Machamp occupies 3 products, with Collect 151 alone printing 3 of the 7 cards. Machamp V #141 tops the ranking at $78.75, and it carries 43 percent of the graded value on its own.
What makes the shape worth reading is where the cards sit. 3 of the 7 Machamp cards come out of Collect 151 at #68, and that one line supplies 1 of the 3 ranked cards. The top of the list is not from that line at all: Machamp V from cs5bC takes first place at $78.75.
How this list was built
Three rules, applied in this order.
- The card has to sit in a Chinese-only set. Every card below carries a set code ending in C — 151C, CSM2bC and cs5bC. That trailing letter marks a Simplified Chinese print run, and it is the dependable way to tell a Chinese-only card from a card that merely happens to be printed in Chinese. Reading a Chinese set code from end to end covers the whole system.
- The card has to have a tracked PSA 10 value. 7 Machamp cards exist across these sets and 3 have a PSA 10 price on record. The 4 that do not are Machamp [Reverse] #68, Machamp [Master Ball] #68 and 2 more — none of them has a graded sold record yet, and a card with no price cannot be ranked.
- The card has to be a Pokémon card. Sealed product, trainer cards and energy are out of scope.
One exclusion applies here as it does to every character ranking we publish. Promo printings of Machamp exist in Chinese and they are not on this list. Promo numbering is shared across the Chinese branches — the same promo number appears in Traditional Chinese product as well — so a promo number on its own cannot establish which branch a card came from. Everything below sits inside a numbered set whose code ends in C, which is unambiguous.
The three, ranked
1. Machamp V #141 — cs5bC — $78.75
Raw $44.50 · grade 9 $32.85
The highest-priced Machamp card in these sets and the one entry from outside the Collect 151 line. Grading multiplies this one only 1.8 times, with $44.50 already in the raw card.
2. Marshadow & Machamp GX #80 — CSM2bC — $64
Raw $8.56 · grade 9 $53.66
Sitting at 2 of 3 and one of the CSM2bC prints that sits outside the Collect 151 group. There is $25 between it and the card below. Raw to graded is only 7.5 times, since $8.56 raw already carries part of the premium.
3. Machamp #68 — Collect 151 (151C) — $38.92
Raw $2.12 · grade 9 $13.25
At the foot of the ranking and a card from Collect 151. Its raw price of $2.12 multiplies 18.4 times into the graded value. This is the Collect 151 print at #68, the set where all of the original 151 Pokémon have a card.
What the ranking shows
Machamp splits into 1 bands across 3 priced cards, and the top band is where the ranking is decided.
| Band | Cards | Combined PSA 10 value | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|
| $39 – $79 — ranked 1 to 3 | 3 | $182 | 100.0% |
| Every priced Machamp card | 3 | $182 | 100% |
Two further patterns run across the whole group.
The multiples are not uniform. Raw-to-graded ratios across the list run from 1.8 to 18.4 — a spread that says the raw market and the graded market are pricing these prints off different information.
The band is $40 wide. Between $78.75 at the top and $38.92 at the bottom, the whole ranked list sits inside a $40 window — narrow enough that assembling the entire run costs close to what the first card costs alone.
Where Machamp is printed
| Product | Set code | Machamp cards | With a PSA 10 value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collect 151 | 151C | 3 | 1 |
| CSM2bC | CSM2bC | 2 | 1 |
| cs5bC | cs5bC | 2 | 1 |
| Total | 7 | 3 |
Collect 151 supplies 3 of the 7 Machamp cards and 21 percent of the $182 total, because the expensive cards are inside that line. Collect 151 prints Machamp as one of the original 151, and those prints are priced generously relative to the Gem Pack foils. 4 of the 7 cards carry no price at all, so the checklist in the table above is longer than the ranking it supports. If the goal is the group rather than the single card, completing a Simplified Chinese set sets out what a full run involves.
If you want one card
- One card, no budget limit: Machamp V #141 from cs5bC at $78.75. It is the highest-priced Machamp card in these sets.
- The second line: Marshadow & Machamp GX #80 from CSM2bC at $64, the second-highest Machamp card in these sets and the next step down from the top.
- The Kanto print: Machamp #68 from Collect 151 at $38.92 — the character’s entry in the set of the original 151, and the only Machamp card that exists in that product.
- If you want the whole run: the 3 ranked cards come to $182 together, which is close to the cost of the top card alone.
Frequently asked questions
How many Machamp cards are there in Simplified Chinese?
7, across 3 products. 3 of the 7 carry a tracked PSA 10 value.
What is the most valuable Machamp card in Simplified Chinese?
Machamp V #141 from cs5bC, tracked at $78.75 as a PSA 10 and $44.50 raw. It is the only Machamp card in these sets above $64, and it holds 43 percent of the character’s combined value.
Why is there a Collect 151 Machamp card on the list?
Because Machamp is one of the original 151 Pokémon and Collect 151 prints every one of them. It lands at number 3 at $38.92. Characters from later generations are not in that set, so they have no Kanto print to break a Gem Pack run.
Is a PSA 10 worth the premium over a raw card?
Raw-to-graded multiples across the list run from 1.8 to 18.4, so on most cards the graded premium is real. Where the multiple is lowest, the raw price already carries most of the value. Grading outcomes are never certain, and nothing here is a prediction about what any individual card will grade at.
Do the Collect 151 prints come in more than one treatment?
Yes. A number in Collect 151 exists as a plain card, a reverse holo and a Master Ball reverse holo. Only the plain print usually trades enough to have a price attached. The series guide explains the two reverse holo patterns.
Other character rankings
Each character with a full five or ten-card ranking has its own page: Ceruledge, Charizard, Eevee, Espeon, Flareon, Floragato, Gengar, Glaceon, Jolteon, Leafeon, Mew, Pikachu, Sylveon, Umbreon, Vaporeon, and among the shorter runs Alakazam, Applin, Articuno, Blastoise, Captain Pikachu, Chandelure, Chansey, Charmander, Clefable, Crocalor, Cubone, Fuecoco.
Beyond the single character, the ten most popular Chinese-exclusive cards ranks across Pokémon, the price ladder sorts the same catalogue into bands, and the collector’s index lists every Pokémon that appears in the Chinese-only sets with its card count, priced count and top value.
Sources
Sources and further reading
- PriceCharting — Pokémon Chinese console listings, including Collect 151 (151C), CSM2bC, cs5bC. PSA 10 values retrieved 25 September 2026.
- PriceCharting — individual card pages for the Machamp prints listed above, across 7 numbered cards.
- CardSpicy — How to read a Simplified Chinese Pokémon set code, on the trailing C and the secret-rare numbering convention.
Prices quoted are secondary-market observations at the dates cited and move quickly; nothing here is a valuation or an investment recommendation. Our own asking prices for the cards we hold are on each product page.