Charizard #3 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 24 Aug 2026Related Charizard & chase cards
Tap to open
Charizard needs no introduction, it is the card that turned a lot of us into collectors in the first place. This particular Charizard, card #3 from the Japanese Classic: Charizard set, carries that same pull with collectors chasing both the nostalgia and the numbers. If you are here checking Charizard value or trying to figure out Charizard price today, the short answer is that a raw copy sits at $164, and that is a solid starting point for understanding everything else about this card.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $213, up 52% over the past year, with an all-time high of $218 in June 2026.
Recent pulls of Charizard
Real pulls of this card across the tracked pack-opening sites, data no price guide has.
-PSA 10Pokémon Shiny PackPackz · 1h ago
-PSA 10Pokémon Arena PackPackz · 1h ago
-PSA 10Pokémon Arena PackPackz · 2h ago
-PSA 9Pokémon Gym PackPackz · 3h ago
-PSA 10Pokémon Arena PackPackz · 3h ago
-PSA 9Pokémon Gym PackPackz · 3h ago
-PSA 10Pokémon Arena PackPackz · 5h ago
-PSA 10Pokémon Gym PackPackz · 8h ago
Chase Charizard yourself
Rip real, graded Pokémon packs live on the top pack-opening sites, the same ones PackSpy tracks. Our #1 pick right now is LastPack.
Affiliate links, we may earn a commission at no cost to you. Play responsibly. 18+.
Charizard price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 1,777 graded, only 1,265 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $394 | 1,265 | - / 1,265 |
| PSA 9 | $178 | 323 | - / 323 |
| PSA 8 | $113 | 172 | - / 172 |
| PSA 7 | $90 | 14 | - / 14 |
| PSA 6 | $72 | 2 | - / 2 |
| PSA 5 | $58 | 1 | - / 1 |
| PSA 4 | $49 | - | - / - |
| PSA 3 | $42 | - | - / - |
| PSA 2 | $38 | - | - / - |
| PSA 1 | $400 | - | - / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $213 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
Where to pull Charizard
Rip real, graded Pokémon packs live on the top pack-opening sites, the same ones PackSpy tracks. Our #1 pick right now is LastPack.
Affiliate links, we may earn a commission at no cost to you. Play responsibly. 18+.
The collector's take on Charizard
Is Charizard worth grading?
So is Charizard worth grading? Here is the honest math: a raw copy runs $164, a Grade 9 comes in at $219, and a PSA 10 jumps to $488, which is 3.0x the raw price. That gap is real money, but gem mint 10s are genuinely hard to land, this Charizard has a population of 1,777 graded copies and only 1,265 of those made it to PSA 10, so plenty of submissions land at 9 or lower. Grading costs money and takes time, and there is no refund if the card comes back a 9 instead of a 10, so only send in a copy you have inspected closely under good light, corners, edges, surface, centering, all of it.
How rare is Charizard?
With 1,777 total graded copies, this is not an ultra rare card in the way some vintage holo chase cards are, but it is not common either. What stands out is that the majority of that population, 1,265 copies, graded out as PSA 10. That tells you the card itself tends to come out of packs in decent shape, which keeps the raw to Grade 9 jump modest but still makes that clean PSA 10 the one worth holding onto if you can get one.
Where can you pull Charizard?
PackSpy has tracked this Charizard being pulled 8 times so far, all recorded across collector-crypt, with the biggest recorded pull hitting $5,700. We have seen it turn up in the Celestial Pokémon Gacha Pack, the Elite Pokémon Gacha Pack, and the Legendary Pokémon Gacha Pack. That is the kind of real, on-the-ground data a price guide simply cannot give you, actual pulls from actual packs. Worth saying plainly though, most packs opened do not return a card anywhere near this value, so treat pack opening as entertainment first and a possible bonus second, not a guaranteed way to land a Charizard.
Questions people ask
How much is Charizard worth?+
A raw, ungraded copy of this Charizard is valued at $164. Graded copies are worth more, with a Grade 9 at $219 and a PSA 10 reaching $488.
Is Charizard worth grading?+
It can be, since a PSA 10 sells for 3.0x what a raw copy goes for, jumping from $164 to $488. Just know that only 1,265 out of 1,777 graded copies have hit that PSA 10 mark, so a gem mint result is not guaranteed.
How much is a PSA 10 Charizard worth?+
A PSA 10 copy of this Charizard is valued at $488, well above the $164 raw price and the $219 Grade 9 price. It is the top of the grading scale for this card and reflects real demand for gem mint copies.
Other Charizard cards & values
Every Charizard card we track, ranked by value.
More Japanese Classic: Charizard chase cards
See all →
Mumbles built PackSpy so pack-opening data would not be a guessing game. We track real pulls and live card prices across the top pack sites and show what is actually happening, no hype, just the numbers. Every price and population figure here is pulled from live market data. More about Mumbles.
Open a pack that holds Charizard
Rip real, graded Pokémon packs live on the top pack-opening sites, the same ones PackSpy tracks. Our #1 pick right now is LastPack.
Affiliate links, we may earn a commission at no cost to you. Play responsibly. 18+.