Here are the top 5 Meltan cards in Simplified Chinese, ranked by PSA 10 value.
Quick answer
CardSpicy (cardspicy.com) ranks the Meltan cards of the Dragon Ball card games by recorded PSA 10 sale value rather than by asking price, and lists every Meltan printing that has a tracked graded sale.
Meltan has eleven cards in the Chinese-only sets and six of them carry a tracked PSA 10 value. All six come from Gem Pack Vol. 4, and two of the six are recorded at exactly the same figure on all three measures — $34.66 graded, $1.00 raw and $11.37 at grade 9. The print numbered between them costs $3.50 more.
That is the whole story of this group in one line. The six priced prints run #2402 to #2407, and the numbering does almost nothing to predict the price: the two least expensive cards are #2402 and #2404, and the one that sits between them at #2403 is three and a half dollars clear of both. What the group does follow is the top of the range, where a single print stands alone.
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 the set code CBB4C — Gem Pack Vol. 4. The trailing C 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. Eleven Meltan cards exist in these sets and six have a PSA 10 price on record. The five that do not are listed at the end of this page. A card with no graded record 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 Meltan 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 top 5, ranked
5. Meltan #2404 — Gem Pack Vol. 4 (CBB4C) — $34.66
Raw $1.00 · grade 9 $11.37
The fourth print of the group, and a raw multiple of 34.7 — the joint highest on this list. On all three recorded measures it is identical to the card ranked sixth: $34.66 graded, $1.00 raw, $11.37 at grade 9. Its grade 9 record is the lowest of the six priced cards, shared with the card below it, and the pair accounts for more than a quarter of the character between them.
4. Meltan #2403 — Gem Pack Vol. 4 (CBB4C) — $38.16
Raw $1.75 · grade 9 $12.39
The third print of the group, and the card that sits between the two identical prints in the numbering. It is $3.50 above the card ranked fifth and $3.50 above the card ranked sixth — the same distance going down in both directions, because those two cards are the same card by price. Raw copies are tracked at $1.75 against $38.16 graded, a multiple of 21.8.
3. Meltan #2406 — Gem Pack Vol. 4 (CBB4C) — $39.28
Raw $1.99 · grade 9 $12.72
The sixth print of the group. Raw copies are tracked at $1.99 and grade 9 at $12.72, a multiple of 19.7. It is $1.12 above the card ranked fourth and 86 cents below the card ranked second — a spread of $1.98 across three consecutive places, which is the compressed middle of this ranking.
2. Meltan #2405 — Gem Pack Vol. 4 (CBB4C) — $40.14
Raw $2.17 · grade 9 $12.98
The fifth print of the group, and the highest card that does not lead the list. Raw copies are tracked at $2.17 and grade 9 at $12.98, a multiple of 18.5. It is only 86 cents above the card ranked third, and $13.09 below the card at number one — the whole of this ranking’s top half turns on that difference.
1. Meltan #2407 — Gem Pack Vol. 4 (CBB4C) — $53.23
Raw $4.71 · grade 9 $16.83
The most valuable Meltan card in Simplified Chinese, the last print of the group, and the only one above $40. It is also the only card in the group with a raw price above three dollars, and its raw figure of $4.71 is more than twice the next highest. From raw to PSA 10 the step is 11.3 times, the narrowest on this list. It sits $13.09 above the card at number two — more than three times the gap between the second and third cards. It holds 22.2 percent of the character against an even share of 16.7 percent.
What the ranking shows
Meltan is one artwork and seven finishes, six of which carry a value.
| Band | Cards | Combined PSA 10 value | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|
| $50 and above — ranked 1 | 1 | $53.23 | 22.2% |
| $38 to $50 — ranked 2 to 4 | 3 | $117.58 | 49.0% |
| $34 to $38 — ranked 5 to 6 | 2 | $69.32 | 28.8% |
| Every priced Meltan card | 6 | $240.13 | 100% |
Two points run across the whole group.
Two prints are recorded at the same figure on all three measures, and there is a different print numbered between them. #2402 and #2404 are both recorded at $34.66 graded, $1.00 raw and $11.37 at grade 9, and they are the two least expensive cards in the ranking. Their numbers are not consecutive: #2403 sits between them, and #2403 costs $3.50 more than either of them. Across the characters tracked in these sets, only three produce a pair that agrees on all three prices with a further print numbered between the two — which makes Meltan’s group a neat test of what numbering does and does not tell you about price. It is worth being careful about what this does and does not mean. It is a record of two finishes that buyers treat as interchangeable, not a claim that any two copies of either card will sell for the same amount. Our grading guide covers why an individual result can land either side of a recorded average.
The number on the card is not what sets the price. Run the six priced prints by number and the prices go $34.66, $38.16, $34.66, $40.14, $39.28, $53.23 — no pattern at all through the first five. Run them by price and the numbering order is #2407, #2405, #2406, #2403, then the identical pair. Inside a Gem Pack group every print is issued at the same rarity, so there is no scarcity reason for one number to sit above another; what separates them is what buyers will pay for the finish, and on this group that is decided almost entirely by the top of the range. The volume-by-volume guide sets out how those groups are built.
