# Charizard #40/165 — Expedition Base Set

## Summary

Charizard has been the franchise's most reliably adored Fire type since Red and Blue, and this Expedition printing is a plain Rare that gets overlooked beside its Base Set ancestor. Its Poke-Power gave Fire decks real energy flexibility, so nostalgia here comes with some play history behind it. The modelled guide sits at $152, down 28% on asks over 7 days on 15 copies traded in 30 days; PSA does not split this card’s population by finish, so no gem rate can be read for it, with original packs long past any pull-rate math.

## Identity

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Set | Expedition Base Set |
| Number | 40/165 |
| Rarity | Rare |
| Era | WOTC |
| Illustrator | Hiromichi Sugiyama |
| Release date | 2002-09-15 |
| Image | Unavailable |

## Card details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Card type | POKEMON |
| Stage | Stage2 |
| Evolves from | Charmeleon |
| HP | 120 |
| Types | Fire |
| Ability: Burning Energy | Once during your turn (before your attack), you may turn all basic Energy attached to all of your Pokémon into Fire Energy for the rest of the turn. This power can't be used if Charizard is affected by a Special Condition. |
| Attack: Scorching Whirlwind | cost Fire/Fire/Fire/Fire — damage 120 — Flip 2 coins. If 1 of them is tails, discard 2 Energy cards attached to Charizard. If both are tails, discard all Energy cards attached to Charizard. |
| Weakness | Water x2 |
| Resistance | Psychic -30 |
| Retreat | 3 |
| Legal | Standard no · Expanded no |
| Pokédex entry | [Charizard #006](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/pokedex/charizard) |
| Finishes | Normal, Reverse Holo |
| Languages | EN |

## Current stats

- Headline price: **$152.17** (ITEM_MEDIAN; modelled guide price) — as of 2026-11-15
- Headline basis: MODELLED_GUIDE — The venue’s published daily market guide, which the venue itself declares MODELLED. Nothing is confirmed to have traded at it, no copy is listed at it, and it is not our estimate — it is theirs.
- 24h change: 0.00% · 7d change: -27.90% — as of 2026-11-15
- Floor delivered ask: $180.00 — as of 2026-11-15T07:10:05.785Z
- Quant score: 64/100, regime ILLIQUID_UNKNOWN — as of 2026-11-15T07:10:05.785Z — 3 of 11 inputs · 29% weight · -35% confidence

## Provenance

- Catalog — observed 2002-09-15T00:00:00Z, confidence 98%
- Live ask — observed 2026-11-15T07:02:23.159Z, confidence 90%
- Open auction — observed 2026-09-13T07:05:50.439Z, confidence 90%
- Guide price (modelled) — observed 2026-11-15T00:00:00.000Z, confidence 90%
- Price statistic — observed 2026-11-15T07:02:23.159Z, confidence 90%
- Confirmed sale — observed 2026-08-26T09:47:28.550Z, confidence 85%
- Inventory count — observed 2026-11-15T07:02:23.159Z, confidence 70%
- Population census — observed 2026-09-09T21:51:50.032Z, confidence 60%

## Links

- [View on Cardboard Alpha](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/expedition-base-set/charizard-40)
- [JSON snapshot](https://cardboardalpha.com/api/terminal/raw~tcgdex%3Aecard1-40%3AEN%3ANORMAL~NM)