01Card Stats

Stage 2 (evolves from Charmeleon)

HP 160

TypeFire

RarityRare Secret

IllustratorAyaka Yoshida

WeaknessWater ×2

Retreat●●●

SetPlasma Storm

Released2013

02Editions and Print Runs

Modern print era — no 1st Edition or Shadowless variants; rarity is set by the foil/treatment tier.

Standard

How to spot it: Standard modern frame for its rarity tier.

Print run tied to its set; ultra-rare tiers pull at low rates.

04Variants and Foiling

Rarity tiers: Rare Secret
Foiling: Secret-rare treatment, numbered above the set total.
Alt art / specials: A chase / alternate-treatment rarity from its set.

05Language and Regional Versions

English: Standard English release.
Japanese: Released in the equivalent Japanese set.
European: Localized European prints exist with translated text.
Other: No documented language-exclusive errors of note.

06Current Market Value

Holo	~$548 raw/ungraded — verified against PriceCharting eBay-sold prices (May 2026). PSA 10 gem-mint copies ~$18,921.

Verified May 2026 from PriceCharting realized (eBay-sold) data; raw/ungraded headline, graded copies higher. Secret-rare gold-bordered Charizard.

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07Why Collectors Want It

Secret rare numbered above the set total — a low-pull-rate chase.
Required for a complete Charizard master set.
Fans of the Plasma Storm set need this card to finish the set.

08Competitive Playability

Tier: None

160-HP Charizard with a 150-damage attack — fun in casual decks but not competitively relevant.

09Card Moves and Abilities

Split Bomb Cost: Fire + Colorless + Colorless

This attack does 40 damage to 2 of your opponent's Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)

Scorching Fire Cost: Fire + Colorless + Colorless + Colorless + Colorless · 150 damage

Discard a Fire Energy attached to this Pokémon.

Weakness: Water ×2
Retreat cost: 3

10Grading and Population

PSA 10 estimate: Modern chase rarity — full-foil surfaces make true gem-mint tougher; PSA 10 carries a premium.

Surface and edge wear are the usual downgrades on full-foil cards.

Other graders: PSA, CGC and BGS all grade modern chase cards.

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