Only the Charizard-EX cards from XY—Flashfire are worth grading, led by the secret-rare Mega Charizard X and Y. Grading means paying a third-party service to authenticate a card and seal it with a 1-to-10 condition grade. Flashfire was released May 7, 2014 as the second XY-series expansion centered on Charizard. The set holds over 100 cards, including Mega Charizard X, Mega Charizard Y and Mega Kangaskhan, according to the Pokémon Company announcement carried by PocketMonsters.net.
Table of Contents
- Which Charizards lead the set?
- How much does grade change value?
- Why skip most non-Charizards?
- Should you submit your card?
Which Charizards lead the set?
The English set contains five Pokémon-EX plus three Mega Pokémon-EX. Those are two Charizard-EX versions, Toxicroak-EX, Magnezone-EX, Kangaskhan-EX, Mega Kangaskhan and Mega Charizard X and Y. The clear grading targets are secret-rare Mega Charizards No. 107/106 and 108/106.
They sit far above the rest of the set at about $318 and $1,501 ungraded, according to PokemonCard.io pricing leaders. Regular-art Charizard-EX cards No. 12 and No. 13 are secondary candidates. They carry lower raw prices but still show a strong premium in gem-mint grades.
How much does grade change value?
High grades multiply value for Flashfire Charizards. PSA estimates a GEM-MT 10 M Charizard-EX No. 13 at $1,333, with only 257 PSA 10 copies recorded, according to PSA cert verification. Regular-art Charizard-EX No.
12 shows the same pattern at a lower level. PSA estimates GEM-MT 10 at $428, with 516 PSA 10 copies recorded. Condition is decisive even below gem-mint. PSA estimates MINT 9 M Charizard-EX No. 107 at about $640–$647, with 458 copies at that grade and only 79 graded higher.
Why skip most non-Charizards?
Non-Charizard hits lack the raw price to cover grading. Secret-rare M Kangaskhan-EX No. 109/106 trades near $23–$50 raw, according to TheGamer price ranking.
Those cards generally do not justify grading. The exception is a visibly pristine copy intended for a set registry. Toxicroak-EX, Magnezone-EX and regular Kangaskhan-EX fall in the same group. Their collector demand centers on binder sets and raw near-mint copies.
Should you submit your card?
Grade a Charizard-EX only when the raw card is worth at least $100 and looks pristine. Grading costs $25–$150 or more and takes one to four months, according to the Toynk Pokémon guide.
Check these points before paying the fee: If any point fails, keep the card raw in a sleeve and top-loader. Submit only centered, sharp-cornered Charizards with genuine gem-mint potential.
- Raw recent sales clear $100 without relying on an optimistic grade.
- Centering, corners, edges and surface look clean under bright light.
- The card has no print lines, whitening, binder dents or handling marks.
- You plan to sell at auction, insure the card or complete a graded set.
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