Chandelure’s value in the Chinese-only sets is one art rare and a shelf of cheap foils underneath it. The commissioned card from Gem Pack Vol. 3 is tracked at $84 as a PSA 10; seven of the eight priced Chandelure cards come from that one group, and it is the only ranking in this series where the leader is worth more than twice the second card while every other priced card still sits under $40.
That is the anomaly worth explaining. Across the character rankings on this site, a VMAX is normally the top card under a name — Umbreon VMAX is first of twenty-eight at $1,341, Espeon VMAX first of twenty-two at $247, Glaceon VMAX first of twenty at $219. Chandelure VMAX at #158 is eighth of eight at $20.50. It is also the only priced Chandelure card with no grade 9 record at all, and the only one that is not from the Vol. 3 group.
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 — CBB3C and CS4bC. 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. Twelve Chandelure cards exist across these sets and eight have a PSA 10 price on record. The four that do not are three Sword & Shield era prints — Chandelure V at CS4bC #18 and #134, and Chandelure VMAX at CS4bC #19 — plus the Brilliant Fantasy print at csv8C #35. None 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 Chandelure 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 five, ranked
5. Chandelure [Stars] #1103 — Gem Pack Vol. 3 (CBB3C) — $36.4
Raw $1.45 · grade 9 $12.04
The stars pattern, and the lowest-priced card in this top five. Its raw price of $1.45 is the lowest of the eight priced Chandelure cards, and it becomes $36.40 in a PSA 10 holder — a multiple of 25.1, which is the widest raw-to-grade step in the ranking. Three Chandelure cards sit under $36 and this is the highest of them.
4. Chandelure [Masterball] #1105 — Gem Pack Vol. 3 (CBB3C) — $38.2
Raw $1.79 · grade 9 $12.59
The Master Ball foil and the fourth card in the group. The interesting part is just below it: the Master Ball treatment carries a premium over the other foils in Collect 151, but here it sits within a dollar of the rotary pattern at #1104 and the stars pattern at #1103. Inside a Gem Pack group the treatment name is a checklist label, not a price tier.
3. Chandelure [Rotary] #1104 — Gem Pack Vol. 3 (CBB3C) — $39.1
Raw $2.08 · grade 9 $12.88
Eight cents separates this card from the stamped foil above it. Its raw price of $2.08 is the highest of the three lowest-priced treatments in the group, and its grade 9 record of $12.88 is 33 percent of the PSA 10 value — the shape almost every set-checklist foil in this series has. The volume-by-volume guide sets out how a group like that is built.
2. Chandelure [Stamped] #1106 — Gem Pack Vol. 3 (CBB3C) — $39.2
Raw $2.05 · grade 9 $12.91
The stamped foil, the highest of the six ordinary treatments, and the card immediately below the art rare. It clears the card beneath it by eight cents, which makes the order between positions two and three in this ranking effectively a tie — the two cards are separated by $0.08 in a PSA 10 holder. Raw copies at $2.05 becoming $39.19 is a multiple of 19.1.
1. Chandelure #1107 — Gem Pack Vol. 3 (CBB3C) — $84
Raw $15.25 · grade 9 $22.72
The commissioned art rare of Gem Pack Vol. 3, the last number in its group, and the only Chandelure card in the language above $40. It holds 26 percent of the character’s total and is worth 2.1 times the card beneath it, which makes this the one ranking in the series where the margin at the top is a factor of two and every card below the leader still sits under $40. The shelf underneath it is not cheap, it is broad, with four more cards between $36 and $40. We hold this card in PSA 10: the Vol. 3 Chandelure listing is here.
What the ranking shows
Chandelure is one of the flattest rankings in this series. Eight cards are priced, the top one holds 26 percent of the graded value, and the whole span from highest to lowest is $63.05 — seven of the eight sit between $20.50 and $39.19.
| Band | Cards | Combined PSA 10 value | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|
| $70 – $100 — ranked 1 | 1 | $84 | 25.7% |
| $36 – $40 — ranked 2 to 5 | 4 | $153 | 46.9% |
| Under $36 — ranked 6 to 8 | 3 | $89 | 27.4% |
| Every priced Chandelure card | 8 | $326 | 100% |
Two further patterns run across the whole group.
The Vol. 3 group prints seven consecutive numbers, all seven are priced, and the order has almost nothing to do with the numbering. #1101 to #1107 is one Gem Pack group — the base print, a Poké Ball foil, the stars pattern, the rotary pattern, the Master Ball foil, the stamped foil and the art rare at the top. Ranked by value they run #1107, #1106, #1104, #1105, #1103, #1101, #1102, so the art rare at the highest number is first while the Poké Ball foil at #1102 finishes last, behind the base print with the lowest number in the group.
