Pokémon · Sword & Shield

Charmander

Sword & Shield

SWSH Black Star Promos · #SWSH092 · Promo · 2019

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Market reference

$4.25

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Card facts

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Set position: SWSH092 / 304
Release year: 2019
Rarity: Promo
HP: 70
Subtype: Basic
Evolves to: Charmeleon
Retreat cost: 1 energy
Regulation mark: D
Illustrator: Uta
Pokédex #: 4
Series: Sword & Shield

Card analysis

Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.

Primary role: Draw
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

Also does

Attacker

Strategy & play

How Charmander plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.

Not a main attacker — its job is card draw. 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 ≥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.
KO it to choke their draw / search engine.

Competitive performance

From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.

Meta inclusion: 0% of decks; 3.4 copies on average · 175 decks
Match win rate: 33.3%; -13.9 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.

Charmeleon

in 96% of decks · 184 seen

Mega Charizard X ex

in 99% of decks · 191 seen

Mega Charizard Y ex

in 62% of decks · 119 seen

Oricorio ex

in 95% of decks · 183 seen

Heatmor

in 12% of decks · 23 seen

Nitro Fire Energy

in 22% of decks · 42 seen

Reshiram

in 10% of decks · 20 seen

Firebreather

in 65% of decks · 125 seen

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About this card

HP: 70Type:RFireSubtype: BasicEvolves to: Charmeleon

"It has a preference for hot things. When it rains, steam is said to spout from the tip of its tail."

RCollect

Draw a card.

RRFlare — 30

Weakness:W×2

Retreat cost:C

Tournament legality

Current legal status across competitive formats.

expandedLegal

unlimitedLegal

Recent tournament results

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Tournaments from the past 30 days where Charmander was legal.

tournament

4to Torneo Tropical Beach

expanded

last week

tournament

The Wild Area Expanded #7 - 18 Codes

expanded

3 weeks ago

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 49 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 2026/07/17

Variant	Low	Mid	High	Market	Direct Low
Holofoil	$2.65	$4.72	$17.62	$4.25	$3.49

Cardmarket (EUR)

Updated 2026/01/16

Variant	Price
1-day average	€1.90
7-day average	€3.72
30-day average	€3.62
Low	€1.50
Trend price	€3.54
Low (excellent+)	€1.90
reverseHoloAvg1	€3.40
Reverse holo 7-day	€5.47
averageSellPrice	€3.61
Reverse holo 30-day	€4.34
Reverse holo trend	€5.52

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 $4.25; 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 "SWSH Black Star Promos" in the Sword & Shield series, released in 2019.

What rarity is Charmander?

Charmander is a Promo card in the SWSH Black Star Promos set.