Charmeleon #30 value & price
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Charmeleon #30 comes from Crystal Guardians, the 2006 set that a lot of longtime collectors still have a soft spot for, and this little uncommon card with Mitsuhiro Arita's artwork has quietly held its own over the years. Right now Charmeleon value sits at $5 raw, which sounds modest until you see what a gem mint copy can fetch. If you are trying to figure out Charmeleon price or how much is Charmeleon worth in today's market, the short answer is: it depends entirely on condition, and that gap is bigger than you'd think.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $4.70, up 44% over the past year, with an all-time high of $7.24 in February 2022.
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Charmeleon price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 387 graded, only 61 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $208 | 61 | 22 / 39 |
| PSA 9 | $43 | 116 | 51 / 65 |
| PSA 8 | $30 | 118 | 28 / 90 |
| PSA 7 | $24 | 32 | 10 / 22 |
| PSA 6 | $19 | 25 | 17 / 8 |
| PSA 5 | $15 | 14 | 11 / 3 |
| PSA 4 | $13 | 11 | 7 / 4 |
| PSA 3 | $11 | 4 | 4 / - |
| PSA 2 | $10 | 3 | 3 / - |
| PSA 1 | $51 | 3 | 3 / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $4.70 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
Card details
- Card number
- 30 of 100
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Type
- Lightning
- HP
- 70
- Stage
- Stage1
- Weakness
- Water ×2
- Retreat cost
- 1
- Illustrator
- Mitsuhiro Arita
- Released
- 2006
Attacks
- Slash20Colorless · Colorless
- Thunder Jolt50Lightning · Colorless · Colorless
Flip a coin. If tails, Charmeleon does 10 damage to itself.
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The collector's take on Charmeleon
Is Charmeleon worth grading?
Here is where it gets interesting. A raw, ungraded Charmeleon is worth $5, but a PSA 10 brings $22, which works out to 4.4 times the raw price. That is a real jump for an uncommon card, and a Grade 9 sits at $51, actually higher than the PSA 10 figure, which tells you condition sensitivity here is a little unusual and worth paying attention to before you send anything in. Grading isn't free, and it isn't guaranteed either. You're paying for the submission whether or not you land a 10, so before you grade a stack of these, be honest about the centering and corners under a loupe. If it looks clean and sharp, it might be worth the shot. If it's soft around the edges, you're probably better off keeping it raw or selling as is.
How rare is Charmeleon?
Across all the years this card has been out there, only 387 copies have ever been graded, and of those, just 61 have earned a PSA 10. That's a fairly tight population for a card this old, and it means gem mint copies are genuinely uncommon, not just marketing talk. When a pool that small is split between grades, every true PSA 10 carries a bit more weight, and it helps explain why that top grade commands a real premium over both the raw card and even some of the Grade 9 copies floating around.
Where can you pull Charmeleon?
This is where PackSpy's own tracking comes in handy, because we don't just report book values, we watch what people actually pull. Charmeleon has shown up 200 or more times across sites like courtyard, collector-crypt, and tilt-rips, and it's popped in packs including the Pokémon Starter Pack, Pokémon Master Pack, Wildcard Basic Pack, Elite Pokémon Gacha Pack, and Pokemon Dime Pack. The biggest recorded pull we've logged for this card hit $800, which is a fun reminder that pack odds can occasionally surprise you. That said, opening packs is still a gamble, and most rips don't come close to that number, so treat it as entertainment first and a possible bonus second.
Questions people ask
How much is Charmeleon worth?+
A raw, ungraded Charmeleon #30 from Crystal Guardians is currently valued at $5. Graded copies are worth considerably more, with a Grade 9 at $51 and a PSA 10 at $22, so condition makes a big difference to Charmeleon value.
Is Charmeleon worth grading?+
It can be, since a PSA 10 sells for 4.4 times the raw price of $5. But only 61 out of 387 graded copies have hit that top grade, so gem mint is genuinely tough to land, and grading fees eat into any profit if you don't get there.
How much is a PSA 10 Charmeleon worth?+
A PSA 10 Charmeleon is worth $22, based on current market data. That is out of just 61 PSA 10 copies among the 387 total graded, which keeps that top grade fairly scarce.
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