The card that built the hobby. Mitsuhiro Arita's 1999 Base Set Charizard paired the game's most popular starter with numbers no other early card matched — 120 HP and a 100-damage Fire Spin — sitting in the holo slot of the set everyone opened first. The first-run 1st Edition stamp and the Shadowless printing that followed command the highest prices; the Unlimited version is the affordable classic. A generation of collectors measures every other card against this one.
Base · #4
Charizard
Rare Holo · Base, 1999 · Illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita
$800
TCGplayer market price · as of 2026/07/27
What it sells for graded
Recent Charizard sales on eBay, by grading company and grade.
Median prices from recent eBay sold listings as of 2026-08-01; small sample sizes — treat as a guide, not an appraisal.
Where it fits in a binder
Filing Base in number order across 9-pocket pages puts #4 on page 1, pocket 4 — middle row, left. The main set runs 102 cards, so it fills 12 pages.
Keep exploring
Either side of it in Base
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