# Charmeleon #73/165 — Expedition Base Set

## Summary

Charmeleon is the middle step of the best-loved Gen I starter line, and fans mostly want the Charizard it leads to. An Uncommon in Expedition, it was a routine evolution pull, so demand stays modest and steady, helped a little by Komiya's name for completists. At a $47 modelled guide, with 21 copies traded in 30 days, this printing is almost entirely collector premium, since the same card plays for $0.20 out of Ascended Heroes; PSA does not split this card’s population by finish, so no gem rate can be read for it.

## Identity

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Set | Expedition Base Set |
| Number | 73/165 |
| Rarity | Uncommon |
| Era | WOTC |
| Illustrator | Tomokazu Komiya |
| Release date | 2002-09-15 |
| Image | Unavailable |

## Card details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Card type | POKEMON |
| Stage | Stage1 |
| Evolves from | Charmander |
| HP | 80 |
| Types | Fire |
| Attack: Double Scratch | cost Colorless/Colorless — damage 20× — Flip 2 coins. This attack does 20 damage times the number of heads. |
| Attack: Flamethrower | cost Fire/Colorless/Colorless — damage 50 — Discard 1 Fire Energy card attached to Charmeleon. |
| Weakness | Water x2 |
| Resistance | Fighting -30 |
| Retreat | 1 |
| Legal | Standard no · Expanded no |
| Pokédex entry | [Charmeleon #005](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/pokedex/charmeleon) |
| Finishes | Normal, Reverse Holo |
| Languages | EN |

## Current stats

- Headline price: **$46.74** (ITEM_MEDIAN; modelled guide price) — as of 2026-11-02
- 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: n/a · 7d change: n/a — as of 2026-11-02
- Floor delivered ask: $54.97 — as of 2026-11-02T00:40:45.145Z
- Quant score: 47/100, regime ILLIQUID_UNKNOWN — as of 2026-11-02T00:40:45.145Z — 2 of 11 inputs · 16% weight · -35% confidence

## Provenance

- Catalog — observed 2002-09-15T00:00:00Z, confidence 98%
- Live ask — observed 2026-10-22T07:27:58.663Z, confidence 90%
- Guide price (modelled) — observed 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z, confidence 90%
- Price statistic — observed 2026-10-21T05:36:34.099Z, confidence 90%
- Inventory count — observed 2026-10-21T05:36:34.098Z, confidence 70%
- Population census — observed 2026-09-09T22:25:28.962Z, confidence 60%

## Links

- [View on Cardboard Alpha](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/expedition-base-set/charmeleon-73)
- [JSON snapshot](https://cardboardalpha.com/api/terminal/raw~tcgdex%3Aecard1-73%3AEN%3ANORMAL~NM)