Scorching Charcoal #26 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 5 Sept 2026Related Scorching Charcoal & chase cards
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Scorching Charcoal is card #26 out of the TCG Classic: Charizard Deck set, one of those support cards that rides along in a set built entirely around everyone's favorite fire-breathing lizard. It's not the card headlining anyone's binder, but if you've pulled one or picked one up and you're wondering about Scorching Charcoal value, the numbers are refreshingly simple to lay out. Raw copies currently sit at $0, a Grade 9 brings $10, and a PSA 10 tops out at $25, so there's a real gap between the bottom and the top of the grading ladder here.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $0.25, down 86% over the past year, with an all-time high of $2.99 in January 2024.
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Scorching Charcoal price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 193 graded, only 103 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $25 | 103 | - / 103 |
| PSA 9 | $9.50 | 59 | - / 59 |
| PSA 8 | $1.30 | 25 | - / 25 |
| PSA 7 | - | 2 | - / 2 |
| PSA 6 | - | 3 | - / 3 |
| PSA 5 | - | 1 | - / 1 |
| PSA 4 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 3 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 2 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 1 | - | - | - / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $0.25 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
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The collector's take on Scorching Charcoal
Is Scorching Charcoal worth grading?
So is it worth grading? Let's be honest about the math first: a PSA 10 Scorching Charcoal is worth about 119.0 times what the raw card sells for, which sounds dramatic until you remember the raw card is sitting at $0. That jump only means something if the card comes back gem mint, and grading companies don't hand out 10s for free, centering, edges, and surface all have to line up. Out of the 192 copies graded so far, 102 have come back as PSA 10, so hitting that top grade isn't a long shot here, but you're still paying grading fees and shipping and waiting on turnaround time with no guarantee your copy is the one that grades out clean. If you've got a raw copy that looks sharp in hand, it's a reasonably low-risk gamble given the current numbers, but don't send off a card with soft corners expecting a $25 payday.
How rare is Scorching Charcoal?
Scarcity here tells an interesting story. There are 192 total graded copies of Scorching Charcoal on record, and more than half of those, 102 to be exact, graded out as PSA 10. That's a fairly high hit rate for gem mint, which tells you this card isn't especially fussy to grade well compared to some of its flashier Charizard Deck siblings. It also means the PSA 10 population isn't razor thin, so the price reflects a card that's attainable in top grade rather than a true needle-in-a-haystack pull.
Where can you pull Scorching Charcoal?
This is where PackSpy's real pull data comes in handy, because price guides won't tell you this part. We've recorded Scorching Charcoal pulled 1 time across courtyard, and it showed up inside a Pokémon Master Pack, with the biggest recorded pull value coming in at $111. That single data point is honestly the useful bit: this isn't a card people are ripping packs specifically to chase, and if you want one for your collection, buying it directly on the secondary market is probably a more realistic path than hoping to pull it. Worth remembering too that opening packs in general is a gamble, most rips don't come close to what you paid, so treat any pull as a bonus rather than a plan.
Questions people ask
How much is Scorching Charcoal worth?+
A raw, ungraded Scorching Charcoal currently sits at $0 in the market. Once graded, the value climbs, with a Grade 9 worth $10 and a PSA 10 reaching $25, so the condition and grading really do the heavy lifting for this card.
Is Scorching Charcoal worth grading?+
It can be, especially since 102 of the 192 graded copies came back PSA 10, which is a decent success rate. Just factor in grading costs and turnaround time against that $25 PSA 10 ceiling before you send one off.
How much is a PSA 10 Scorching Charcoal worth?+
A PSA 10 Scorching Charcoal is worth $25, which works out to about 119.0 times the raw card's value. It's the clearest example of why gem mint condition matters so much for this particular card.
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