Question 1

Is Charmander worth grading?

Accepted Answer

Here's where it gets worth pausing on. A raw, ungraded Charmander sits at $2, which is about what you'd expect for a common from this era. But send that same card off and land a PSA 10, and you're looking at $333, which works out to roughly 188.1 times the raw price. That's a real jump, and it's the kind of number that gets people digging through old binders. The catch is that gem mint is genuinely hard to hit on a card like this, print lines, centering issues and edge wear from being handled for over two decades all work against you. Grading fees add up too, so before you mail anything in, take a hard look at the corners and surface under good light. If it's clean, it might be worth the shot. If it's soft around the edges, save your money, because a Grade 9 result, while still valuable at $680, is not guaranteed either and the fee eats into any profit either way.

Question 2

How rare is Charmander?

Accepted Answer

Across all grading companies combined, there are 2,378 graded copies of this Charmander on record, and out of that total only 435 have earned a PSA 10. When you sit with those two numbers side by side, it tells you something useful, gem mint copies make up a fairly small slice of everything that's been sent in. That scarcity at the top end is exactly why the PSA 10 price sits so far above the raw card and even above the Grade 9 price. It's not that Charmander itself is rare, it's that surviving in perfect condition after all these years is the real challenge, and that's what collectors are actually paying for.

Question 3

Where can you pull Charmander?

Accepted Answer

Now for the part most price guides can't tell you, because PackSpy tracks real pack rips across sites, not just guesses. Charmander #69 has been pulled 200 or more times across collector-crypt, tilt-rips, mnstr, courtyard and packs, so it's not some mythical chase card, it shows up with some regularity. The biggest recorded pull value for this card came in at $369, which gives you a sense of the ceiling on a good day. It's turned up in packs like the Elite Pokémon Gacha Pack, Pokemon Dollar Pack, Rookie Pack, Starter Pokémon Gacha Pack and Pack 5. Worth remembering though, opening packs is a gamble at heart, and most rips don't come close to covering what you paid, so treat any pull as a bonus rather than a plan.

Question 4

How much is Charmander worth?

Accepted Answer

A raw, ungraded Charmander #69 from Base Set 2 is worth about $2, which is typical for a common card from this set. The value climbs a lot once it's graded, so the real Charmander price depends heavily on condition and whether it's been through PSA.

Question 5

Is Charmander worth grading?

Accepted Answer

It can be, since a PSA 10 sells for $333 compared to just $2 raw, a difference of about 188.1 times. That said, gem mint copies are genuinely tough to land given the card's age and how few make the top grade, so only send in copies that look sharp and clean under a light.

Question 6

How much is a PSA 10 Charmander worth?

Accepted Answer

A PSA 10 Charmander #69 is valued at $333. Out of 2,378 total graded copies on record, only 435 have reached that top grade, which helps explain why gem mint examples command such a premium over the raw card.

Grade	Value	Population	PSA / CGC
PSA 10 (Gem Mint)	$184	437	333 / 104
PSA 9	$35	862	680 / 182
PSA 8	$25	570	310 / 260
PSA 7	$20	243	137 / 106
PSA 6	$13	122	70 / 52
PSA 5	$10	84	54 / 30
PSA 4	$9.00	43	36 / 7
PSA 3	$8.00	15	13 / 2
PSA 2	$7.00	7	4 / 3
PSA 1	-	4	4 / -
Raw / Ungraded	$1.81	-	-

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