwares, reported by Vice on 9 October 2026. The auction house hasn't confirmed it in anything we could find, so treat it as reported. Either way, the price has more than doubled since the $550,000 sale in December 2025.

Very few copies exist in that condition. According to PSA figures reported by Sports Illustrated in December 2025, 4,993 1st Edition Charizards had been graded and only 124 got a 10.

The Valuable Charizards, Era by Era

The prices below are TCGplayer market prices for ungraded cards on 11 October 2026. The table above has this week's prices.

Wizards of the Coast era (1999–2003)

• Base Set (1999), 4/102: the original, illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita. It comes in three prints: 1st Edition, Shadowless (about $2,260) and Unlimited (about $930). See below for how to tell them apart.
• Base Set 2 (2000), 4/130: the same art, reprinted. About $415.
• Team Rocket (2000): Dark Charizard, as a holo (4/82, about $380) and a non-holo (21/82).
• Gym Challenge (2000): Blaine's Charizard (2/132), about $700 in 1st Edition.
• Legendary Collection (2002), 3/110: the Base Set art again. The reverse holo, with its "fireworks" pattern, is about $1,400.
• Neo Destiny (2002): Shining Charizard (107/105), a secret rare showing the shiny black Charizard. About $1,700.
• Expedition (2002): three Charizards (6/165, 39/165 and 40/165). The reverse holos are each about $380 to $450.
• Skyridge (2003): Crystal Charizard (146/144), a secret rare and the most valuable ungraded Charizard on TCGplayer. About $3,000.

EX era (2003–2007)

• EX Dragon (2003): a secret rare Charizard (100/97), about $490.
• EX FireRed & LeafGreen (2004): Charizard ex (105/112), about $500.
• EX Crystal Guardians (2006): Charizard δ (Delta Species, 4/100), about $1,200 as a reverse holo.
• EX Dragon Frontiers (2006): Charizard Star (100/101), the Gold Star Charizard. It sells so rarely that TCGplayer has no market price for it.
• EX Power Keepers (2007): 6/108, about $365 as a reverse holo.

Diamond & Pearl to Black & White (2007–2013)

• Stormfront (2008): a secret rare Charizard (103/100), about $740.
• Supreme Victors (2009): Charizard G LV.X (143), about $450.
• Plasma Storm (2013): a secret rare Charizard (136/135), about $650.

XY and Sun & Moon (2014–2019)

• Flashfire (2014): Mega Charizard EX, in X and Y forms. The secret rare Mega Charizard EX X (108/106) is about $1,500, one of the most valuable Charizards printed after 2010.
• Burning Shadows (2017): the rainbow Charizard GX (150/147), about $820.
• Hidden Fates (2019): the shiny Charizard GX from the Shiny Vault (SV49/SV94), about $770.
• Unbroken Bonds (2019): the secret rare Reshiram & Charizard GX (217/214), about $235.

Sword & Shield (2020–2023)

• Darkness Ablaze (2020): Charizard VMAX (020/189), about $41. The Prize Pack version with a stamp is about $1,600.
• Champion's Path (2020): the secret rare Charizard V (79/73, about $258) and Charizard VMAX (74/73, about $203).
• Brilliant Stars (2022): the alternate-art Charizard V (154/172), about $284.

Scarlet & Violet and Mega Evolution (2023–2026)

• Obsidian Flames (2023): Charizard ex became a Darkness-type Tera Pokémon. Its Special Illustration Rare (223/197) is about $93.
• 151 (2023): the Charizard ex Special Illustration Rare (199/165), about $323.
• Paldean Fates (2024): a shiny Charizard ex Special Illustration Rare (234/091), about $257.
• Phantasmal Flames (November 2025): the Mega Charizard X ex Special Illustration Rare (125/094), about $660. It's the most valuable Charizard from any set since 2023. The Mega Hyper Rare (130/094) is about $215.
• Ascended Heroes (January 2026): the Mega Charizard Y ex Mega Hyper Rare (294/217), about $300.
• 30th Celebration (September 2026): a Classic Collection reprint of the Base Set Charizard, about $144.

Which Charizard Do You Have?

Start with the bottom of the card. The card number and set symbol tell you the set. The original Base Set has no set symbol, and its Charizard is 4/102.

For a Base Set Charizard, three things set the prints apart:

The reprints are easier to spot. The Celebrations (2021) and 30th Celebration (2026) Charizards also say 4/102, but have a modern copyright date. Base Set 2 is 4/130, and the XY Evolutions version is 11/108.

For a modern Charizard, check two things:

• The number. If it's higher than the set total, as in 199/165, it's a secret rare. The valuable cards are almost always these.
• The rarity symbol. In Scarlet & Violet sets, three gold stars mark a Hyper Rare, two gold stars a Special Illustration Rare and one gold star an Illustration Rare. Black or silver stars mark the Double Rares and Ultra Rares, which are worth less.

Is Your Charizard Worth Money?

Probably less than you'd hope, unless it's one of the cards above. In the October 2026 data:

• 34 of the 137 English Charizard cards sell for under $20
• 61 sell for under $50
• 61 sell for $100 or more
• 16 sell for $500 or more

The regular-rarity Charizard ex, V and VSTAR cards from recent sets mostly sell for about $5 to $15. The money is in vintage holos, secret rares and Special Illustration Rares.

Condition matters as much as the card. Prices in the table are what ungraded copies have recently sold for on TCGplayer. Scratched, bent or worn copies sell for less, and a high grade from PSA, CGC or Beckett can multiply the price of a vintage card many times over.

Watch for fakes. Charizard is a favourite target for counterfeiters. For any card worth more than a few hundred dollars, buy a graded copy or buy from a seller with a clear return policy.

Charizard in New Sets

If you'd rather open packs, these recent sets have a chase Charizard. Our set pages compare what each product costs per pack and list each set's most valuable cards:

• Phantasmal Flames: Mega Charizard X ex
• Ascended Heroes: Mega Charizard Y ex
• 151: Charizard ex

Every modern set has dozens of secret rares, so opening packs until you pull one particular Charizard usually costs more than buying that card outright.

Conclusion: Which Charizard to Look For

Citations & Resources

• Sports Illustrated: World Record Charizard Headlines Top Pokémon Card Sales of March 2026
• Vice: Charizard Pokémon Card Sells for Record-Breaking $1.385 Million (9 October 2026)
• Sports Illustrated: Pokémon Charizard 1st Edition Sells for New All Time High (PSA population)
• Cllct: 1st Edition Charizard sells for record $550K
• Jamaica Observer (AP): Charizard Pokémon card sold for $420,000 at auction (2022)
• Wikipedia: List of most expensive cards from collectible card games (Topsun Charizard)
• tcgcsv.com: TCGplayer market price data

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