Do you like pokemon? Is playing pokemon (e.g. cards, video games, etc.) part of your childhood? Perhaps you like collecting pokemon cards or just basically play with it.
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Well, one thing’s for sure, this brings up a lot of childhood memories. The nostalgia in playing and collecting pokemon cards is a hype that will stay relevant no matter what age! In addition to that, just generally watching Pokemon and following through each arc of the series is something we all love and not hate!
Now for our main focus today, it’s the pokemon, Charizard! This pokemon is one of the most popular among card collectors, who want to attain it. In this article you will be able to find out the rarest and most valuable Charizard Card out there!
Without further ado, let’s start!
MOST EXPENSIVE CHARIZARD CARDS
20. Special Delivery Charizard – Black Star Promo
Estimated Cost: $462
This card was just recently teased last 2020, but was never released and was found to be one of the most extremely rare cards out there. Although this card was not officially released there are some shops that sell this one of a kind card.
The value of this card costs around $462 (Price Charting, 2021), and it is said to increase its worth by several thousand dollars since other special delivery cards that were released like the Pikachu and Bidoof were very high in demand and popular. Plus, if you look at the card, you could see Pikachu riding behind Charizard, which is very unique and adorable for a Pokemon card.
19. 2018 Sun & Moon – Charizard GX
Estimated Cost: $500
A pokemon card that is believed to have its worth constantly increasing as time goes by! This shiny card (it literally blings) belongs to the Japanese Sun and Moon set that was released in Japan last 2018. If you have noticed, the art in this card is quite intricate and detailed, we could see Charizard glistening his full aura as a superior Pokemon. I mean, look at him and his smirk that says everything!
So far, the minimum value of this beautiful card costs around $500, this is based on the statistics shown on PSA and if it is in 10th grade mint condition (Professional Sports Authenticator, 2022).
18. 2020 Sword and Shield Charizard – Vivid Voltage Promo
Estimated Cost: $597.24
Another rare Charizard card that’s only part of the Sword and Shield set! As of this year, this card costs around $597.24, this was according to the price charts of TCG Player (2022). Considering that it amounts to this much, I think it’s value would still increase regardless.
One of the reasons I believe the value will rise is because this is not only a promotional card—but also a staff card for the pre-release event! This simply means that because only a few prints were created, this card is incredibly precious and difficult to come by!
17. 2004 Battle Road Spring Charizard
Estimated Cost: $100-$1,000
A card that is very hard to obtain up till now! I mean, all the cards on my list are hard to obtain, but this one my dear readers, is special and I have a good reason as to why this is not easy to acquire! One is that, this was only released in Japan, meaning it wasn’t produced anywhere else!
Another thing is that, this card is only available during the time it was released, meaning, it can only be obtained through tournaments. That’s why card collectors who have this, value this Charizard card a lot because of how scarce and rare it is! Although, the price of this card is incomparable with the other cards presented here, since its value costs around $100-$1000 depending on which shop you want to buy in (Professional Sports Authenticator, 2021)!
16. 2020 Charizard VMAX HR Contest Prize
Estimated Cost: $5,499
This is a promo card that can only be obtained through attending a competition. Furthermore, this Charizard card is extremely rare considering that it only has 600 copies of it! Hence, we can see here that this card is something that will be sought after by a lot of card collectors out there!
According to the PSA registry, a 7th grade card that was sold on eBay costs $5,499 (Professional Sports Authenticator, 2021)! This means the value of this card has reached 5k! Well, it’s no wonder if this card’s price value increases in time considering that this is still a freshly produced Charizard card, plus, it only has 600 copies, that alone would make lots of card collectors wanna get this card!
15. 2019 SM Black Star Holographic Charizard Promo (Team-up Pre-release staff)
Estimated Cost: $5,600
Another super rare promo Charizard card that is really really hard to acquire. That is because this card had only a tiny amount of prints that was published out there and this is a promotional staff version. Meaning, this is given to those staff that helped on the pre-release event for the Black Star set of Pokemons!
A grade 10 mint condition of this card was sold at a price of $5,600 (Professional Sports Authenticator, 2020). Well, since this was sold in a 10th grade card, it’s no wonder that this is expensive, right?
