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Charizard Shadowless #4 value & price

Card 4RareFire · HP 120Illus. Mitsuhiro Arita
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MReviewed by · Updated 5 Aug 2026
Ungraded market value
$1.0k 94% · 1Y
PSA 9
$9.9k
PSA 10 · Gem Mint
$30k

Charizard is the card that made a lot of us fall in love with this hobby in the first place, and this particular Shadowless printing from the 2000 Base Set is one of the reasons why. It's a Rare card illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita, and right now a raw copy sits at $1,038 while a PSA 10 climbs all the way to $30,100. If you're trying to pin down Charizard value, that gap alone tells you most of what you need to know about why this card still matters two decades later.

Price history

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Raw value is $1.0k, up 94% over the past year, with an all-time high of $1.0k in March 2026.

Raw
$1.0k
1Y
▲ 94%
PSA 10
$30k
PSA 9
$9.9k
Population
14,799
Gem PSA 10
94
Upside
30.0×
All-time high
$1.0k

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Charizard price at every grade

Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 14,799 graded, only 94 are PSA 10.

GradeValuePopulation
PSA 10 (Gem Mint)$30k94
PSA 9$9.9k922
PSA 8$5.4k1,668
PSA 7$3.0k1,873
PSA 6$2.1k2,510
PSA 5$1.7k2,584
PSA 4$1.4k2,173
PSA 3$1.1k1,291
PSA 2$865816
PSA 1$758868
Raw / Ungraded$1.0k-

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
Rarity
Rare
Type
Fire
HP
120
Stage
Stage2
Weakness
Water ×2
Retreat cost
3
Illustrator
Mitsuhiro Arita

Attacks

  • Fire Spin100
    Fire · Fire · Fire · Fire

    Discard 2 Energy cards attached to Charizard in order to use this attack.

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The collector's take on Charizard

Is Charizard worth grading?

Here's the honest answer on grading: a PSA 10 Charizard is worth 29.0x what the raw card sells for, and that kind of multiplier is exactly why people send copies off in the first place. The catch is that gem mint is genuinely hard to hit on a card this old, corners and edges from 2000 don't always survive cleanly, and grading takes time and money with no guarantee you'll land a 10 instead of a Grade 9 at $9,900 or lower. If your copy already looks sharp under a light with clean edges and centering, it's worth the shot. If it's got visible wear, you may be better off enjoying it raw or selling as is, because grading fees add up whether or not the card comes back gem.

How rare is Charizard?

Across all grading companies combined, there are 14,799 graded copies of this Charizard on record, which sounds like a lot until you look at the top end. Only 94 of those are PSA 10, meaning gem mint copies make up a small sliver of an already large population. That scarcity at the very top is exactly why the PSA 10 price sits so far above raw and Grade 9, collectors know how rare a flawless copy actually is and they pay for it accordingly.

Where can you pull Charizard?

This is where PackSpy's tracking actually earns its keep, because we log real pulls across pack sites rather than just guessing at odds. Charizard has been pulled 200 or more times across courtyard, collector-crypt, mnstr, tilt-rips, lastpack and packs, and we've seen it show up in the Pokémon Starter Pack, Elite Pokémon Gacha Pack, Pokémon Ultra Pack, Starter Pokémon Gacha Pack and Wildcard Basic Pack. The biggest recorded pull value on this card hit $14,400, which is a fun number to dream about, but worth remembering that opening packs is a gamble and most rips don't come close to that. If you're chasing this card specifically, it does turn up, but plenty of collectors still end up buying it outright on the secondary market instead.

Questions people ask

How much is Charizard worth?+

A raw, ungraded copy of this Shadowless Charizard is valued at $1,038 right now. Once graded, that number changes fast, a Grade 9 sits at $9,900 and a PSA 10 reaches $30,100, so condition really does most of the talking on Charizard price.

Is Charizard worth grading?+

It depends on the copy in your hands. A PSA 10 is worth 29.0x the raw price, which is a serious jump, but gem mint copies are rare, only 94 exist out of 14,799 total graded, so there's real risk your card comes back a 9 instead of a 10.

What set is Charizard from?+

This Charizard is from the Base Set, released in 2000, and it's the Shadowless print of card #4, a Rare illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita. It's one of the most recognized cards from the earliest days of the Pokémon TCG.

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