Charmander #4 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 8 Aug 2026Related Charmander & chase cards
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Charmander needs no introduction, it is the card that got a lot of us into this hobby in the first place, and the Charmander #4 from the Japanese Expansion Pack set carries that same warmth in miniature form. It is not a chase card in the way a rare holo is, but its charm and its ties to that early Japanese print run keep collectors coming back to check the Charmander value. If you are wondering how much is Charmander worth right now, the short answer is that it depends heavily on condition, and we will walk through exactly what that means below.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $3.99, up 19% over the past year, with an all-time high of $6.83 in August 2022.
Recent pulls of Charmander
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$0.89CommonPokemon Dollar PackTilt Rips · 3m ago$0.89CommonPokemon Dollar PackTilt Rips · 4m ago
$1.86CommonPokemon Dollar PackTilt Rips · 4m ago$1.86CommonRookie PackTilt Rips · 9m ago$0.89CommonPokemon Dollar PackTilt Rips · 10m ago
$39CommonExpert+Tilt Rips · 13m ago
$18CGC 10Starter Pokémon Gacha PackCollector Crypt · 13m ago$0.89CommonPokemon Dollar PackTilt Rips · 14m ago
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Charmander price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 2,744 graded, only 793 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $840 | 793 |
| PSA 9 | $83 | 1,072 |
| PSA 8 | $34 | 391 |
| PSA 7 | $33 | 156 |
| PSA 6 | $21 | 113 |
| PSA 5 | $19 | 102 |
| PSA 4 | $16 | 53 |
| PSA 3 | $15 | 25 |
| PSA 2 | $13 | 25 |
| PSA 1 | $50 | 14 |
| Raw / Ungraded | $3.99 | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company.
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The collector's take on Charmander
Is Charmander worth grading?
Here is the honest math on Charmander price by grade: raw copies sit at $4, a Grade 9 jumps to $115, and a PSA 10 sits at $1,300, which works out to about 304.4 times the raw price. That is a real jump, but getting a gem mint 10 on a card like this is not guaranteed just because it looks clean in hand, corners and centering on older prints can be unforgiving under a grader's eye. If you send one in, budget for grading fees and the real chance it comes back a 9 instead of a 10, because that gap between $115 and $1,300 is exactly where a lot of hope and a little heartbreak both live.
How rare is Charmander?
We do not have official population figures on this particular card, so take this as a general read rather than a hard number, but cards from the Japanese Expansion Pack era were printed in a different climate than modern sets, meaning fewer copies survived decades of play, trading, and storage in top condition. That is part of why the raw price stays modest while a clean PSA 10 commands so much more, most surviving copies simply were not kept pristine. Scarcity at the gem mint level, more than scarcity of the card itself, is what really drives the Charmander value at the top end.
Where can you pull Charmander?
This is where PackSpy's own tracking earns its keep, because we have recorded this Charmander pulled 200 or more times across tilt-rips, collector-crypt, mnstr, courtyard, and packs, so it is genuinely out there landing in real breaks, not just sitting in vaults. The biggest pull value we have logged for it came in at $369, a nice reminder that even a modest card can have a good day. If you are hunting for it yourself, it has shown up in the Pokemon Dollar Pack, the Elite Pokémon Gacha Pack, the Pokemon Dime Pack, Pack 1, and the Rookie Pack, though as always with pack openings, the odds favor the house and most rips do not turn a profit, so treat it as fun first and investment second.
Questions people ask
How much is Charmander worth?+
A raw, ungraded Charmander #4 from the Japanese Expansion Pack set is valued at $4. Once graded, that number changes a lot, a Grade 9 sits at $115 and a PSA 10 reaches $1,300, so condition is really what decides the Charmander value here.
Is Charmander worth grading?+
It can be, since a PSA 10 is worth 304.4 times the raw price, but that is only true if the card actually grades gem mint. Weigh the grading cost and the real chance of landing a Grade 9 instead of a 10 before you send it in.
How much is a PSA 10 Charmander worth?+
A PSA 10 Charmander #4 from the Japanese Expansion Pack set is worth $1,300. That compares to $115 for a Grade 9 and just $4 raw, showing how much gem mint condition matters for this card.
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