Pokémon · Mega Evolution
Charmeleon
Phantasmal Flames · #12 · Common · 2025
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Market reference
$0.19
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 12 / 130
- Release year
- 2025
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 110
- Subtype
- Stage 1
- Evolves from
- Charmander
- Evolves to
- Charizard
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Regulation mark
- I
- Illustrator
- Uninori
- Pokédex #
- 5
- Series
- Mega Evolution
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 40 damage
- 40 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.
- Needs Fire Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Fire type, weak to Water ×2 — a Water attacker doing ≥55 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.
- Currently Standard-legal — usable in the main rotating format.
How to beat Charmeleon
- Exploit its Water weakness — ≥55 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
- 1.6 copies on average · 171 decks
- Match win rate
- 34.7%
- -12.5 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 X ex
in 100% of decks · 10 seen
Charmander
in 99% of decks · 160 seen
Mega Charizard Y ex
in 66% of decks · 107 seen
Mega Charizard X ex
in 99% of decks · 159 seen
Oricorio ex
in 97% of decks · 156 seen
Heatmor
in 14% of decks · 23 seen
Nitro Fire Energy
in 23% of decks · 37 seen
Reshiram
in 10% of decks · 16 seen
More by Uninori
This card was illustrated by Uninori.
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, the temperature around it rises higher and higher, tormenting its opponents."
RSteady Firebreathing — 40
Weakness:W×2
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Charmeleon or Phantasmal Flames.
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Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Charmeleon was legal.
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Tournament play
Decklist data from the past 30 days of competitive Pokémon TCG tournaments (sourced from Limitless TCG).
Recent decks
58
ran Charmeleon
Tournaments scanned
290
past 30 days
Competitive note
Seeing competitive play.
3 top-cut decks · best finish 3rd
Top decks running Charmeleon
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 2026/07/09| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.01 | $0.18 | $19.98 | $0.19 | $0.01 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.01 | $0.25 | $19.98 | $0.22 | $0.08 |
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 $0.19; 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 "Phantasmal Flames" in the Mega Evolution series, released in 2025.
What rarity is Charmeleon?
Charmeleon is a Common card in the Phantasmal Flames set.
Other Charmeleon printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
