Across the Simplified Chinese sets Charmander is two products, 4 prints from Collect 151 and 3 from Dark Crystal Blaze. The top card is Charmander [Master Ball] #4 at $135.53, and it carries 40 percent of the graded value on its own.
What makes the shape worth reading is where the cards sit. 4 of the 7 Charmander cards come out of Collect 151 as a run from #4 to #152, and that one line supplies 4 of the 6 ranked cards — 77 percent of the character’s graded value. The first card outside that line is Charmander from Dark Crystal Blaze, which reaches number 4 at $40.59.
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 and csv5C. 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 Charmander cards exist across these sets and 6 have a PSA 10 price on record. The 1 that do not are Charmander [Master Ball] #14 — 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 Charmander 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
1. Charmander [Master Ball] #4 — Collect 151 (151C) — $135.53
Raw $25.08 · grade 9 $48.42
The top card of the ranking and a Collect 151 card inside the #4 to #152 run. The step below it is $91, wider than any other gap on the page. The graded copy is worth 5.4 times the raw one. Number 4 in Collect 151 is Charmander’s entry in the set of the original 151 Pokémon, the only product where every one of them has a card.
2. Charmander [Reverse] #4 — Collect 151 (151C) — $45
Raw $1.50
Number 2 of 6 and one of the Charmander prints that run from #4 to #152 in Collect 151. The card under it is priced within a dollar of this one. Raw copies at $1.50 becoming $45 in a PSA 10 holder is a multiple of 30.0, the shape most set-checklist foils in this series have.
3. Charmander #152 — Collect 151 (151C) — $44.41
Raw $7.19 · grade 9 $12.99
Sitting at 3 of 6 and part of the Collect 151 Charmander group, which runs from #4 to #152. Less than a dollar separates it from the card above. Raw to graded is only 6.2 times, since $7.19 raw already carries part of the premium.
4. Charmander #14 — Dark Crystal Blaze (csv5C) — $40.59
Raw $2.37 · grade 9 $13.38
Ranked 4 of 6 and the print that interrupts the Collect 151 run. Its raw price of $2.37 multiplies 17.1 times into the graded value.
5. Charmander #4 — Collect 151 (151C) — $39.42
Raw $2.24 · grade 9 $13.43
Number 5 of 6 and one of the Charmander prints that run from #4 to #152 in Collect 151. The raw-to-graded step here is 17.6 times.
What the ranking shows
Charmander splits into 2 bands across 6 priced cards, and the top band is where the ranking is decided.
| Band | Cards | Combined PSA 10 value | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|
| $136 — ranked 1 | 1 | $136 | 39.6% |
| $37 – $45 — ranked 2 to 6 | 5 | $207 | 60.4% |
| Every priced Charmander card | 6 | $342 | 100% |
Two further patterns run across the whole group.
A Kanto entry breaks the run. Charmander is one of the original 151 Pokémon, so Collect 151 prints it, and that print lands at number 1. Characters from later generations have no entry in that set and therefore no card that can break a Gem Pack run.
The multiples are not uniform. Raw-to-graded ratios across the list run from 5.4 to 30.0 — a spread that says the raw market and the graded market are pricing these prints off different information.
Where Charmander is printed
| Product | Set code | Charmander cards | With a PSA 10 value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collect 151 | 151C | 4 | 4 |
| Dark Crystal Blaze | csv5C | 3 | 2 |
| Total | 7 | 6 |
Collect 151 supplies 4 of the 7 Charmander cards and 77 percent of the $342 total, because the expensive cards are inside that line. Collect 151 prints Charmander as one of the original 151, and those prints are priced generously relative to the Gem Pack foils. 1 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: Charmander [Master Ball] #4 from Collect 151 at $135.53. It is the only Charmander card in the language above $45.
- The second line: Charmander [Reverse] #4 from Collect 151 at $45, the second-highest Charmander card in these sets and the next step down from the top.
- If you want the whole run: the 6 ranked cards come to $342 together, which is close to the cost of the top card alone.
Frequently asked questions
How many Charmander cards are there in Simplified Chinese?
7, across 2 products. 6 of the 7 carry a tracked PSA 10 value.
What is the most valuable Charmander card in Simplified Chinese?
Charmander [Master Ball] #4 from Collect 151, tracked at $135.53 as a PSA 10 and $25.08 raw. It is the only Charmander card in these sets above $45, and it holds 40 percent of the character’s combined value.
Why is there a Collect 151 Charmander card on the list?
Because Charmander is one of the original 151 Pokémon and Collect 151 prints every one of them. It lands at number 1 at $135.53. 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 5.4 to 30.0, 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, Clefable, Crocalor, Cubone, Fuecoco, Growlithe.
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), Dark Crystal Blaze (csv5C). PSA 10 values retrieved 25 September 2026.
- PriceCharting — individual card pages for the Charmander 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.