Pokémon · Gym
Blaine's Charmeleon
Gym Challenge · #31 · Uncommon · 2000
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Market reference
$4.61
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 31 / 132
- Release year
- 2000
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- HP
- 70
- Subtype
- Stage 1
- Evolves from
- Blaine's Charmander
- Evolves to
- Charizard
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- Ken Sugimori
- Pokédex #
- 5
- Series
- Gym
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 30 damage
- 15 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 Blaine's Charmeleon plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Its main attack (Fire Claws) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- 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.
- A Stage 1 — one step up from Blaine's Charmander; doesn’t help your opening hand, but quick to set up.
How to beat Blaine's Charmeleon
- Exploit its Water weakness — ≥35 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
More by Ken Sugimori
This card was illustrated by Ken Sugimori.
Building around Blaine's Charmeleon?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
RRFire Claws — 30
RRRBonfire
Flip 3 coins. For each heads, discard 1 Fire Energy card attached to Blaine's Charmeleon. If you can't discard Energy cards, this attack does nothing. This attack does 10 damage times the number of heads to each of your opponent's Pokémon. Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for this attack. (Any other effects that would happen after applying Weakness and Resistance still happen.)
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 2026/07/07| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unlimited | $2.25 | $4.00 | $74.80 | $4.61 | — |
| 1st Edition | $17.45 | $22.68 | $185.48 | $18.82 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €8.00 |
| 7-day average | €8.91 |
| 30-day average | €9.13 |
| Low | €0.99 |
| Trend price | €6.91 |
| Low (excellent+) | €4.00 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €4.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €3.00 |
| averageSellPrice | €7.72 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €3.00 |
| Reverse holo trend | €4.00 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Blaine's Charmeleon is real?
Blaine's 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 Blaine's Charmeleon worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Blaine's Charmeleon is $4.61; 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 Blaine's Charmeleon from?
Blaine's Charmeleon is from the Pokémon set "Gym Challenge" in the Gym series, released in 2000.
What rarity is Blaine's Charmeleon?
Blaine's Charmeleon is a Uncommon card in the Gym Challenge set.
