Pokémon · Black & White
Charmander
Boundaries Crossed · #18 · Common · 2012
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From
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Market reference
$2.90
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 18 / 153
- Release year
- 2012
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 70
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Charmeleon
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- Akira Komayama
- Pokédex #
- 4
- Series
- Black & White
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Energy Acceleration
- Damage efficiency
- 20 damage
- 10 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Also does
Strategy & play
How Charmander plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Not a main attacker — its job is energy acceleration. Run it as a consistency hub and protect it, because opponents will target the engine.
- Needs Fire Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Fire type, weak to Water ×2 — a Water attacker doing ≥35 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Seen in 0% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 3 copies.
How to beat Charmander
- Exploit its Water weakness — ≥35 damage one-shots it.
- KO it to choke their draw / search engine.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 3.37 copies on average · 156 decks
- Match win rate
- 35.5%
- -11.8 pts vs the 47.3% 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.
Charmeleon
in 95% of decks · 145 seen
Mega Charizard X ex
in 99% of decks · 151 seen
Mega Charizard Y ex
in 67% of decks · 102 seen
Oricorio ex
in 95% of decks · 145 seen
Heatmor
in 14% of decks · 22 seen
Nitro Fire Energy
in 25% of decks · 38 seen
Reshiram
in 8% of decks · 12 seen
Firebreather
in 59% of decks · 89 seen
More by Akira Komayama
This card was illustrated by Akira Komayama.
Building around Charmander?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"The fire on the tip of its tail is a measure of its life. If healthy, its tail burns intensely."
RDraw In
Attach 2 Fire Energy cards from your discard pile to this Pokémon.
RCFlare — 20
Weakness:W×2
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Charmander or Boundaries Crossed.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Charmander was legal.
Tournament play
This printing of Charmander has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Charmander — Phantasmal Flames
Played in 44 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 2026/06/29| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $2.02 | $2.84 | $30.60 | $2.90 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $21.50 | $35.96 | $229.00 | $24.20 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/06/22| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €4.74 |
| 7-day average | €3.49 |
| 30-day average | €2.88 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €2.39 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.29 |
| Reverse holo low | €1.50 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €22.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €17.23 |
| reverseHoloSell | €16.98 |
| averageSellPrice | €2.03 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €10.21 |
| Reverse holo trend | €14.53 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Charmander is real?
Charmander 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 Charmander worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Charmander is $2.90; 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 Charmander from?
Charmander is from the Pokémon set "Boundaries Crossed" in the Black & White series, released in 2012.
What rarity is Charmander?
Charmander is a Common card in the Boundaries Crossed set.
Other Charmander printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
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PromoCharmander
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