2000 Team Rocket Dark Charizard (#4 and #21)

Dark Charizard is the Charizard of the Team Rocket expansion, released in English on April 24, 2000. The set printed it twice: as a Rare Holo, card 4/82, and as a non-holo Rare, card 21/82, both with artwork credited to Ken Sugimori (Pokémon TCG API). Like the rest of the set, each was printed in a 1st Edition run and an Unlimited run, so four English versions share the name. The version moves the price more than anything except grade: on PriceCharting's summaries read November 10, 2026, an ungraded 1st Edition holo stood at $831.25 and an ungraded Unlimited non-holo at $53.41. This file covers how to tell the versions apart, how many have been graded and the dated sales on the public record. Charizard's other cards are compared on the Charizard cards page.

The four English versions

• Dark Charizard#4/82 · Rare HoloHolo · Team Rocket, 2000
• Dark Charizard#21/82 · RareNon-holo · Team Rocket, 2000

Why the card matters

Team Rocket introduced Dark Pokémon to the trading card game. Bulbapedia describes them as having stronger attacks and lower HP than normal Pokémon, and Dark Charizard fits: a Stage 2 Fire Pokémon with 80 HP that evolves from Dark Charmeleon. Its Continuous Fireball attack does 50 damage for each heads, flipping one coin per Fire Energy attached and then discarding Fire Energy equal to the number of heads (Pokémon TCG API). The card first appeared in Japan, as a holo in the Rocket Gang expansion released November 21, 1997; the English set followed in 2000 and was also issued in German, French and Italian, in 1st and Unlimited editions (Bulbapedia). Team Rocket also introduced secret cards, numbered above the set's printed total: the English set lists 82 cards plus Dark Raichu 83/82, which the API labels Rare Secret.

For collectors, the holo is the chase: its 1st Edition PSA 10 summary on PriceCharting ($26,060.27) is about 7.4 times the 1st Edition non-holo's ($3,500.00), and its ungraded summary about 6.1 times ($831.25 against $136.25). Ken Sugimori's other cards are listed on the Pokémon card artists page.

Identify your copy in four steps

1. Read the number in the bottom corner: 4/82 is the holofoil card, 21/82 the non-holofoil one (Bulbapedia).
2. Look for the 1st Edition stamp. CGC describes the English stamp as a “1” on a solid black circle, on the left side of Pokémon cards about midway down. No stamp means Unlimited.
3. Rule out the Japanese card. The 1997 Rocket Gang holo is printed in Japanese; CGC says Japanese 1st Edition symbols began only with the Pokémon VS set in 2001.
4. If it is slabbed, verify the cert and check that the label names the same number and edition as the card in the holder.

Population snapshot

1. 1st Edition holo #4: 720 of 13,058 graded copies at grade 10 (5.5%).
2. Unlimited holo #4: 250 of 21,465 (1.2%).
3. 1st Edition non-holo #21: 821 of 10,080 (8.1%).
4. Unlimited non-holo #21: 292 of 11,475 (2.5%).

The counts run against intuition: more Unlimited holos have been graded than 1st Edition holos, yet the 1st Edition has nearly three times as many 10s. PSA-only figures show the same pattern. PokeInvest's PSA report, refreshed August 20, 2026, listed 555 PSA 10s among 11,963 graded 1st Edition holos and 176 among 19,305 Unlimited holos. Heritage's lot description for an October 2, 2024 auction of a PSA 9 1st Edition holo gave 3,113 copies at PSA 9 and 548 higher. A grade-10 count is a dated snapshot that only grows; see how to read a PSA pop report for the arithmetic.

Prices by version

Two cautions. The PSA 10 summaries smooth over a wide spread: PSA 10 1st Edition holos sold for between $22,769.06 and $38,100 from September 27 to October 26, 2026 (table below). And raw prices differ by source: the Pokémon TCG API showed a TCGplayer market price of $385.44 for an Unlimited holo (updated October 15, 2026), against PriceCharting's $222.78.

Notable public sales

The Goldin result on October 26 came in $14,920 below the eBay sale two weeks earlier, for the same version and grade. Heritage has also sold a PSA 9 1st Edition holo (Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction #332440, lot 56042, October 2, 2024), but its lot page does not show the price publicly, so it is left out of the table. On buyer's premiums and how results are reported, see how card auctions work.

Where the sources disagree

Quick answers

How much is a Dark Charizard worth?

It depends on the version and grade. As of November 10, 2026, PriceCharting's ungraded summaries ran from $53.41 (Unlimited non-holo) to $831.25 (1st Edition holo), and its PSA 10 summaries from $1,777.57 to $26,060.27. Compare only the same number, edition and grade, with dates.

Is Dark Charizard 4/82 or 21/82 the rare one?

The API labels 4/82 Rare Holo and 21/82 Rare. The holo, 4/82, has the higher price in every grade on PriceCharting, raw and graded.

Checklist

• Number noted: 4/82 (holo) or 21/82 (non-holo).
• 1st Edition stamp checked on the left side of the card.
• Prices compared within the same version, grader and grade, each with its date and venue.
• Population counts treated as dated snapshots; PSA-only and combined counts kept apart.
• A slab checked against the fake-slab red flags.
• Before submitting a raw copy, centering measured with the centering calculator.