Charizard Price: $0.72–$518,500 · 29 Printings

One picture, many cards

Mitsuhiro Arita's Charizard from the original set has been printed again and again. These are the versions you are most likely to hold, oldest first:

• Japanese Base Set, 1996. The original release, dated October 20, 1996. It shows the Pokédex number, No. 006, instead of a set number, which is why it is filed here as #6. The first print has no rarity symbol in the lower right corner and is known as the "No Rarity" Charizard.
• English Base Set, 1999, #4/102. Printed as 1st Edition, shadowless and Unlimited; the 1999 guide explains how to tell the three runs apart.
• Base Set 2, 2000, #4/130. A reprint with a new number and a small "2" symbol at the lower right of the artwork.
• XY Evolutions, 2016, #11/108. The same art in a modern card frame, with new HP and attacks. This is the Charizard scanned most in the app.
• Celebrations Classic Collection, 2021, #4/102. It carries the original number, but a yellow 25th anniversary logo sits beside the artwork and the foil has a confetti pattern.
• Pokémon TCG Classic, 2023, #003/034. From the Charizard deck of the boxed Classic product; it is not legal in tournaments.
• 30th Celebration, 2026, #4/102. Another reprint under the original number, marked with the 30th anniversary logo.

Which one is yours?

Read the number first: 11/108, 4/130 and 003/034 settle the question at once. If the card says 4/102, look for an anniversary logo next to the artwork. No logo means a 1999 Base Set card, and then the 1st Edition stamp and the drop shadow along the art box decide which of the three runs it is. A Japanese card has no "4/102" at all.

Other Charizards that cause confusion

• Secret rares. A number above the printed set total marks a secret rare. EX Dragon's Charizard is 100/97, the last of three secret rares in that 2003 set.
• Shiny Vault numbers. Shining Fates numbers its shiny cards with an SV prefix, so SV107 is not card 107 of a main set.
• Japanese 151. The third most scanned Charizard here is #006 from the Japanese Pokémon Card 151 set of 2023. The English 151 card is a separate printing with its own value.

The 2020 Charizards from Darkness Ablaze and Champion's Path are compared in the 2020 guide. Each version has its own spread between raw and graded values, so check the estimates by grade on the page for your exact printing before deciding whether grading is worth the fee.