Pokémon · Base
Charmeleon
Base Set 2 · #35 · Uncommon · 2000
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$2.45
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 35 / 130
- Release year
- 2000
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- HP
- 80
- Subtype
- Stage 1
- Evolves from
- Charmander
- Evolves to
- Charizard
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Mitsuhiro Arita
- Pokédex #
- 5
- Series
- Base
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 50 damage
- 16.67 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Stage 1
- One evolution step from a Basic
Strategy & play
How Charmeleon plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Its main attack (Flamethrower) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Needs Fire Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Fire type, weak to Water ×2 — a Water attacker doing ≥40 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- A Stage 1 — one step up from Charmander; doesn’t help your opening hand, but quick to set up.
- Seen in 0% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 2 copies.
How to beat Charmeleon
- Exploit its Water weakness — ≥40 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 1.52 copies on average · 155 decks
- Match win rate
- 34.8%
- -12.4 pts vs the 47.2% field average
Plays well with
Cards most often run alongside this one in tournament decks over the last 180 days — ranked by how distinctive the pairing is.
Mega Charizard Y ex
in 67% of decks · 112 seen
Charmander
in 99% of decks · 167 seen
Mega Charizard X ex
in 99% of decks · 167 seen
Oricorio ex
in 98% of decks · 164 seen
Heatmor
in 12% of decks · 20 seen
Nitro Fire Energy
in 21% of decks · 35 seen
Reshiram
in 10% of decks · 17 seen
Firebreather
in 60% of decks · 101 seen
More by Mitsuhiro Arita
This card was illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita.
Building around Charmeleon?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"When it swings its burning tail, it raises the temperature to unbearably high levels."
CCCSlash — 30
RRCFlamethrower — 50
Discard 1 Fire Energy card attached to Charmeleon in order to use this attack.
Weakness:W×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Tournament play
This printing of Charmeleon has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Charmeleon — Phantasmal Flames
Played in 54 recent decks
Pricing reference
Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.
TCGPlayer (USD)
Updated 2026/07/07| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.65 | $1.28 | $19.50 | $2.45 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €3.99 |
| 7-day average | €3.22 |
| 30-day average | €2.35 |
| Low | €0.05 |
| Trend price | €3.11 |
| Low (excellent+) | €2.00 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.45 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.72 |
| averageSellPrice | €2.24 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.72 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.45 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Charmeleon is real?
Charmeleon is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the back-light test (real cards have a black inner layer that blocks light; counterfeits glow through), the rosette dot pattern on the back under magnification, font weight and kerning on the card name, and the holofoil pattern if applicable. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.
What is Charmeleon worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Charmeleon is $2.45; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.
What set is Charmeleon from?
Charmeleon is from the Pokémon set "Base Set 2" in the Base series, released in 2000.
What rarity is Charmeleon?
Charmeleon is a Uncommon card in the Base Set 2 set.
Other Charmeleon printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