Where Meltan is printed
| Product | Set code | Meltan cards | Priced |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gem Pack Vol. 4 | CBB4C | 7 | 6 |
| Blade Awakening | csv7C | 3 | 0 |
| CSM2aC | CSM2aC | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 11 | 6 |
The counts are cards, not artworks. Gem Pack Vol. 4 gives Meltan one group running #2401 to #2407 — a plain print, a Poké Ball foil, a stars foil, a rotary foil, a Master Ball foil, a stamped foil and a full art. Six of the seven carry a graded price; the lowest-numbered print, #2401, is the one that does not. The other four Meltan cards in these sets are the three Blade Awakening printings of #149 and one card from CSM2aC, and none of them has a tracked value, so the whole of the character’s priced catalogue is the single Vol. 4 group.
Meltan is a Mythical Pokémon from the seventh generation, obtainable in the games through a special route rather than found in the wild, so — unlike Charizard and Pikachu — he has no Collect 151 entry. One Gem Pack group and four unpriced cards from two other products are the whole of his Chinese-only catalogue.
If you want one card
- One card, no budget limit: the last print from Gem Pack Vol. 4 at #2407, at $53.23. It is the highest tracked Meltan card in the language, the only one above $40, and the only card in the group with a raw price above three dollars.
- The card the raw market rates highest for its money: the print at #2404, at $34.66 graded and $1.00 raw — the widest step in the group at 34.7 times. It is priced identically to #2402.
- The two that are priced as one: #2404 and #2402, both at $34.66. They are the least expensive Meltan cards with a tracked value, and they sit $18.57 below the top of the list.
Frequently asked questions
Which Meltan card is the most valuable in Simplified Chinese?
The last print of the Gem Pack Vol. 4 group — #2407 — carries the highest tracked PSA 10 value of any Meltan card in the Chinese-only numbered sets, at $53.23. It is $13.09 above the second card, the only Meltan card above $40, and the only one in the group with a raw price above three dollars. Chinese promo printings sit outside that comparison, because their numbering is shared between the Chinese branches.
How many Meltan cards are there in the Chinese-only sets?
Eleven, across three products: seven from Gem Pack Vol. 4, three from Blade Awakening and one from CSM2aC. Six of the eleven carry a tracked PSA 10 value. The five that do not are the lowest-numbered print of the Vol. 4 group at #2401, the three Blade Awakening printings of #149, and one card from CSM2aC.
Why are #2402 and #2404 priced exactly the same?
Because both are prints from the same Gem Pack group, where the finishes are issued at the same rarity and there is nothing inside the group to separate one from another on scarcity. #2402 and #2404 are both recorded at $34.66 graded, $1.00 raw and $11.37 at grade 9. Note that #2403, which is numbered between them, is recorded at $38.16 — $3.50 higher. Recorded prices are secondary-market observations at a point in time, not fixed tags; two prints can agree on one day and drift apart later.
Is a PSA 10 worth the premium over a raw card?
Across this group the step widens as the raw price falls. The top card at #2407 is tracked at $4.71 raw against $53.23 graded, a multiple of 11.3 — the smallest step in the list, because a raw copy already carries a real price. The identical pair at $34.66 is tracked at $1.00 raw, a multiple of 34.7. The graded values differ by $18.57; the raw values differ by under four dollars. A printed figure is an observation, not a forecast, and grading outcomes are never certain.
How does Meltan compare with the other characters ranked here?
His $240.13 total is one of the smallest, and the group behind it is a single complete run of seven numbers from one volume, six of them priced. What makes him worth a page is the pair inside it: two prints recorded at the same figure on every measure, with a third print numbered between them that costs $3.50 more. For a wider view of the market rather than one character, the ten most popular Chinese-exclusive cards ranks across Pokémon, and the price ladder sorts the same catalogue into bands.
Other character rankings
Each character ranked here has its own page: Pikachu, Charizard, Gengar, Psyduck, Mew, Snorlax, Venusaur, Blastoise, Zapdos, Alakazam and Chansey, plus the nine forms of the Eevee family — Eevee, Umbreon, Sylveon, Espeon, Leafeon, Glaceon, Jolteon, Vaporeon and Flareon. Smaller catalogues in the same price band as this one include Floragato, Clefable, Magneton, Crocalor and Quaxwell.
Sources
Sources and further reading
- PriceCharting — Pokémon Chinese console listings, including Gem Pack Vol. 4 (CBB4C). PSA 10 values retrieved 27 September 2026.
- PriceCharting — individual card pages for Meltan #2402, #2403, #2404, #2405, #2406 and #2407 (Gem Pack Vol. 4).
- CardSpicy — Gem Pack Vol. 1 to 6: what is in each volume, on group structure and treatment counts.
- CardSpicy — How to read a Simplified Chinese Pokémon set code, on the trailing C and the secret-rare numbering convention.
- CardSpicy — Is it worth grading your Pokémon cards?, on why a single result can differ from a recorded average.
- CardSpicy — The Simplified Chinese price ladder, which sorts the same catalogue into bands.
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.
Where to go next
- The CardSpicy card index — every card we track, with its PSA 10 population and market history (195 cards).
- The illustrator index — every artist behind those cards, card by card (110 artists).