Most people asking this have a shoebox, a vague memory that Charizard is valuable, and no idea where to start. Here is the honest answer.
A card does not have one price
The same card can be worth £2 or £2,000 depending on four things:
- The exact printing. First edition, shadowless, unlimited, reverse holo and promo versions of "the same" card are different cards to a collector, and they are priced separately.
- The condition. A Near Mint copy and a played copy of the same card routinely differ by 60–80%. Whitening on the back edges is the usual culprit.
- Graded or raw. A slabbed PSA 10 can be worth many times the raw card. A PSA 6 is often worth less than a clean raw copy.
- The market you sell in. UK, EU and US markets price the same card differently, and that gap is real rather than a currency conversion.
How to look one up properly
- 1.Find the set symbol and the card number (bottom of the card, like 4/102). The name alone is not enough — there are dozens of Charizards.
- 2.Search that exact set and number, not the name.
- 3.Look at sold prices, never asking prices. Anyone can list a card for £5,000; that tells you nothing.
- 4.Check the condition of the copies that actually sold, and compare honestly against yours.
Where the numbers on this site come from
Every card page here shows a market estimate aggregated from established price sources, refreshed on a schedule, with the sources and their limits written down on the price data page. Cards we cannot match confidently show no price at all rather than a guess.
To value a whole collection rather than one card, add your cards and the total is kept up to date for you as prices move — that is free, and so is browsing every set list without an account.