14. 2004 Fire Red and Leaf Green Charizard Ex
Estimated Cost: $8,300
This Charizard card has the typical fiery art that we all love, we could see here his ICONIC pose where he spits fire! According to the PSA (2021), so far the most expensive Charizard ex pokemon card sold on eBay costs around $8,300. Hence, we can be able to conclude that this card is a valuable one!
A bit of a tip for my dear readers who are card collectors, interested in collecting cards or still new to this, if you want to attain a card without spending a huge amount of money, then a good way to do it is to buy those that aren’t in stellar condition. This is because a mint condition Pokemon card like this one has a higher value compared to those that aren’t in its best condition, plus it’s rare too!
13. 2000 First Edition Team Rocket Holographic Dark Charizard
Estimated Cost: $10,800
A cool Pokemon Card that exudes the Dark side of Charizard as being part of Team Rocket! You could see it through the details of the card where its art is a bit darker than the usual fiery red (or perhaps blue) in other Charizard cards. Although this Charizard card is not on par with the other cards, this still holds significant value considering that it is still quite popular compared to others.
The highest amount that this Charizard card is sold in 10th Grade on eBay costs $10,800 (Professional Sports Authenticator, 2020). With that, this card has a place in this list as a Valuable Charizard Card.
12. 1995 Pokémon Japanese Topsun Green Back Charizard #6
Estimated Cost: $15,000
Although this card is similar to the “Blue Back” design of the Charizard card, the only key difference they have here is that this one has “Green Back.” It is also considered as a rare and valuable piece of card considering that it is very hard to find.
Although this card has lesser value than the Blue back Charizard, the value of this piece is not something we could easily pay for since it’s still quite pricey. According to PSA (2021), this Charizard Card was sold in an auction at $15,000 in mint condition.
11. 2002 First Edition Neo Destiny Shining Charizard
Estimated Cost: $1,000 – $15,000
It Is highly sought after by lots of card collectors as it was said to be the most valuable piece among the shining cards set that was produced! According to the PSA, this card is worth a whopping amount of $1,000! Not only that, this card was sold way beyond the average amount of $1,000, this beautiful card in mint condition is sold at a staggering amount of 15 grand (Capps, 2022)!
Although the original amount is already expensive, considering that it costs $1,000, the $15,000 is on another level! This goes to show how valuable this card is among card collectors!
10. 2002 Reverse Holographic Charizard Legendary Collection
Estimated Cost: $15,200
In my own opinion, this one has one of the coolest designs of a Charizard Card out there! One look at it, you’ll be astonished with how the details of this card, the reverse holographic part, will make you stare at it for a very very long time! Its intricate design will surely leave you flabbergasted with how attractive it looks!
The highest selling price of this beauty of a card costs $15,200 in PSA 10th grade-mint condition (Professional Sports Authenticator, 2021). This says a lot about how valuable this card is considering that this has a fine quality of art! It’s no telling that this charizard card deserves to be part of this list!
9. 2016 XY Holographic Charizard – Pre-release – Staff
Estimated Cost: $17,000
This Charizard card’s artwork is similar to that of the 1996 Japanese Charizard Holographic Basic Set featured earlier in this list! But what makes this one-of-a-kind is that this was another promo card that was exclusively handed to the XY event’s employees in 2016. In addition, there was a stamp in the bottom left corner of the charizard image indicating that it was a ‘STAFF’ card.
This means that only a tiny proportion of XY Charizard cards with that specific stamp were produced, making them extremely valuable to the general public! Its worth was proven when it was sold in an auction for $17,000 in PSA grade 10 – pristine condition (Professional Sports Authenticator, 2021)!
8. 2002 Holographic Pokemon Expedition Charizard #6
Estimated Cost: $21,443
Another valuable Charizard card that is part of this list! It was shown in the PSA (2021) that this card was sold at around $21,443. This card is part of the expedition set wherein it was organized by its rarity and this one my dear readers is the most desirable amongst other Charizard cards that was produced in this same set (Glew, 2018).
This Charizard is surely a magnificent card that would catch your eye! The seamless holographic that was entrenched with Charizards most famous stance in it made the art pop more!
7. 1999 Spanish based Charizard 1st Edition #4
Estimated Cost: $24,800
As you can see, this Charizard is similar to the other Charizard card in the 1999 set edition, but the only difference here is that this is in Spanish Version. Now mind you, this Charizard is also considered to be a valuable card since it is part of the First Edition sets and to top it off it’s in Spanish too which is quite unique than the other pokemon cards!
