Pokémon · EX
Charizard
Dragon · #100 · Rare Secret · 2003
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$772.48
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 100 / 100
- Release year
- 2003
- Rarity
- Rare Secret
- HP
- 120
- Subtype
- Stage 2
- Evolves from
- Charmeleon
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- Mitsuhiro Arita
- Pokédex #
- 6
- Series
- EX
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Energy Acceleration
- Damage efficiency
- 60 damage
- 15 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Stage 2
- Needs its evolution line or Rare Candy to set up
Also does
Strategy & play
How Charizard 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 ≥60 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- A Stage 2 — without Rare Candy you lose ~2 turns setting it up, and it’s gust-bait before it’s online (you must draw Charmeleon first).
How to beat Charizard
- Exploit its Water weakness — ≥60 damage one-shots it.
- KO it to choke their draw / search engine.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by Mitsuhiro Arita
This card was illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita.
Building around Charizard?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
RCCollect Fire — 30
Flip a coin. If heads, search your discard pile for 2 Fire Energy cards and attach them to Charizard (1 if there is only 1).
RCCCFlame Pillar — 60
You may discard a Fire Energy card attached to Charizard. If you do, choose 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon and do 30 damage to that Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
Weakness:W×2
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
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 2026/07/04| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $500.00 | $500.00 | $500.00 | $772.48 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/01/16| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €55.00 |
| 7-day average | €231.43 |
| 30-day average | €182.53 |
| Low | €60.00 |
| Trend price | €210.93 |
| Low (excellent+) | €299.00 |
| Reverse holo low | €164.95 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €145.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €60.74 |
| averageSellPrice | €245.00 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €109.40 |
| Reverse holo trend | €108.68 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Charizard is real?
Charizard 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 Charizard worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Charizard is $772.48; 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 Charizard from?
Charizard is from the Pokémon set "Dragon" in the EX series, released in 2003.
What rarity is Charizard?
Charizard is a Rare Secret card in the Dragon set.
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