Its fierce dragon-inspired design, fiery abilities, and central role in the Pokémon anime have cemented its status as the face of the Pokémon franchise for 25+ years.Īs Pokémon enthusiasts who grew up with the original games become older collectors, demand for rare Charizard cards reaches new heights. Who could forget choosing Charmander as your first partner Pokémon and raising it all the way to its awe-inspiring final evolution?Īccording to a poll conducted by The Pokémon Company, Charizard was voted as the most popular Pokémon among adult fans in 2020.

Charizard‘s Immense Popularity Among FansĪs one of the original 151 Pokémon from 1996‘s Red/Blue video games, Charizard holds a special nostalgic place in the hearts of the original Pokémon fans who are now adults with discretionary income. And with less new product being opened over time, these cards only become harder to acquire. That is an astoundingly miniscule pull rate befitting one of the most sought-after modern Pokémon cards.

For context, over 31 MILLION Burning Shadows packs have been opened according to TCGPlayer sales data.

There are estimated to be 5,500 – 7,000 PSA 10 Rainbow Charizard-GX cards in circulation based on grading population reports.

To put this rarity into numerical perspective: Among the universe of Rainbow Rares, the Rainbow Charizard-GX is specially allocated at an ultra-rare pull rate of approximately 1 in every 1,401 Burning Shadows packs – making it over 20 times rarer than the average Rainbow Rare! According to experts at TCGPlayer, the odds of opening a Rainbow Rare card in modern Sun & Moon-era packs are about 1 in 78 packs.īut the odds don‘t stop there. As a Rainbow Rare card, it is printed on special decorative foil sheets at far lower rates than other ultra rares. The biggest contributor to Rainbow Charizard-GX‘s lofty price tag is its sheer rarity. The Extreme Rarity of Rainbow Charizard-GX But what exactly makes this premium 'Rainbow Rare' Charizard worth so much compared to other cards? As a fellow Charizard fan and card collector, let me walk you through all the factors driving the value of this iconic and powerful Pokémon card. P.S Please give me recommendation on set I should buy and collect.Rainbow Charizard-GX, first introduced in the 2017 Sun & Moon – Burning Shadows set, has cemented itself as one of the most coveted and expensive Pokémon cards around. Rainbow Charizard is about $300 dollar now and shiny charizard is avg $600 i believe.

especially since rainbow charizard has less copy and also a older card that has stop being printed.Ĭan anyone explain? Thank you. Looking at the price I am confuse on how Shiny Charizard is more expensive than the rainbow charizard. I see that Burning Shadow rainbow Charizard was a sought out card release in 2017 and hidden fate is the Shiny charizard.

I saw that hidden fate was definitely a popular set, but also burning shadow was recommended to me. While doing my research I am confuse on which set I should start buying or invest in. However, I am still new to the scene even though I had collected pokemon card during the first and second edition of pokemon cards. I am trying to possibly start investing and collecting pokemon card again for fun and possibly as a method of investment.

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