This card was sold in auction at a whopping amount of $24,800 at eBay (Professional Sports Authenticator, 2021). Well, this proves how the Spanish based Charizard card is valuable and its value still increases in present time.
6. 2003 Skyridge Charizard, Holographic
Estimated Cost: 28,100
This card is unlike any other, as it lacks the typical fire-type that is linked to Charizard’s strength. Even if you don’t collect cards but love Pokemon, the hologram in this card is colorless, and the art design is stunning!
This is basically one of those underrated cards but still has great value! It was found that the highest amount sold by PSA (2020) is at around $28,100. This shows how valuable and sought after this card is by collectors.
5. 1995 Japanese Topsun Holofoil Charizard #6
Estimated Cost: $37,600
A card that has an amazing art design that would leave you astonished with its beauty! We could see how Charizard was enamored with a fiery shining red foil that screams POWER! In addition to that the art is in horizontal design, not like the usual cards where it’s more on a vertical view.
This card was also sold on ebay, PSA in 10th grade mint condition, at a staggering amount of $37,600 (Professional Sports Authenticator, 2021)! So we could say that this card is a valuable one to boot!
4. 1996 Japanese Holographic Basic Charizard #6 (No Rarity)
Estimated Cost: $45,000
A one of a kind Charizard card that most card collectors wanted to have it part of their collection! This Holographic Japanese Charizard is said to be one of the FIRST pokemon gaming cards that was released. Nobody knows how many cards were printed, which makes this extremely valuable and pricey!
Another thing that you should know is that this is one of those ‘No Rarity’ error cards, meaning it was printed early on. Which makes this card even more hard to acquire and expensive! The highest selling point of this card in PSA 9th grade costs a massive amount of $45,000 (Professional Sports Authenticator, 2021)!
3. 2006 Holographic Gold Star Charizard, Ex Dragon Frontiers
Estimated Cost: $60,065.85
An epic Charizard card that has a very fiery art design! It’s no wonder that a lot of card collectors out there want to have this piece of card! In addition to that, this Charizard card is helpful when it comes to playing it because the player won’t have a hard time evolving their Pokemon!
This card can also be considered as a rare type of Charizard and it’s also quite popular to collectors since it’s a Dark type of card. Further, its value as a Pokemon card is at the pricey side too considering that eBay was able to sell this card at a massive amount of $60,065.85 last 2020 in PSA Grade 10 – mint condition (Professional Sports Authenticator, 2020)!
2. 1999 First Edition Shadowless Holographic Charizard #4
Estimated Cost: $420,000
A card that everyone wants to have! This is an all-time favorite card amongst the 1999 First Edition Pokemon Set. According to PSA, the Charizard Card is worth $4500 to $5000 and its value may still grow beyond that amount (Glew, 2016). This was proven when this card was auctioned off, and the highest amount so far that sold this card costs $420,000 in PWC Auction House (CNN, 2022)!
As you can see, one of the reasons why this Charizard card is a fan favorite, it’s because the art style, in particular, shows power and dominance. Which proves that Charizard is a very strong pokemon character!
1.1995 Japanese Topsun Charizard Blue Black
Estimated Cost: $493,230
The most expensive Charizard card ever sold— topping off the First ed. Shadowless holo Charizard #4! It said that Goldin Auction (2021) has sold this card for a massive amount of $493,230! This huge amount of money could literally buy a house with a big lawn!
Considering that there are only about 31 original copies recorded. The value of this Charizard card is surely on another level! Furthermore, the art of this card emphasizes its main design that is based on the game rather than the anime version of the Charizard.
Conclusion
So, does this pique your interest in exploring more on this side of Pokemon? If you do, let us know down below what are your thoughts about it!
Also, did you know my dear readers, that the most high demand Pokemon card is Charizard? And to top it all off, it also has the highest market value compared to other Pokemon cards out there! This basically shows the superiority of Charizard since he is one of the most powerful Pokemon!
And that’s it for the most Valuable charizard cards out there! If you want more topics like this, don’t hesitate and comment! We will surely bring you some more fun stuff about Pokemon!
