Pokémon · Base
Dark Charizard
Team Rocket · #21 · Rare · 2000
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$88.79
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 21 / 83
- Release year
- 2000
- Rarity
- Rare
- HP
- 80
- Subtype
- Stage 2
- Evolves from
- Dark Charmeleon
- Retreat cost
- 3 energy
- Illustrator
- Ken Sugimori
- Pokédex #
- 6
- Series
- Base
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 50 damage
- 25 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Stage 2
- Needs its evolution line or Rare Candy to set up
Strategy & play
How Dark Charizard plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Its main attack (Continuous Fireball) 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 ≥40 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Retreat cost 3 — gets stranded Active if gusted; run Switch / Escape Rope or a Float Stone-style Tool.
- A Stage 2 — without Rare Candy you lose ~2 turns setting it up, and it’s gust-bait before it’s online (you must draw Dark Charmeleon first).
How to beat Dark Charizard
- Exploit its Water weakness — ≥40 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
- Trap it Active — 3 retreat means it can’t escape without help.
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by Ken Sugimori
This card was illustrated by Ken Sugimori.
Building around Dark Charizard?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"Seemingly possessed, it spews fire like a volcano, trying to burn all it sees."
CNail Flick — 10
RRContinuous Fireball — 50×
Flip a number of coins equal to the number of Fire Energy cards attached to Dark Charizard. This attack does 50 damage times the number of heads. Discard a number of Fire Energy cards attached to Dark Charizard equal to the number of heads.
Weakness:W×2
Resistance:F-30
Retreat cost:CCC
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 | $57.63 | $87.90 | $1,557.47 | $88.79 | $999.99 |
| 1st Edition | $199.97 | $299.99 | $1,652.85 | $174.41 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €130.00 |
| 7-day average | €46.24 |
| 30-day average | €56.86 |
| Low | €15.00 |
| Trend price | €69.99 |
| Low (excellent+) | €50.00 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €10.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €29.14 |
| averageSellPrice | €60.31 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €25.21 |
| Reverse holo trend | €39.45 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Dark Charizard is real?
Dark Charizard 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 Dark Charizard worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Dark Charizard is $88.79; 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 Dark Charizard from?
Dark Charizard is from the Pokémon set "Team Rocket" in the Base series, released in 2000.
What rarity is Dark Charizard?
Dark Charizard is a Rare card in the Team Rocket set.
Other Dark Charizard printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