The VMAX is the inversion. Chandelure is a Unova Pokémon, so Collect 151 does not print it — the card that breaks the Vol. 3 run here is a Sword & Shield era VMAX rather than a Kanto reprint, and it breaks it downward. At $20.50 the VMAX is the lowest price in the ranking, the only priced card from outside the Gem Pack group, and the only card in the list with no grade 9 record at all. Chandelure has four cards in that Sword & Shield subset — two Vs, a VMAX and this one — and the other three have no graded sold record, so the VMAX is the only card in the whole product that can be priced at all.
Where Chandelure is printed
| Product | Set code | Chandelure cards |
|---|---|---|
| Gem Pack Vol. 3 | CBB3C | 7 |
| CS4bC | CS4bC | 4 |
| Brilliant Fantasy | csv8C | 1 |
| Total | 12 |
Gem Pack Vol. 3 supplies seven of the twelve Chandelure cards and $305 of the $326 total, because the single expensive card is inside that group. The four Sword & Shield era cards contribute $20.50 between them, all of it from the VMAX. Chandelure is not in Collect 151 — that set is limited to the original 151 Pokémon — which is the structural reason this ranking looks different from a Kanto character’s.
If the goal is the group rather than the single card, completing a Simplified Chinese set sets out what a full Vol. 3 run involves. Nothing else Chandelure appears on in these sets has traded enough to be priced.
If you want one card
- One card, no budget limit: the Vol. 3 art rare at #1107, at $84. It is the only Chandelure card in the language above $40 and the only commissioned artwork under the name. The Vol. 3 listing is here.
- The highest foil: the stamped foil at #1106, at $39.2. It sits eight cents above the rotary pattern and is separated from the art rare by a factor of 2.1.
- The lowest-priced entry onto this list: the VMAX at #158, at $20.50 — the only priced Chandelure card that is not from a Gem Pack group.
- If you want the whole group: the six Vol. 3 foils all sit between $33.45 and $39.19, so the ladder below the art rare can be assembled for less than the art rare’s grade 9 value.
Frequently asked questions
How many Chandelure cards are there in Simplified Chinese?
Twelve, across three products: seven in the Gem Pack Vol. 3 group, four in a Sword & Shield era subset, and one Brilliant Fantasy print. Eight of the twelve carry a tracked PSA 10 value.
What is the most valuable Chandelure card in Simplified Chinese?
The art rare of Gem Pack Vol. 3 at #1107, tracked at $84 as a PSA 10 and $15.25 raw. It is the only Chandelure card in these sets above $40, and at 2.1 times the card beneath it this is the one leader in the series whose margin is a factor of two while every card under it stays below $40.
Why is the Chandelure VMAX the least valuable card?
Because it is the only Chandelure card in that Sword & Shield era subset with a graded sold record. The other three Chandelure cards in the same product — two Vs and a second VMAX — are tracked without any value, so the one priced card carries the whole product and prices low. A VMAX being the most valuable card under a name is normal for this catalogue; here the only VMAX that has traded is also the least valuable card in the ranking, at $20.50.
Is a PSA 10 worth the premium over a raw card?
On all seven priced cards below the art rare, yes: raw prices sit between $0.77 and $2.08 while graded values run from $33 to $39, multiples of 17 to 43. The art rare at #1107 multiplies only 5.5 times because its raw price of $15.25 already carries most of the $84. The VMAX at #158 is the one exception that cannot be compared, because it has no grade 9 record to sit between the two. Grading outcomes are never certain, and nothing here is a prediction about what any individual card will grade at.
Is Chandelure in Collect 151?
No. Collect 151 prints only the original 151 Pokémon, and Chandelure is a Unova Pokémon introduced two generations later. That is why this ranking has no Collect 151 entry, and why the one card outside its Gem Pack group comes from a Sword & Shield era subset instead. The Collect 151 guide explains what the set covers.
Other character rankings
Each character ranked here has its own page: Pikachu, Charizard, Psyduck, Ponyta, Meowth, Gengar, Ceruledge, Captain Pikachu, Cubone, Applin, Blastoise, the Paldea starter lines — Sprigatito, Floragato, Fuecoco, Crocalor, Quaxly and Quaxwell — and the nine forms of the Eevee family: Eevee, Umbreon, Sylveon, Espeon, Leafeon, Glaceon, Jolteon, Vaporeon and Flareon. For the whole 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.
Sources
Sources and further reading
- PriceCharting — Pokémon Chinese console listings, including Gem Pack Vol. 3 (CBB3C), CS4bC and Brilliant Fantasy (csv8C). PSA 10 values retrieved 25 September 2026.
- PriceCharting — individual card pages for Chandelure #1101, [Pokeball] #1102, [Stars] #1103, [Rotary] #1104, [Masterball] #1105, [Stamped] #1106 and #1107 (Gem Pack Vol. 3); Chandelure VMAX #158 (CS4bC).
- 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.
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.