Charizard 1st Edition #4 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 9 Nov 2026Related Charizard & chase cards
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Charizard from the Base Set, released back in 2000, is the card most people picture when they think of Pokemon collecting, and the 1st Edition #4 print is the version that started it all. Illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita and classified as Rare, it carries a raw value of $5,000 today, which tells you everything about why so many collectors still chase it. If you are trying to pin down Charizard value, this is the print that sets the bar for the whole hobby.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $9.1k, up 88% over the past year, with an all-time high of $9.5k in September 2026.
Recent pulls of Charizard
Real pulls of this card across the tracked pack-opening sites, data no price guide has.
$1.44RawBlazing Fortune (Pokemon) ($7.33)Packdraw · 6m ago$1.44RawBlazing Fortune (Pokemon) ($7.33)Packdraw · 8m ago
$260PSA NM-MT 8Legendary Pokémon Gacha PackCollector Crypt · 9m ago$1.44RawBlazing Fortune (Pokemon) ($7.33)Packdraw · 11m ago$1.44RawBlazing Fortune (Pokemon) ($7.33)Packdraw · 11m ago$1.44RawBlazing Fortune (Pokemon) ($7.33)Packdraw · 11m ago
$3.4kPSA NM-MT 8Celestial Pokémon Gacha PackCollector Crypt · 14m ago$1.44RawBlazing Fortune (Pokemon) ($7.33)Packdraw · 20m ago
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Charizard price at every grade
Market value at each grade. The population is hidden: PriceCharting shows the same counts for another card, so we cannot tell which card they belong to.
| Grade | Value | Population |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $334k | - |
| PSA 9 | $34k | - |
| PSA 8 | $31k | - |
| PSA 7 | $21k | - |
| PSA 6 | $18k | - |
| PSA 5 | $13k | - |
| PSA 4 | $11k | - |
| PSA 3 | $9.5k | - |
| PSA 2 | $8.8k | - |
| PSA 1 | $9.1k | - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $7.9k | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company.
Card details
- Set
- Base Set
- Card number
- 4
- Rarity
- Rare
- Type
- Fire
- HP
- 120
- Stage
- Stage2
- Weakness
- Water ×2
- Retreat cost
- 3
- Illustrator
- Mitsuhiro Arita
Attacks
- Fire Spin100Fire · Fire · Fire · Fire
Discard 2 Energy cards attached to Charizard in order to use this attack.
Where to pull Charizard
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The collector's take on Charizard
Is Charizard worth grading?
So is it worth sending this one in? That gap is huge, but gem mint is genuinely hard to hit on a card this old, the corners, the surface, the centering all have to line up just right after twenty plus years of handling. Grading costs money and takes time, and there is no guarantee your copy comes back a 10, so if you are holding a raw Charizard, get it looked at closely first, maybe even by someone experienced, before you commit to sending it off.
Where can you pull Charizard?
Here is where PackSpy actually earns its keep: we track real pulls across pack sites, not just price guides, and Charizard has been recorded coming out of packs 200 or more times across collector-crypt, courtyard, mnstr, lastpack, tilt-rips, and packs. The biggest pull we have logged for this card hit $14,400, which is a reminder of how much upside is packed into a single rip. If you want a shot at pulling one yourself, it has shown up in the Starter Pokemon Gacha Pack, Wildcard Starter Pack, Elite Pokemon Gacha Pack, Pokemon Starter Pack, and Pokemon Diamond Pack, though we will always say it plainly, opening packs is gambling, and most rips do not come close to covering what you paid.
Questions people ask
Why is the Charizard 1st Edition #4 print worth more than the standard one?+
The 1st Edition stamp marks it as part of the earliest print run of the Base Set from 2000, which collectors have always treated as the most desirable version to own. Being rare, illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita, and tied to that original release gives this specific print a status that later printings simply cannot match.
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