How much is a PSA 10 Charmander 97/165 worth?

A PSA 10 Charmander 97/165 Expedition Base Set is worth about $740; PSA 9 about $360, PSA 8 about $50.00, PSA 7 about $34.00. That is about 33× the ungraded value.

How often does Charmander 97/165 sell?

Charmander 97/165 Expedition Base Set recorded 242 sales across every grade in the last 90 days (94 in the last 30), most recently on Nov 10, 2026. The highest recent sale was $1,233 for a PSA 10 copy on Oct 18, 2026.

What is the most valuable card in Expedition Base Set?

The most valuable card in Expedition Base Set is Charizard 6/165, at about $2,400 ungraded. Charmander 97/165 ranks 66th of 165.

What set is Charmander 97/165 from?

Charmander 97/165 is from the English Pokémon TCG set Expedition Base Set, released Sep 15, 2002, in the Wizards of the Coast era. Its rarity is Common.

What is Charmander 97/165 worth raw, in PSA 9 and in PSA 10?

As of Nov 12, 2026, Charmander 97/165 is about $22.50 ungraded near mint (191 sales in 90 days); PSA 9 about $360 (12 sales); PSA 10 about $740 (33 sales).

Which printing of Charmander 97/165 is this, and why do two copies differ in price?

Charmander 97/165 comes in 2 printings: Non-Holo $23.13 ungraded, Reverse Holo $133 ungraded. Reverse holo or non-holo: the reverse holo’s border and text box shine; the non-holo has no shine anywhere.

Common2002Wizards of the Coast era

CharmanderExpedition Base Set 97/165 price & value

Name: Charmander 97/165 Expedition Base Set
Brand: Pokémon
SKU: ecard1-97

Japanese prints: 34 Japanese Charmander cards are listed, $0.18 to $947 ungraded.

Charmander 97/165, Expedition Base Set Pokémon card — Press the card to zoom in

UltraBall Market ValueUngraded

$22.50

up +24%4 weeks · Rising

Medium confidence

Some recent sales, or sales that vary more than usual.

191 ungraded in the last 90 days, all conditions
60 sales on record listed as near mint
Typical sales within ±99% of the figure
Last sale Nov 10, 2026

How we calculate the UltraBall Market Value →

High liquidity85/100

High liquidity

Trades often, at prices that agree. It counts sales, not how long a listing takes to sell.

About 64 ungraded copies sell a month across all conditions, the pace of the last 90 days.

How we measure liquidity →

Near mint · UltraBall Market Value · 191 ungraded sales in the last 90 days, all conditions · as of Nov 12, 2026

Graded: PSA 9 $360PSA 10 $740

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People ask about this card

What is Charmander 97/165 worth raw, in PSA 9 and in PSA 10?: As of Nov 12, 2026, Charmander 97/165 is about $22.50 ungraded near mint (191 sales in 90 days); PSA 9 about $360 (12 sales); PSA 10 about $740 (33 sales). Every grade’s price.
Which printing of Charmander 97/165 is this, and why do two copies differ in price?: Charmander 97/165 comes in 2 printings: Non-Holo $23.13 ungraded, Reverse Holo $133 ungraded. Reverse holo or non-holo: the reverse holo’s border and text box shine; the non-holo has no shine anywhere. Printings compared.

Price history

Charmander 97/165 price over time

Nov 11Feb 11May 13Aug 13Nov 12

Recorded prices, joined day to day

Ungraded, 1 year: $7.82 on Nov 11, 2025, $22.50 on Nov 12, 2026. Lowest $7.82, highest $25.34.

Now: $22.50
4 weeks: +24%
90 days: +30%
1 year: +189%
Highest, 1Y: $25.34
Lowest, 1Y: $7.82

Recorded history starts January 2021. Earlier history is monthly averages; from July 22, 2026 the line is a smoothed 7-day average of daily prices, so single-day swings don’t show. Between recorded prices, the line and its daily values are estimated from the prices either side.

Charmander 97/165 price by month

Ungraded, at the end of each month, newest first: the line above read off at each month’s last day. The latest month ends on today’s UltraBall Market Value.

