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Charmander

#038
Charmander 038 from Mega Evolution Promo
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Number
038
Rarity
Promo
Artist
Saboteri
Released
Sep 26, 2025
Sold price movement
The verdict, in three lines
Average submission value
$80.22
Card plus $79.99 at Regular
$127.19
Expected margin
-$46.97
PSA gradedCGC and BGS graded
Raw market value
$20.87.
NM raw · TCGplayer market
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Charmander 038 from Mega Evolution Promo: price by grade, PSA population and sales in the last 90 days
Price typePop sharePopulationPopSold 90dMedianPrice
Raw–126$28.79£21.77€26.05$27.20£20.56€24.61
PSA 11–––
PSA 33–––
PSA 4141––
PSA 516–––
PSA 6483––
PSA 738––$20£15.12€18.10
PSA 82227$27£20.41€24.43$24.73£18.70€22.38
PSA 95,073324$37.06£28.02€33.53$30.97£23.41€28.02
CGC/BGS 9.5–––$35.56£26.89€32.18
PSA 1029,2431,428$100£75.61€90.48$89.42£67.61€80.91
About these prices

84.4% of copies sent to PSA come back a 10. Sold and median are 90 days of PSA sales. The 9.5 is a CGC and BGS grade, so it carries no PSA population.

Priced from 9,116 completed sales, updated Nov 14, 2026.

Price history

$27.20Raw · monthly median sold price
$25$32$40$50MAR '26MAY '26AUG '26NOV '26
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Recent sales

9,116 completed listings on eBay, Fanatics Collect, Alt
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Nov 12, 2026PSA102026 Pokemon Mega Evolution Black Star Promo First Partner Illustration Collection Series 1 Charmander #038Alt · Auction$99.60£75.30€90.12
Nov 5, 2026PSA102026 Pokemon Mega Evolution Black Star Promo First Partner Illustration Collection Series 1 Charmander #038Alt · Auction$96£72.58€86.86
Nov 5, 2026PSA102026 Pokemon Mega Evolution Black Star Promo First Partner Illustration Collection Series 1 Charmander #038Alt · Auction$92.40£69.86€83.60
Nov 5, 2026PSA102026 Pokemon Mega Evolution Black Star Promo First Partner Illustration Collection Series 1 Charmander #038Alt · Auction$92.40£69.86€83.60

Grading odds

PSA has graded 34,660 copies. Where they landed:

PSA 1029,24384.4%
PSA 95,07314.6%
PSA 82220.6%
PSA 7380.1%
PSA 6480.1%
Lower360.1%

Why the verdict weights the odds

Only 84.4% of copies reach a 10, which is why the top price is the wrong number to plan around. Weighting each grade’s PSA price by these odds, a submission is worth $80.22£60.65€72.59 on average against $127.19£96.16€115.08 for the card plus $79.99£60.48€72.38 at Regular, the cheapest level PSA will insure it at. That loses $46.97£35.51€42.50, so a copy is worth more raw.

What BGS copies sold for

Sold prices from listings that named the grader and the grade, not asking prices, and not a PSA figure converted across. A CGC 9 runs about 0.44x the PSA 9 on the cards where we hold both, but the spread is wide enough that it is only worth quoting where copies actually traded, which is what these are. The count beside each price is how many.

Charmander: sold prices by grader and grade, with the number of sales behind each median
GradeMedian soldSales
BGS 9.5$76£57.46€68.7725

Card facts

Card number
038
Rarity
Promo
Illustrator
Saboteri
Set released
Sep 26, 2025
PSA population, all printings
34,660
Printings priced
1
From the same setMega Evolution Promo152 cards
Set value
$4.4k£3.3k€4.0k
7 day move
-1.6%
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What moves the price of this card

The Charmander on this page is the Holofoil printing from Mega Evolution Promo, and it trades at $20.87£15.78€18.88 in near mint condition. Only one printing of this card was produced, so there is no cheaper version to confuse it with.

Graded, it runs PSA 7 $20£15.12€18.10, PSA 8 $24.73£18.70€22.38, PSA 9 $30.97£23.41€28.02, CGC/BGS 9.5 $35.56£26.89€32.18, PSA 10 $89.42£67.61€80.91. PSA has graded 34,660 copies of it. 9,116 completed sales are on file.

What is a PSA 10 Charmander worth?

A PSA 10 Charmander from Mega Evolution Promo sells for $89.42. 84.4% of the copies PSA has graded came back a 10, so that price is the best case rather than the one a submission should expect.

Is Charmander from Mega Evolution Promo worth grading?

On the numbers, no. The average submission is worth $80.22 with every grade weighted by how often this card comes back at it, against $27.20 for a raw copy plus $99.99 to send it through PSA Regular, so it loses $46.97.

Condition does most of the work below the surface. A copy with soft corners or a print line off centre trades well under the market price shown here, and a copy clean enough to grade trades well above it, which is why the PSA 10 sits at $89.42£67.61€80.91. Before you value your own copy, look at the corners under a light and check the centring on the back, where most cards give themselves away.

What Charmander does

FireBasic · 80 HP · retreat 2

FireEmber30

Discard an Energy from this Pokémon.

Tournament legal in standard and expanded.