# Charmander #50/82 — Team Rocket

## Summary

Charmander is one of the three Kantō starters, and that lineage guarantees a steady crowd of nostalgic buyers, helped by the Charizard line it leads into. Kagemaru Himeno is a name from the original Japanese artist roster, and the Gather Fire power gave this common a modest role as Fire Energy setup in older formats. The modelled guide sits at $5.24, up 9% over 30 days on 109 copies traded, with 1,508 days of inventory sitting on the board; a ACE 10 brings $109, 21 times raw, but PSA does not split this card’s population by finish, so no gem rate can be read for it.

## Identity

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Set | Team Rocket |
| Number | 50/82 |
| Rarity | Common |
| Era | WOTC |
| Illustrator | Kagemaru Himeno |
| Release date | 2000-04-24 |
| Image | Unavailable |

## Card details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Card type | POKEMON |
| Stage | Basic |
| HP | 40 |
| Types | Fire |
| Ability: Gather Fire | Once during your turn (before your attack), you may take 1 Fire Energy card attached to 1 of your other Pokémon and attach it to Charmander. This power can't be used if Charmander is Asleep, Confused, or Paralyzed. |
| Attack: Fire Tail | cost Fire — damage 20 |
| Weakness | Water ×2 |
| Retreat | 1 |
| Legal | Standard no · Expanded no |
| Pokédex entry | [Charmander #004](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/pokedex/charmander) |
| Finishes | Normal |
| Languages | EN |

## Current stats

- Headline price: **$5.24** (ITEM_MEDIAN; modelled guide price) — as of 2026-11-10
- 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: +9.60% — as of 2026-11-10
- Floor delivered ask: $4.99 — as of 2026-11-11T03:31:28.973Z
- Quant score: 70/100, regime MARKUP — as of 2026-11-11T03:31:28.973Z — 4 of 11 inputs · 38% weight · -31% confidence

## Provenance

- Catalog — observed 2000-04-24T00:00:00Z, confidence 98%
- Live ask — observed 2026-11-11T03:30:28.156Z, confidence 90%
- Guide price (modelled) — observed 2026-11-10T00:00:00.000Z, confidence 90%
- Price statistic — observed 2026-11-11T03:30:28.158Z, confidence 90%
- Confirmed sale — observed 2026-11-05T21:32:14.700Z, confidence 85%
- Inventory count — observed 2026-11-11T03:30:28.156Z, confidence 70%
- Population census — observed 2026-09-10T01:46:31.608Z, confidence 60%

## Links

- [View on Cardboard Alpha](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/team-rocket/charmander-50)
- [JSON snapshot](https://cardboardalpha.com/api/terminal/raw~tcgdex%3Abase5-50%3AEN%3ANORMAL~NM)