Month	Ungraded	Change on month
November 2026to Nov 12, 2026	$22.50	down −1.8%
October 2026	$22.91	up +37%
September 2026	$16.68	down −2.3%
August 2026	$17.08	down −0.3%
July 2026	$17.13	–
May 2026	$10.24	down −1.9%
April 2026	$10.44	up +6.6%
March 2026	$9.79	up +25%
February 2026	$7.82	down −5.3%
January 2026	$8.26	up +5.6%
December 2025	$7.82	0.0%
November 2025	$7.82	up +25%

Matched to this exact card

Recent verified sales

Latest 90

RawCharmander 097/165 Expedition Base Set RegularNov 10, 2026 · eBay · Condition not stated · Offers taken (asking price; paid may be lower) · View listing · Asking price, up to $8.12asking
RawCharmander (97) Common Expedition 097/165 NMNov 10, 2026 · eBay · Sold as near mint · View listing · $19.99
RawCharmander 97/165 Common Expedition Base Set Pokemon Lightly PlayedNov 10, 2026 · eBay · Sold as light play · View listing · $20.00
RawNintendo Pokemon TCG Charmander 97/165 Expedition 2002 Regular e-ReaderUnusual priceNov 10, 2026 · eBay · Condition not stated · View listing · $6.00
RawCharmander 097/165 Expedition Base Set 2002 English Regular Common e-ReaderNov 10, 2026 · eBay · Condition not stated · Offers taken (asking price; paid may be lower) · View listing · Asking price, up to $20.00asking
RawPokemon TCG Charmander 097/165 Expedition Base Set e-Reader Eng 50HPNov 10, 2026 · eBay · Condition not stated · Offers taken (asking price; paid may be lower) · View listing · Asking price, up to $14.95asking
Raw2002 Pokemon Expedition Charmander #97/165Nov 10, 2026 · eBay · Condition not stated · View listing · $17.50
RawPokemon TCG Charmander 097/165 Expedition Base Set e-Reader Eng 50HPNov 10, 2026 · eBay · Condition not stated · Offers taken (asking price; paid may be lower) · View listing · Asking price, up to $18.00asking
CGC 8.52002 Pokemon Expedition Charmander #97 CGC 8.5 NM-MT+Nov 9, 2026 · Fanatics Collect · View listing · $46.80
PSA 9Pokémon TCG Expedition Base Charmander 097/165 Regular PSA 9 (2002)Nov 8, 2026 · eBay · Best offer accepted (asked $288) · View listing · $200
PSA 52002 POKEMON EXPEDITION #97 CHARMANDER PSA 5Nov 5, 2026 · eBay · Auction · View listing · $32.00
PSA 1PSA 1 Charmander Expedition #97 2002 Pokemon WoTC PRNov 4, 2026 · eBay · Best offer accepted (asked $170) · View listing · $131
PSA 52002 POKEMON EXPEDITION #97 CHARMANDER PSA 5Nov 3, 2026 · eBay · Auction · View listing · $23.50
PSA 9CHARMANDER 2002 POKEMON EXPEDITION 97/165 COMMON PSA 9 Q7872Oct 28, 2026 · eBay · Auction · View listing · $196
PSA 10Pokémon TCG 2002 Expedition Base Set Charmander 097/165 Regular PSA 10Oct 23, 2026 · eBay · Best offer accepted (asked $871) · View listing · $619
PSA 92002 POKEMON EXPEDITION #97 CHARMANDER PSA 9 Non HoloOct 23, 2026 · eBay · Best offer accepted (asked $229) · View listing · $200
PSA 92002 Pokemon Expedition #97/165 Charmander PSA 9 MINTOct 22, 2026 · eBay · Auction · View listing · $248
PSA 102002 PSA 10 GEM MINT NINTENDO POKEMON CHARMANDER 97/165 EXPEDITION BASE SET CARDOct 21, 2026 · eBay · Offers taken (asking price; paid may be lower) · View listing · Asking price, up to $1,100asking
PSA 10Sold via eBay · PSA cert #27144230Oct 3, 2026 · eBay · Best offer accepted · View listing$387
PSA 10Sold via eBay · PSA cert #47381990Oct 1, 2026 · eBay · Buy It Now · View listing$1,000
PSA 9Sold via eBay · PSA cert #154603957Sep 30, 2026 · eBay · Best offer accepted · View listing$360
PSA 10Sold via eBay · PSA cert #63172693Sep 27, 2026 · eBay · Best offer accepted · View listing$740
PSA 10Sold via eBay · PSA cert #73858660Sep 27, 2026 · eBay · Buy It Now · View listing$800
PSA 10Sold via eBay · PSA cert #60683460Sep 26, 2026 · eBay · Auction · View listing$640
PSA 10Sold via eBay · PSA cert #54052025Sep 26, 2026 · eBay · Best offer accepted · View listing$800
PSA 9Sold via eBay · PSA cert #159166111Sep 18, 2026 · eBay · Auction · View listing$172
PSA 9Sold via Courtyard · PSA cert #154603956Unusual priceSep 18, 2026 · Courtyard · Buy It Now · View listing$110
PSA 9Sold via Alt · PSA cert #105292564Unusual priceSep 17, 2026 · Alt · Buy It Now$95.00

