Charizard #4 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 25 Jul 2026Related Charizard & chase cards
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Charizard is the card that gets even non-collectors leaning in for a closer look, and the #4 printing from the 2006 Crystal Guardians set is a great example of why. It's a Rare card illustrated by Kouki Saitou, and it's held up as a genuine Charizard value benchmark for anyone tracking this era of the game. Raw copies sit at $280, which tells you people are still hunting this one down nearly two decades later.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $363, up 138% over the past year, with an all-time high of $363 in September 2026.
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Charizard price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 6,124 graded, only 109 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $12k | 109 | 80 / 29 |
| PSA 9 | $1.9k | 762 | 689 / 73 |
| PSA 8 | $1.2k | 1,193 | 1,014 / 179 |
| PSA 7 | $710 | 1,018 | 898 / 120 |
| PSA 6 | $570 | 939 | 839 / 100 |
| PSA 5 | $399 | 697 | 594 / 103 |
| PSA 4 | $362 | 399 | 326 / 73 |
| PSA 3 | $300 | 287 | 249 / 38 |
| PSA 2 | $225 | 191 | 177 / 14 |
| PSA 1 | $271 | 529 | 518 / 11 |
| Raw / Ungraded | $363 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
Card details
- Card number
- 4 of 100
- Rarity
- Rare
- Type
- Lightning, Metal
- HP
- 120
- Stage
- Stage2
- Weakness
- Water ×2
- Retreat cost
- 2
- Illustrator
- Kouki Saitou
- Released
- 2006
Attacks
- Metal Burn120Lightning · Metal · Metal · Colorless
Discard all Metal Energy attached to Charizard.
Where to pull Charizard
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The collector's take on Charizard
Is Charizard worth grading?
So is it worth grading? Here's the honest math: a raw copy runs $280, a Grade 9 jumps to $1,888, and a PSA 10 sits at $14,779, which works out to 52.8 times what the raw card sells for. That's a real gap, and it's the reason so many collectors send copies in. But gem mint is genuinely hard to land, corners, edges and centering all have to cooperate, and grading fees plus turnaround time eat into any potential upside if the card comes back a 9 instead of a 10. If you've got a copy that looks sharp in hand under good light, it's worth considering, just go in knowing a 9 is a very different outcome than a 10.
How rare is Charizard?
Across every grading company combined, there are 6,098 total graded copies of this Charizard on record, and of those, only 108 have ever come back a PSA 10. That's a small slice of an already limited pool. When you see a price like $14,779 for a perfect copy, that population number is really the whole story, gem mint copies are rare enough that most collectors will go a long time without seeing one for sale, let alone owning one.
Where can you pull Charizard?
PackSpy has tracked 82 recorded pulls of this Charizard across collector-crypt and mnstr, with the biggest hit landing at $6,900. It's shown up in packs like the Legendary Pokémon Gacha Pack, Grail Pokémon Gacha Pack, Elite Pokémon Gacha Pack, Mythic Pokémon Gacha Pack and Pack 2, so it is out there if you're opening. That said, pulling one is still the exception, not the rule, and most people chasing this card end up buying it outright on the secondary market rather than hoping it falls out of a pack. Worth remembering too: opening packs is a gamble, and most rips don't come close to covering what you paid.
Questions people ask
How much is Charizard worth?+
A raw, ungraded copy of this Charizard is valued at $280. Graded copies climb fast from there, with a Grade 9 sitting at $1,888 and a PSA 10 reaching $14,779, so condition makes a massive difference to what it's actually worth.
Is Charizard worth grading?+
It can be, since a PSA 10 is worth 52.8 times the raw price. But only 108 out of 6,098 graded copies have ever hit that top grade, so gem mint is far from guaranteed, and grading costs and time are worth weighing before you send one in.
What set is Charizard from?+
This Charizard is card #4 from the Crystal Guardians set, released in 2006. It's a Rare card illustrated by Kouki Saitou, and it remains one of the more sought-after pulls from that era.
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