How much are charizard pokemon cards worth

However, card condition plays a massive role. Grading companies help with this by assessing the state of the card out of The better the condition, the rarer the card. Again, this is really useful for understanding how rare a Charizard card is. For more information about grading see here. Here are some cool Charizard Pokemon cards I added to my collection in some purchases, some self-graded. A post shared by Pokemon Card Collector cardcollector. Last updated November 12, Average rating 4.

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He's been obsessed with Pokemon since the age of His favourite character is Onix, his most treasured card is a 1st Edition Dark Charizard, and his collecting goal is to open every WOTC era booster box.

Start typing and press enter to search Search …. If you have a card similar to the one pictured above, you may have something incredibly valuable.

I vividly remember running around my elementary schoolyard trading Pokemon cards with fellow classmates. However, I never owned a 1st edition Charizard card until much later in my life when I had the money to afford one. If your Pokemon card has the 1st edition symbol , as shown above, anywhere on your card, you could have something worth a lot of money. Watch out, you may have a fake first edition stamp.

Later I will show you how to spot a non-genuine 1st ed stamp. Personally one of my favorite cards is the Shadowless Charizard. This card is called Shadowless because of the missing shadow on the right side of Charizard. I will show an example of a shadowed card below. Shadowless cards for all base set Pokemon will bring more money than the Unlimited Shadow version of every card. Each card has a 1st edition, shadowless, and unlimited version when it comes to base set Pokemon.

These cards all come with a shadow on the border to the right of Charizard. Of the three 1st edition, shadowless, unlimited the unlimited release is the least valuable. The card shown above has the same artwork as the previous Charizards except for the Card Number bottom right corner of the card and the set symbol, shown at the bottom right corner outside of the Charizard design.

These cards will be worth considerably less money than their counterparts from the original Base set Pokemon. Base set 2 was printed in large quantities. The exact print quantity was never released by Wizards of the Coast. These cards are worth considerably less than their holo counterparts, simply because holo cards are harder to obtain, especially in mint condition.

Cards from the Legendary Collection set can be easily distinguished by the set symbol, a badge, outside the bottom right corner of the Charizard portrait. The example above is a holographic Charizard, worth much more than the non-holo version.

This is pretty consistent among all Pokemon cards. If you have a holo and non-holo version, the holo version will almost always be worth more money. Reverse Holo Charizard, Legendary Collection. Last, but not least, is the Reverse holotype Charizard from the Legendary Collection set.

These Charizard cards are visually blinding but very valuable in mint condition. Everything outside the Charizard box is holographic, making it extremely susceptible to scratches. This means mint condition cards are hard to come by and will be worth a considerable amount of money. Holo Charizard Pokemon cards will almost always be worth more than their non-holo counterparts, especially in pristine condition. They almost always have different card numbers, seen in the bottom right corner of the card.

You can expect your non-holo Charizard card to be worth about a quarter or half the value of the same card in holographic form. This is typical because the print runs for non-holo were larger, plus holographic cards just look cooler to collectors.

The holotype will always be worth the most. In a similar design Charizard was produced but from a more modern set called the Pokemon Stormfront set. This set, like many others, had a very small pull rate for the Charizard card which was holographic. Today these cards are very hard to come by in mint condition and demand a huge premium in the market.

The later the Pokemon card set was printed, the less valuable it may be. The highest grade possible is Gem Mint or Perfect , this means there are no signs of wear, handling, and the card is perfectly centered.

With trading cards, sometimes an extremely poorly centered card will be considered an error card and bring a premium. The above image is a perfect example of a Charizard card that is so poorly centered, collectors call these cards Off-center. Off-centered cards are done during the printing process and is completely normal. There are however some people who specifically collect this type of Pokemon.

In an ideal world, all bills would be printed equally and perfect… with perfect centering and no flaws. This, however, is not the case. A poorly centered Pokemon card , gem mint or not, takes away from the Pokemon cards overall eye-appeal and should always be taken into consideration when evaluating high-grade Charizard Pokemon cards. There are certain collectors who collect specifically off-centered Pokemon cards. Regardless of the grade or appearance, we buy all 1st edition Charizard cards.

Contact us today if you have Pokemon cards you want to sell. This 1st edition Charizard card was graded PSA 8. Pokemon cards that are NM have small handling defects. Centering of the margins is still a value factor even on NM trading cards.

If you send me a picture of a Charizard card you want to sell, it can be difficult to tell the exact grade from a photo. You can start to see a difference in quality once the grade gets into Excellent EX.

Pokemon cards that are EX, numerically 5 or 5. As seen in the picture above you can see heavy scratching across the entire holographic area. If seen in person, the card would show signs of play and handling. These are all value factors for all collectible trading cards. First edition Charizard cards from base set will typically show more signs of handling, and be lower grade.

Remember these cards often passed through many hands on the playground. I vividly remember the first time I saw a Charizard card was in 3rd grade. They were the pinnacle of Pokemon and not many kids had the opportunity to own such a rare card. Very Good VG Pokemon cards will be heavily played cards with some major defects. Numerically, a VG Pokemon card will be graded 3 or 3.

The above picture is a perfect example of just that. These Pokemon cards will typically look heavily played and handled.

Most Charizard cards we buy look just like this , and we can pay the most competitive price for these. Even cards that look like above, if rare enough, can be worth money. You may be wondering if I would buy a Pokemon card in this poor of condition… the answer is most definitely YES. A Pokemon card in Poor P condition will look similar to the card pictured above. This meant that, on the playground, Japanese Pokemon cards were easily more valuable than their English counterparts.

Outside of the text difference, the Japanese version of the base set card had a slightly different layout pattern when it came to the energy symbols attached to moves. Earlier, we discussed the introduction of shiny Pokemon and how it simply made Charizard cooler.

In the NEO Destiny 1st edition set, there was a card titled Shining Charizard that captured the black-scaled iconic Pokemon in all of its elegance and stoicism.

The NEO Destiny set was the last one that the card manufacturer, Wizards of the Coast, used the 1st edition logo for on any of their Pokemon products — an interesting legacy for an equally interesting trading card. Reading the title of this entry, some readers may be wondering what shadowless means. It refers to certain prints of cards that lack the shadow design element to many parts of the card's design.

For all intents and purposes, it's an added level of rarity and uniqueness. The shadowless Charizard was part of a printing following the 1st edition cards and was rather scarce. Sitting at 1 on this list is probably the card that most people clicked on this article to find. There is no rarity symbol for "extremely rare," but in terms of tangible cards, this takes the cake.

This is easily the most expensive Charizard card. Jerrad Wyche is a writer, designer, and producer hailing from Albuquerque, New Mexico. He hosts his own weekly video game podcast at Controlled Interests and is a dedicated writer for TheGamer.

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