Question 1

Is Charmander worth grading?

Accepted Answer

So is it worth grading? Here is the honest math: a raw, ungraded Charmander sits at $155, a Grade 9 jumps to $675, and a PSA 10 commands $1,453, which works out to about 9.4 times the raw price. That is a real jump, no argument there. But gem mint is genuinely hard to land on a card from 2002. Expedition cards were printed with looser centering and the surfaces picked up handling wear over the decades, so a lot of raw copies that look clean to the eye come back as an 8 or lower once graders get their loupes out. Add in grading fees and turnaround time, and you are taking a real risk chasing that PSA 10 number. If you have a copy that looks sharp, corners tight, centering even, no whitening, it can be worth the gamble. If it is edge worn or off center, you are usually better off enjoying it raw or selling as is.

Question 2

How rare is Charmander?

Accepted Answer

Only 393 copies of this Charmander have ever been graded, and of those, just 36 have earned a PSA 10. That is a tight population for a common card, and it tells you something important: most raw copies out there in binders and bulk boxes have never been sent in, and the ones that have often do not come back perfect. When a population is this small at the gem mint level, every additional PSA 10 that surfaces matters, and it helps explain why the jump from raw to graded is so steep. Scarcity like this is part of why Expedition holos from this era keep their pull among collectors, common rarity or not.

Question 3

Where can you pull Charmander?

Accepted Answer

This is where PackSpy's own data comes in handy, because we track real pulls across pack opening sites, not just price guide estimates. We have recorded Charmander pulled 200 or more times across sites including tilt-rips, courtyard, collector-crypt and mnstr, and the biggest recorded pull we have logged came in at $4,500. It has shown up in products like the Pokemon Ultimate Pack, Elemental Legends: Fire and Electric, Pokémon Starter Pack, Starter Pokémon Gacha Pack, and Pokémon Master Pack. Worth saying plainly: opening packs is gambling, and most rips do not come close to that $4,500 outcome, so treat it as entertainment first and a potential bonus second, not a guaranteed return.

Question 4

How much is Charmander worth?

Accepted Answer

A raw, ungraded Charmander Reverse Holo #98 from Expedition is valued at $155. Graded copies are worth more, with a Grade 9 at $675 and a PSA 10 reaching $1,453, so condition makes a big difference to Charmander value.

Question 5

Is Charmander worth grading?

Accepted Answer

It can be, since a PSA 10 sells for about 9.4 times the raw price of $155. But only 36 out of 393 graded copies have hit that gem mint grade, so it is a real gamble against grading costs and the card's condition going in.

Question 6

What set is Charmander from?

Accepted Answer

This Charmander comes from the Expedition set, released in 2002, illustrated by Yuichi Sawayama. It is a common rarity card, but the reverse holo finish and its place in one of the earliest Pokemon expansions keep it popular with collectors.

Grade	Value	Population	PSA / CGC
PSA 10 (Gem Mint)	$1.4k	36	28 / 8
PSA 9	$855	116	94 / 22
PSA 8	$300	108	80 / 28
PSA 7	$205	56	44 / 12
PSA 6	$193	40	34 / 6
PSA 5	$154	21	17 / 4
PSA 4	$131	9	7 / 2
PSA 3	$80	5	5 / -
PSA 2	$72	-	- / -
PSA 1	$107	6	6 / -
Raw / Ungraded	$124	-	-

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