Pokémon · Scarlet & Violet

Charmander

Scarlet & Violet

Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos · #47 · Promo · 2023

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Card facts

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Set position: 47 / 196
Release year: 2023
Rarity: Promo
HP: 70
Subtype: Basic
Retreat cost: 1 energy
Regulation mark: G
Illustrator: NC Empire
Pokédex #: 4
Series: Scarlet & Violet

Card analysis

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Primary role: Attacker
Damage efficiency: 40 damage; 20 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 (Ember) 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.
Currently Standard-legal — usable in the main rotating format.

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; 3.75 copies on average · 12 decks

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.

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About this card

HP: 70Type:RFireSubtype: Basic

"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."

RREmber — 40

Discard an Energy from this Pokémon.

Weakness:W×2

Retreat cost:C

Tournament legality

Current legal status across competitive formats.

expandedLegal

standardLegal

unlimitedLegal

Upcoming events

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Recent tournament results

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Tournaments from the past 30 days where Charmander was legal.

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Top Deck Trainer Trials #1

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Liga Loja tcg #1 R$30,00 + 100 Codes

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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 116 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 2026/06/23

Variant	Low	Mid	High	Market	Direct Low
Holofoil	$0.75	$2.15	$50.00	$2.01	$1.66

Cardmarket (EUR)

Updated 2026/02/19

Variant	Price
1-day average	€0.85
7-day average	€0.84
30-day average	€0.82
Low	€0.09
Trend price	€0.87
Low (excellent+)	€0.09
averageSellPrice	€0.68

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 $2.01; 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 "Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos" in the Scarlet & Violet series, released in 2023.

What rarity is Charmander?

Charmander is a Promo card in the Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos set.