Charmander 98/97

Set: Dragon Released: Nov 24, 2003
Pokémon: Charmander Fire Type Rare Secret Illustrator: Mitsuhiro Arita Evolves To: Charmeleon

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Charmander #98/97 FAQs: Price, Grading & Collecting

Answers about Charmander #98/97 from Dragon — live market value, pull rates, PSA grading returns and tournament legality.

Over the last 30 days, an ungraded Charmander has moved up 0.7% to $327.19. PSA 10 copies are up 211.1% over the same period.

Charmander #98/97 is a Secret Rare, one of the higher rarity tiers in Dragon.

At $327.19 raw, you need a PSA 10 to profit. A PSA 10 sells for $7,650.51, giving a net return of +$6,300.75 after grading costs and selling fees. PSA 9 returns +$71.94 and PSA 8 returns −$51.77, so a PSA 9 or 10 can profit, while anything below that loses money on this card.

PSA have graded 1,288 copies of Charmander #98/97, of which 120 came back as PSA 10. That is a gem rate of 9.3%, or roughly 1 in 11 graded copies.

Yes. At a 9.3% gem rate, Charmander grades worse than the Dragon average by 7.7 points. Clean copies are harder to come by.

Charmander #98/97 was illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita, who has illustrated 1418 Pokémon cards in total.

Charmander #98/97 was released on 24 November 2003 as part of Dragon. It belongs to the Vintage era and features a Generation 1 Pokémon from the Kanto region.