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Blaine's Charizard
Holo Rare · #002/132
Blaine's Charizard #002/132 (Gym Challenge) is worth about $700 today, the Near Mint market price from TCGplayer sales as of 2026-10-03.
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Blaine's Charizard #002/132 is holding steady: $699.99 today, flat over 30 days and 24% below its all-time high of $926 (2026-01-05). TCGplayer market price as of 2026-10-03, tracked daily since 2024-02-08. chart →
illustrated by Ken Sugimori
appears in: Charizard Line ·
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WORTH GRADING?
Grading Blaine's Charizard #002/132 pays only if you expect a 10: PSA 10 copies list from $3,505 on eBay vs $700 raw, and after a $25 grading fee, $10 shipping and 13% selling fees you need about a 2% chance of a 10 to break even. run your own numbers →
WHERE TO BUY AND SELL
1st Edition Holofoil · eBay scanned 2d agoBuy-side estimate
$400
THINa patient buyer pays about $400 delivered, from live asks, not sales
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The verdict · premium
Cards 15-40% off their high after a flat month were higher 90 days later 69% of the time in our archive since 2024 (19,883 cases).
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- CARD TYPE
- Fire
- STAGE
- Stage 2
- HP
- 100
- ATTACK 1
- [R] Roaring Flames (20+) Discard all Fire Energy cards attached to Blaine's Charizard except 1. If all Energy cards attached to Blaine's Charizard provide 2 Fire Energy, discard all of them. This attack does 20 damage plus 20 more damage for each Fire Energy discard in this way.
- ATTACK 2
- [RR] Flame Jet Flip a coin. If heads, choose 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. This attack does 40 damage to that Pokémon. Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for this attack. (Any other effects that would happen after applying Weakness and Resistance still happen.)
- WEAKNESS
- W
- RESISTANCE
- F-30
- RETREAT COST
- 3
- CARD TEXT
- (1st and Normal Edition): Early prints of these cards have a Fighting-type symbol instead of the Fire-type symbol. Also, "Energy" is misspelled with a lowercase "e" instead of a capital "E".
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PRICE FAQ
What would a card shop pay for Blaine's Charizard?
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Shops and show vendors commonly offer about 70% of market in cash and 80% in store credit. At today's $699.99 market price that is roughly $490 cash or $560 trade for a near-mint copy. Selling it yourself on TCGplayer or eBay nets more after fees; see the seller-net answer below.
What is Blaine's Charizard (Gym Challenge) worth today?
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Blaine's Charizard [1st Edition Holofoil] has a TCGplayer market price of $699.99 as of 2026-10-02. Across 2 tracked variants, latest prices range from $584.96 to $699.99.
Is Blaine's Charizard going up or down in price?
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Blaine's Charizard #002/132 is holding steady: $699.99 today, flat over 30 days and 24% below its all-time high of $926 (2026-01-05). TCGplayer market price as of 2026-10-03, tracked daily since 2024-02-08.
What is the all-time high price for Blaine's Charizard?
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The Near Mint price, the one quoted at the top of this page, peaked at $926.01 (2026-01-05). In TickerMint's daily data (since February 2024), the TCGplayer market price for Blaine's Charizard [1st Edition Holofoil] (all conditions) peaked at $1012.29 (2024-12-20) and bottomed at $516.67 (2025-09-10).
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