Every sale here was matched to this exact card: the right number, set, printing and language, one card per listing, raw kept apart from graded. Where a venue sells by card and gives no listing title to check, the row says the venue named the card. Listings we can’t be sure of are left out. A price marked ≤ is an asking price, not a confirmed sale. On an accepted best offer we show what the buyer paid, not the asking price; where that isn’t on record the asking price is shown as a ceiling and never counts towards the price. A sale marked unusual is far from that grade’s market price: it stays on the record, and is left out of this page’s latest-sale and comparison figures. Sales record updated Nov 11, 2026.

Graded values

Charmander 97/165 price by grade

Charmander 97/165: market price, 4-week change, sales pace and last sale by grade
Grade	Market value	4 wk	Sales/moSales a month	Last sale
UngradedMedium. Some recent sales, or sales that vary more than usual.	$22.50Last $19.99 · Nov 10, 2026	up +24%	64High liquidity. High	$19.99Nov 10, 2026Medium. Some recent sales, or sales that vary more than usual.
PSA 1032.9× rawHigh. Many recent comparable sales that agree closely.	$740Last $619 · Oct 23, 2026	0.0%	4Medium liquidity. Medium	$619Oct 23, 2026High. Many recent comparable sales that agree closely.
PSA 916× rawHigh. Many recent comparable sales that agree closely.	$360Last $200 · Nov 8, 2026	up +35%	4Medium liquidity. Medium	$200Nov 8, 2026High. Many recent comparable sales that agree closely.
PSA 82.2× rawHigh. Many recent comparable sales that agree closely.	$50.00	0.0%	1Medium liquidity. Medium	–High. Many recent comparable sales that agree closely.
PSA 71.5× rawLimited. How closely the price sources agree, and how often the card trades.	$34.00Last $50.36 · Oct 14, 2026	up +63%	1Medium liquidity. Medium	$50.36Oct 14, 2026Limited. How closely the price sources agree, and how often the card trades.
CGC 102.7× rawMedium. Some recent sales, or sales that vary more than usual.	$60.00	–	1Medium liquidity. Medium	–Medium. Some recent sales, or sales that vary more than usual.

Each graded row counts only that grade's sales; the ungraded row counts every condition. Sales a month is the 90-day pace. Last sale is the latest verified sale, never an asking price. How we calculate the UltraBall Market Value

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If it gets a PSA 10: +$537
If it gets a PSA 9: +$208
PSA fee for a PSA 10: $59.99 Standard
Slab sale price to break even: $120at Standard, $59.99
Grading pays, at today’s prices: PSA 9 and up
Historical PSA 10 rate: 30%

Against selling raw at $22.50, after the PSA fee for what the slab is worth (a 10 goes in at Standard, $59.99; a 9 at the same level), $25.00 shipping and insurance, and eBay US selling fees, as the selling calculator works them out, with its usual $5 postage and $1 packing on each sale: the same sum as the selling calculator. Each grade is charged the fee level its own slab price needs, so the break-even price carries the fee for a slab at that price, not the PSA 10 fee. These are outcomes if the card gets each grade, not the chance that it will. PSA has graded 737 copies; 218 got a 10.

Population

PSA graded: 737; +31 in 4 weeks
PSA 10: 218; +3 in 4 weeks
PSA 9: 283; +14 in 4 weeks
Historical PSA 10 rate: 30%; PSA 10s of all graded

A higher historical PSA 10 rate than 49% of the Expedition Base Set cards PSA has graded enough of.

Grader	Graded	10s	9s	10s share
PSA	737	218	283	30%
CGC	406	66	112	16%
BGS	18	0	4	–
SGC	24	2	12	8.3%

PSA graded: 742
10s: 218
10s share: 29%
Historical PSA 10 rate: 29%

Every PSA grade (11)

PSA population by grade
Grade	Copies	Share
10	218	29%
9	285	38%
8.5	2	0.27%
8	126	17%
7	55	7.4%
6	25	3.4%
5	16	2.2%
4	5	0.67%
3	3	0.40%
2	2	0.27%
1	7	0.94%

PSA’s count of Nov 9, 2026. The rate is PSA 10s over every copy PSA has graded.

