Pokémon · Scarlet & Violet
Charmander
Paldean Fates · #7 · Common · 2024
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$0.21
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Current listings on The Game Traders
No active listings for this card right now.
Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 7 / 245
- Release year
- 2024
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 70
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Charmeleon
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Regulation mark
- G
- Illustrator
- GIDORA
- Pokédex #
- 4
- Series
- Scarlet & Violet
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
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Strategy & play
How Charmander plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- A Basic — hits the board turn 1 with no evolution tax.
- Its main attack (Steady Firebreathing) 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.
- 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.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 3.42 copies on average · 244 decks
- Match win rate
- 32.7%
- -14.4 pts vs the 47.1% 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 · 234 seen
Mega Charizard X ex
in 100% of decks · 246 seen
Mega Charizard Y ex
in 54% of decks · 133 seen
Charmeleon
in 6% of decks · 14 seen
Oricorio ex
in 96% of decks · 237 seen
Heatmor
in 19% of decks · 46 seen
Nitro Fire Energy
in 36% of decks · 88 seen
Reshiram
in 9% of decks · 23 seen
More by GIDORA
This card was illustrated by GIDORA.
Building around Charmander?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"From the time it is born, a flame burns at the tip of its tail. Its life would end if the flame were to go out."
RBlazing Destruction
Discard a Stadium in play.
RRSteady Firebreathing — 30
Weakness:W×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Charmander or Paldean Fates.
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Sep 24, 2026
Rare Candy Club Blitz #1
Sep 25, 2026
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Sep 25, 2026
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Sep 25, 2026
Oceania Open! | Season 3 - Week 13
Sep 25, 2026
Lhama Champs
Sep 25, 2026
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Charmander was legal.
⚡ Surge's TCG Vault Winner Takes All - 100 Codes
today
Amyverse Pokémon 30th Celebration PTCGL Event
today
🏆Moujii's Dojo🏆 (Late Registration Available!)
today
Vault Of Games | NOT SO Midnight Madness #9
today
REFINE Autumn Series Session 4: Falling Leaves
today
La Techgece Cup #1 [BO3] (30C Legal!)
today
Tournament play
Decklist data from the past 30 days of competitive Pokémon TCG tournaments (sourced from Limitless TCG).
Recent decks
1
ran Charmander
Tournaments scanned
289
past 30 days
Competitive note
Occasional competitive appearance.
Top decks running Charmander
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 2026/07/11| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.02 | $0.20 | $30.00 | $0.21 | $0.09 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.01 | $0.26 | $18.80 | $0.26 | $0.10 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/06/20| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.02 |
| 7-day average | €0.05 |
| 30-day average | €0.09 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.09 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.02 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.20 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.21 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.09 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.21 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.14 |
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 $0.21; 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 "Paldean Fates" in the Scarlet & Violet series, released in 2024.
What rarity is Charmander?
Charmander is a Common card in the Paldean Fates set.
Other Charmander printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
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Phantasmal Flames · #11
Shiny RareCharmander
Paldean Fates · #109
CommonCharmander
151 · #4
Illustration RareCharmander
151 · #168
CommonCharmander
Obsidian Flames · #26
PromoCharmander
Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos · #47
PromoCharmander
Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos · #44
