Charmeleon 1999-2000 #24 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 22 Oct 2026Related Charmeleon & chase cards
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Charmeleon has always been the card that reminds you Charizard didn't just appear out of nowhere. This uncommon from the 1999 Base Set, illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita, sits at #24 and carries that classic early era charm collectors keep coming back to. If you're checking Charmeleon value right now, the short answer is that a raw copy runs about $5, but the story gets a lot more interesting once grading enters the picture.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $3.99, down 18% over the past year, with an all-time high of $5.70 in December 2025.
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Charmeleon price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 200 graded, only 58 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $185 | 58 | - / 58 |
| PSA 9 | $51 | 55 | - / 55 |
| PSA 8 | $30 | 51 | - / 51 |
| PSA 7 | $24 | 18 | - / 18 |
| PSA 6 | $19 | 8 | - / 8 |
| PSA 5 | $15 | 7 | - / 7 |
| PSA 4 | $13 | 2 | - / 2 |
| PSA 3 | $11 | - | - / - |
| PSA 2 | $10 | 1 | - / 1 |
| PSA 1 | - | - | - / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $3.50 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
Card details
- Set
- Base Set
- Card number
- 24 of 102
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Type
- Fire
- HP
- 80
- Stage
- Stage1
- Weakness
- Water ×2
- Retreat cost
- 1
- Illustrator
- Mitsuhiro Arita
- Released
- 1999
Attacks
- Slash30Colorless · Colorless · Colorless
- Flamethrower50Fire · Fire · Colorless
Discard 1 Energy card attached to Charmeleon in order to use this attack.
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The collector's take on Charmeleon
Is Charmeleon worth grading?
So is Charmeleon worth grading? Here's the honest math: a raw copy sits around $5, while a PSA 10 sells for $185, which works out to roughly 37.9 times the ungraded price. That's a real jump, and it's exactly why people send these off. But gem mint is not a given. Base Set cards from this era often have centering quirks and print texture issues that keep them out of that top grade, and grading fees plus shipping and turnaround time add up whether your card comes back a 10 or not. A Grade 9 still nets $51, which softens the blow if you land just under gem mint, but you should go in knowing the PSA 10 outcome is the exception, not the rule.
How rare is Charmeleon?
Right now there are 200 total graded copies of Charmeleon on record, and only 58 of those have earned the PSA 10 label. That's a fairly tight population for a set this beloved, and it tells you gem mint survivors are genuinely uncommon rather than just marketed that way. When a card has this few flawless copies floating around, the price gap between raw and PSA 10 tends to hold steady or widen, since serious collectors are chasing a pretty small stack of cards.
Where can you pull Charmeleon?
This is where PackSpy's tracking actually matters: across every online pack site we monitor, we haven't recorded a single pull of Charmeleon yet. That doesn't mean it's impossible, it means it's rare enough that it simply hasn't surfaced in the data we've collected. If you're hoping to add this one to your collection, your realistic path right now is the secondary market rather than cracking packs and hoping. And worth saying plainly: opening packs is a gamble, most rips don't cover their cost, so chase Charmeleon because you want the card, not because you're expecting it to fall out of a pack.
Questions people ask
How much is Charmeleon worth?+
A raw, ungraded Charmeleon from 1999-2000 Base Set is worth about $5. Graded copies climb fast from there, with a Grade 9 at $51 and a PSA 10 reaching $185.
Is Charmeleon worth grading?+
It can be, since a PSA 10 sells for 37.9 times what a raw copy goes for. Just know that gem mint is genuinely hard to hit, only 58 of the 200 graded copies have reached PSA 10, so factor in grading costs and the real chance your card lands a grade or two lower.
What set is Charmeleon from?+
Charmeleon is #24 from the original 1999-2000 Base Set, Pokemon's very first English release. It's an uncommon card illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita, one of the artists who helped define the look of that early era.
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