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Charizard #6 value & price

Card 6 / 165RareFire · HP 120Released 2002Illus. Hiromichi Sugiyama
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MReviewed by · Updated 8 Aug 2026
Ungraded market value
$375 43% · 1Y
PSA 9
$460
PSA 10 · Gem Mint
$23k

Charizard needs almost no introduction, and this particular printing, card #6 from the 2002 Expedition set, is the one a lot of collectors point to when they talk about the dragon that started it all. It's a Rare card illustrated by Hiromichi Sugiyama, and right now a raw, ungraded copy sits at $375, which already tells you this isn't a bargain-bin pull. If you've been searching Charizard value or Charizard price, this is the page that lays it out plainly, no guessing.

Price history

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Raw value is $375, up 43% over the past year, with an all-time high of $432 in October 2025.

Raw
$375
1Y
▲ 43%
PSA 10
$23k
PSA 9
$460
Population
3,852
Gem PSA 10
78
Upside
60.0×
All-time high
$432

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Charizard price at every grade

Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 3,852 graded, only 78 are PSA 10.

GradeValuePopulation
PSA 10 (Gem Mint)$23k78
PSA 9$3.6k520
PSA 8$2.0k820
PSA 7$1.2k646
PSA 6$907594
PSA 5$609456
PSA 4$569265
PSA 3$400143
PSA 2$274114
PSA 1$332216
Raw / Ungraded$375-

Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).

Card details

Card number
6 of 165
Rarity
Rare
Type
Fire
HP
120
Stage
Stage2
Weakness
Water ×2
Retreat cost
3
Illustrator
Hiromichi Sugiyama
Released
2002

Attacks

  • Scorching Whirlwind120
    Fire · Fire · Fire · Fire

    Flip 2 coins. If 1 of them is tails, discards 3 Energy cards attached to Charizard. If both of them are tails, discard all Energy cards attached to Charizard.

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The collector's take on Charizard

Is Charizard worth grading?

So is it worth sending this one in? Here's the honest math: a raw copy is $375, a Grade 9 comes in at $460, but a PSA 10 jumps all the way to $22,506, which works out to 60.0x the raw price. That gap is huge, and it's tempting, but gem mint is genuinely hard to hit on a card this old, with sharp corners and clean edges that just don't survive two decades easily. Grading costs money and time regardless of what comes back, so this is really a card worth grading only if you've inspected it closely under good light and you believe it has a real shot at that top grade. If it's got any whitening, print lines, or soft corners, a Grade 9 or lower is still a fine outcome, just go in with realistic eyes.

How rare is Charizard?

Across every grading company combined, there are 3,852 graded copies of this Charizard on record, which sounds like a lot until you see how few sit at the very top. Only 78 of those are PSA 10. That's a small slice of an already limited population, and it's exactly why the price chart jumps so sharply once you cross from Grade 9 into gem mint territory. When a card is this old and this iconic, condition does almost all the talking, and the population numbers here show just how rare a flawless copy really is.

Where can you pull Charizard?

This is where PackSpy's live tracking comes in, because we don't just quote a price guide, we record actual pulls happening across pack sites in real time. For this Charizard specifically, we've logged 13 pulls, all coming through collector-crypt, with the biggest recorded pull value sitting at $33. It's also shown up in the Elite Pokémon Gacha Pack and the Starter Pokémon Gacha Pack, so if you're chasing this one through packs, those are the names to watch. Just remember that opening packs is a gamble by nature, most rips don't come close to covering what you paid, and the sensible way most collectors land this Charizard is buying a known, graded copy on the secondary market rather than hoping for the pull.

Questions people ask

How much is Charizard worth?+

A raw, ungraded copy of this Expedition Charizard is valued at $375. Once you factor in grading, a Grade 9 sits at $460, while a PSA 10 climbs to $22,506, so condition really does most of the heavy lifting on price here.

Is Charizard worth grading?+

It can be, since a PSA 10 is worth 60.0x the raw price of $375. But gem mint is genuinely tough to land, with only 78 PSA 10s out of 3,852 graded copies total, so it's worth grading mainly if your copy looks close to flawless already.

How much is a PSA 10 Charizard worth?+

A PSA 10 copy of this Charizard is valued at $22,506, a big step up from the $375 raw price and the $460 Grade 9 figure. That jump reflects how rare a perfect copy is, with only 78 PSA 10s recorded out of 3,852 total graded.

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