CGC graded: 406
10s: 66
10s share: 16%
Historical CGC gem rate: 16%; Gem: 10s, Pristine and Perfect 10s

Every CGC grade (16)

CGC population by grade
Grade	Copies	Share
10	66	16%
9.5	26	6.4%
9	112	28%
8.5	77	19%
8	43	11%
7.5	26	6.4%
7	8	2.0%
6.5	11	2.7%
6	10	2.5%
5.5	3	0.74%
5	5	1.2%
4.5	6	1.5%
4	3	0.74%
3.5	1	0.25%
2.5	1	0.25%
Authentic	8	2.0%

CGC’s count of Nov 10, 2026. 10s share counts every 10 label; CGC’s own gem is 10s, Pristine and Perfect 10s.

Beckett graded: 18
10s: 0
10s share: –
Historical Beckett gem rate: –; Gem: 9.5s, Pristine and Black Label 10s

Every Beckett grade (5)

Beckett population by grade
Grade	Copies	Share
9.5	10	56%
9	4	22%
8	2	11%
7.5	1	5.6%
5.5	1	5.6%

Beckett’s count of Nov 10, 2026. 10s share counts every 10 label; Beckett’s own gem is 9.5s, Pristine and Black Label 10s.

SGC graded: 24
10s: 2
10s share: 8.3%
Historical SGC gem rate: 8.3%; Gem: 10s and Pristine 10s

Every SGC grade (8)

SGC population by grade
Grade	Copies	Share
10	2	8.3%
9.5	2	8.3%
9	12	50%
8.5	1	4.2%
8	4	17%
7.5	1	4.2%
7	1	4.2%
4	1	4.2%

SGC’s count of Nov 10, 2026. 10s share counts every 10 label; SGC’s own gem is 10s and Pristine 10s.

PSA’s population report of Nov 9, 2026; changes are since Sep 28, 2026. CGC, BGS and SGC as of Nov 10, 2026; their 10s include Pristine, Perfect and Black Label 10s. PSA counts the cards it has graded, not every copy that exists. Compare with the low pop cards and the hardest PSA 10s.

PSA 10 price against PSA’s population

The same 15 weeks, Jul 24, 2026 to Nov 9, 2026: the price on the day of each weekly PSA report, and the report’s counts. Side by side, not cause and effect.

Left: PSA 10 price, US$. Right: PSA graded copies.

About

About this card

Charmander is card 97 of 165 in the Expedition Base Set price guide, a set released in September 2002 during the Wizards of the Coast era. Its rarity is Common. The artwork is by Masako Yamashita. In the checklist it sits after Caterpie 96/165 and before Charmander 98/165.

It is the 66th most valuable of the 165 priced cards in Expedition Base Set, behind Charizard 6/165 (see the most valuable Expedition Base Set cards).

It is one of 48 English Charmander cards, and ranks 10th among them by ungraded value; the most valuable is Charmander from Dragon. Compare them all in the most valuable Charmander cards.

What the data says

The ungraded value is up 24% over four weeks on 7-day averages, with 76 ungraded sales in the last 30 days.

A PSA 10 is valued at 33× the ungraded price ($740 against $22.50), and a PSA 9 at $360.

PSA has graded 737 copies, 218 of them PSA 10 (30%). That describes the copies sent in, not the chance a given card grades 10.

From prices of Nov 12, 2026 and sales to Nov 10, 2026. Observations, not advice or a forecast. How we read the market

Market snapshot

How each figure is worked out

4 weeks: +24%ungraded, between 7-day averages
90 days: +30%ungraded, between 7-day averages
1 year: +189%ungraded; before Jul 22, 2026 from monthly averages
Direction: Risingthe ungraded 7-day average is up 10% or more on four weeks ago
High since daily tracking: 14% under$26.26 on Nov 2, 2026, 7-day average; daily prices since Jul 22, 2026
Liquidity: High63.7 ungraded sales a month over 90 days
Price confidence: Medium confidenceSome recent sales, or sales that vary more than usual.
Ungraded sold: 76in 30 days; 191 in 90
PSA 10 premium: 32.9×the ungraded price; the typical Expedition Base Set card with a PSA 10 price: 21.7×
PSA 10 population: 218of 737 PSA graded, count of Nov 9, 2026
Population change: +31graded, +3 PSA 10s, Sep 28, 2026 to Nov 9, 2026

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Printings compared

Non-Holo · this pageNothing on the front shines.$23.13 ungraded
Reverse HoloThe border and text box shine; the picture is flat.$133 ungraded

Reverse holo or non-holo: the reverse holo’s border and text box shine; the non-holo has no shine anywhere.

Card details

Set: Expedition Base Set
Number: 97/165
Set code: EX
Rarity: Common
Released: Sep 15, 2002
Era: Wizards of the Coast
Pokémon: Charmander
Pokédex no.: #0004
Illustrator: Masako Yamashita
Printings: Non-holo, Reverse holo

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