Charmander 98/165

Set: Expedition Base Set Released: Sep 15, 2002
Pokémon: Charmander Fire Type Common Illustrator: Yuichi Sawayama Pull Rate: 1 in 10.5 packs (9.5%) Evolves To: Charmeleon

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Charmander #98/165 FAQs: Price, Grading & Collecting

Answers about Charmander #98/165 from Expedition Base Set — live market value, pull rates, PSA grading returns and tournament legality.

Over the last 30 days, an ungraded Charmander has moved up 3.4% to $54.61. PSA 10 copies are down 0.3% over the same period.

Charmander #98/165 appears roughly 1 in 10.5 packs, which works out at 9.5% per pack. That makes it one of the harder cards to pull from Expedition Base Set.

Charmander #98/165 is a Common, one of the higher rarity tiers in Expedition Base Set.

At $54.61 raw, you need a PSA 10 to profit. A PSA 10 sells for $885.48, giving a net return of +$687.76 after grading costs and selling fees. PSA 9 returns +$107.46 and PSA 8 returns −$10.97, so a PSA 9 or 10 can profit, while anything below that loses money on this card.

PSA have graded 622 copies of Charmander #98/165, of which 171 came back as PSA 10. That is a gem rate of 27.5%, or roughly 1 in 3.6 graded copies.

No. At a 27.5% gem rate, Charmander grades better than the Expedition Base Set average by 9.4 points. Most submitted copies come back clean.

Charmander #98/165 was illustrated by Yuichi Sawayama, who has illustrated 7 Pokémon cards in total.

Charmander #98/165 was released on 15 September 2002 as part of Expedition Base Set. It belongs to the Vintage era and features a Generation 1 Pokémon from the Kanto region.