Pokémon · Sun & Moon
Charmander
Burning Shadows · #18a · Common · 2017
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 18a / 177
- Release year
- 2017
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 70
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Charmeleon
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Masakazu Fukuda
- Pokédex #
- 4
- Series
- Sun & Moon
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 20 damage
- 10 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Strategy & play
How Charmander plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- A Basic — hits the board turn 1 with no evolution tax.
- Its main attack (Flame Tail) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Fire Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Fire type, weak to Water ×2 — a Water attacker doing ≥35 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Seen in 0% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 3 copies.
How to beat Charmander
- Exploit its Water weakness — ≥35 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 3.39 copies on average · 173 decks
- Match win rate
- 33.5%
- -13.8 pts vs the 47.2% field average
Plays well with
Cards most often run alongside this one in tournament decks over the last 180 days — ranked by how distinctive the pairing is.
Charmeleon
in 95% of decks · 164 seen
Mega Charizard X ex
in 99% of decks · 172 seen
Mega Charizard Y ex
in 63% of decks · 109 seen
Oricorio ex
in 95% of decks · 165 seen
Heatmor
in 13% of decks · 22 seen
Reshiram
in 11% of decks · 19 seen
Nitro Fire Energy
in 23% of decks · 39 seen
Firebreather
in 62% of decks · 107 seen
More by Masakazu Fukuda
This card was illustrated by Masakazu Fukuda.
Building around Charmander?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"The flame on its tail indicates Charmander's life force. If it is healthy, the flame burns brightly."
CScratch — 10
RCFlame Tail — 20
Weakness:W×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Charmander was legal.
Tournament play
This printing of Charmander has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Charmander — Phantasmal Flames
Played in 54 recent decks
Pricing reference
Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/06/25| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €9.99 |
| 7-day average | €13.78 |
| 30-day average | €9.34 |
| Low | €17.00 |
| Trend price | €11.65 |
| Low (excellent+) | €19.99 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €11.89 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €6.54 |
| averageSellPrice | €15.60 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €3.76 |
| Reverse holo trend | €8.83 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Charmander is real?
Charmander is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the back-light test (real cards have a black inner layer that blocks light; counterfeits glow through), the rosette dot pattern on the back under magnification, font weight and kerning on the card name, and the holofoil pattern if applicable. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.
What is Charmander worth?
As of the latest data, there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.
What set is Charmander from?
Charmander is from the Pokémon set "Burning Shadows" in the Sun & Moon series, released in 2017.
What rarity is Charmander?
Charmander is a Common card in the Burning Shadows set.
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