Base Set Charizard Price: Every 1999 Print Compared

The same Base Set Charizard sells at four very different prices depending on its print. PriceCharting values, retrieved 2026-09-25:

• Unlimited (most common): raw $436.95 · grade 9 $2,976.69 · PSA 10 $12,275
• 1999-2000 print: raw $486.68 · grade 9 $5,578.51 · PSA 10 $21,387.54
• Shadowless: raw $1,014.50 · grade 9 $8,880.49 · PSA 10 $30,100
• 1st Edition: raw $9,526.88 · grade 9 $28,241 · PSA 10 $335,180.14

Raw, a 1st Edition is about 22 times an Unlimited copy; in PSA 10 it is about 27 times. The full 1st Edition breakdown is on our Base Set page.

Most Base Set Charizards people find are the Unlimited print. PriceCharting values it at (2026-09-25):

• Ungraded: $436.95, about 1 sale a week
• Grade 7: $762.50, about 1 sale a day
• Grade 8: $1,311.59, about 1 sale a day
• Grade 9: $2,976.69, about 1 sale a day
• Grade 9.5: $7,825.71, about 1 sale a week
• PSA 10: $12,275, about 1 sale a month

Graded Unlimited Charizards trade daily, so these figures rest on many more sales than the 1st Edition figures do. A grade 9 is worth about seven times a raw copy, which is why condition matters more than anything else for this card.

Check in this order:

• Edition 1 stamp on the left side, midway down (CGC): 1st Edition. See the 1st Edition stamp page.
• No stamp and no drop shadow on the right side of the art box: Shadowless. CGC notes shadowless cards came from the first two print runs and that the shadow was added in Unlimited. See Shadowless cards.
• Drop shadow present: Unlimited, or the later 1999-2000 print, whose copyright line reads 1999-2000 instead of 1999.

These cards share the Base Set art and sell for far less. PriceCharting ungraded values, 2026-09-25:

• Base Set 2 Charizard #4 (2000): $322.71 raw, $8,632.37 PSA 10. Numbered out of 130 and never printed in 1st Edition. See Base Set 2.
• Legendary Collection Charizard #3 (2002): $105 to $228.91 raw for the standard versions PriceCharting lists, $2,232.50 for the Reverse Holo with a fireworks-pattern foil. See Legendary Collection.
• Celebrations Classic Collection Charizard #4 (2021): $158.92 raw. It keeps the Base Set number and copyright line but adds a 25th Anniversary logo and confetti holo. See Celebrations.

Lay the card flat on a dark surface in daylight and photograph it straight on with the whole card in frame, then take a close-up of the lower edge where the set symbol or set code, the card number and any edition mark sit. Tilt holo cards for a second shot so the foil pattern shows, and photograph the back. FoilLens reads the card name, set and number from the photo and shows a market reference; the edition, print and condition checks on this page decide which price line applies to your copy.

The Shadowless print, without a 1st Edition stamp, sits between Unlimited and 1st Edition. PriceCharting's card page, retrieved 2026-09-25:

• Ungraded: $1,010, about 1 sale a week
• Grade 7: $3,161, about 3 sales a week
• Grade 8: $5,667.33, about 2 sales a week
• Grade 9: $9,974, about 1 sale a week
• Grade 9.5: $10,971, about 5 sales a year
• PSA 10: $30,100, about 1 sale a year

PriceCharting notes that where a grade has few sales, the value shown can be an estimate based on sales in other grades and the card's age. CGC explains that Shadowless cards came from the first and second Base Set print runs, while 1st Edition cards came only from the first.

Beyond the four main prints, PriceCharting (2026-09-25) tracks cards that share the Base Set art under separate price lines:

• Base Set Charizard, Black Dot Error: $1,193.78 raw, $3,660 in grade 9
• Evolutions Charizard #11 (2016): $69.99 raw, $8,576.50 PSA 10; with a prerelease staff stamp, $1,500 raw
• Celebrations Charizard #4 from the Ultra Premium Collection: $257.75 raw, $15,000 PSA 10, against $158.92 raw for the regular Celebrations #4

If your copy has a stamp, an error or came from a special box, price it on its own line; see the full list on our Charizard card value page.