Blaine's Charmeleon #5 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 1 Sept 2026Related Blaine's Charmeleon & chase cards
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Blaine's Charmeleon is one of those cards that quietly rewards patient collectors, a mid-stage Gym Leader card from the Japanese Challenge from the Darkness set that never screams for attention but always finds its fans. If you're searching for Blaine's Charmeleon value, the honest answer is that it sits in that approachable, fun-to-chase range rather than grail territory, which is part of its charm. It's the kind of card you can actually own in multiple grades without needing a small fortune, and that keeps demand steady.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $5.00, up 54% over the past year, with an all-time high of $11 in June 2022.
Recent pulls of Blaine's Charmeleon
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Blaine's Charmeleon price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 504 graded, only 119 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $390 | 119 |
| PSA 9 | $48 | 218 |
| PSA 8 | $36 | 93 |
| PSA 7 | $12 | 29 |
| PSA 6 | $10 | 16 |
| PSA 5 | $8.00 | 15 |
| PSA 4 | $7.00 | 9 |
| PSA 3 | $6.00 | 3 |
| PSA 2 | $5.00 | 1 |
| PSA 1 | - | 1 |
| Raw / Ungraded | $5.00 | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company.
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The collector's take on Blaine's Charmeleon
Is Blaine's Charmeleon worth grading?
Here's the real math on Blaine's Charmeleon price across grades: a raw, ungraded copy runs about $6, a Grade 9 sits at $218, and a PSA 10 comes in at $119, which works out to roughly 20.7 times the raw price if you're comparing PSA 10 to ungraded. That's a meaningful jump, but grading isn't free and it isn't a sure thing, gem mint is genuinely hard to land, corners and centering get picky at that level, and you're paying grading fees and waiting time whether the card comes back a 10 or not. Worth noting too that right now Grade 9 is actually trading higher than PSA 10, which happens sometimes in this hobby and is a good reminder to check current numbers before you send anything in. If your raw copy already looks clean under a loupe, grading can make sense, but go in knowing it's a bet, not a guarantee.
How rare is Blaine's Charmeleon?
Across all grading services, there are 504 copies of Blaine's Charmeleon on record, and of those, 119 have earned the coveted PSA 10 label. That's a decent enough population that this isn't a card you'll never find, but pulling a PSA 10 still means landing in a smaller slice of an already limited pool. Scarcity like this is exactly why the PSA 10 premium exists over a raw copy, fewer perfect copies means more competition for the ones that do exist.
Where can you pull Blaine's Charmeleon?
This is where our data actually comes in handy, because PackSpy tracks real pulls across pack sites, not just price guide estimates. Blaine's Charmeleon has been pulled 200 or more times across sites like tilt-rips, collector-crypt, and courtyard, and the biggest recorded pull we've logged for this card hit $800. It's shown up in packs like the Pokemon Dime Pack, Elite Pokémon Gacha Pack, Wildcard Starter Pack, Pokémon Starter Pack, and Starter Pokémon Gacha Pack, so if you're chasing it live rather than buying secondary market, those are the products where collectors have actually landed it. Just remember that ripping packs is gambling by nature, most openings won't net you a card worth more than what you paid, so treat any pull as a bonus, not the plan.
Questions people ask
How much is Blaine's Charmeleon worth?+
A raw, ungraded Blaine's Charmeleon is valued at $6 right now. Once you factor in grading, a Grade 9 copy is worth $218 and a PSA 10 comes in at $119, so condition and grading status make a big difference in what the card is actually worth.
Is Blaine's Charmeleon worth grading?+
It can be, since a PSA 10 sells for about 20.7 times the raw price of $6. That said, gem mint copies are tough to pull off, grading costs money regardless of outcome, and interestingly Grade 9 is currently priced even higher than PSA 10 at $218, so it's worth weighing the numbers before you commit.
How much is a PSA 10 Blaine's Charmeleon worth?+
A PSA 10 Blaine's Charmeleon is valued at $119. Out of the 504 total graded copies on record, only 119 have achieved that gem mint PSA 10 grade, which shows how selective the top of the population really is.
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