Pokémon binder
Charizard binder: collecting and gifting the cards
Charizard is number 6 in the Pokédex and one of the most sought-after figures in the card game. The holo card from the English Base Set (4/102) is well known among collectors, but it also shows why a Charizard binder can be more demanding than expected.
At a glance
- Pokédex no.
- 6
- Type
- Fire / Flying
- Cards in the catalogue
- 98
- Different sets
- 46
- Period
- 1999–2026
Family: Charmander → Charmeleon → Charizard.
About Charizard
Cards from the early sets are rarely cheap. Anyone buying a gift therefore usually combines modern cards with attractive artwork and either leaves the oldest printings out on purpose or plans a separate budget for them.
Charizard in the trading card game by the numbers
In the catalogue (English cards, data as of 1 October 2026) 98 cards have “Charizard” in the name. They are spread over 46 sets from 14 series and date from 1999 to 2026. All cards containing the name are counted, including variants such as ex cards or cards showing several Pokémon.
| Set | Year | Cards |
|---|---|---|
| Flashfire | 2014 | 7 |
| SWSH Black Star Promos | 2019 | 6 |
| Evolutions | 2016 | 5 |
| Brilliant Stars | 2022 | 5 |
| SM Black Star Promos | 2017 | 4 |
Common artwork themes
- Fire / lava: 47 of 98 cards (48 %)
- Flying: 19 of 98 cards (19 %)
- Sky / clouds: 8 of 98 cards (8 %)
- Mountains / rocks: 7 of 98 cards (7 %)
These features were detected automatically from the image and not checked one by one. They show a tendency but do not replace looking at the actual card.
How to plan a Charizard binder
At nine pockets per page, all 98 cards would fill about 11 pages. For a gift that is far too much: a single page of nine different designs looks finished at once, and the collection can be extended later.
With older Charizard cards always check edition and finish, because the same number exists in several versions.
Which binder size fits is covered in the Pokémon binders: which size and how many pockets?.
Example cards featuring Charizard
A selection across the years, at most one card per set:
- Charizard · Base Set · Nr. 4 · 1999
- Charizard ex · FireRed & LeafGreen · Nr. 105 · 2004
- Charizard · Plasma Storm · Nr. 136 · 2013
- Charizard EX · Evolutions · Nr. 12 · 2016
- Charizard & Braixen GX · Cosmic Eclipse · Nr. 22 · 2019
- Charizard · Team Up · Nr. 14 · 2019
- Charizard V · Brilliant Stars · Nr. 154 · 2022
- Charizard ex · Obsidian Flames · Nr. 223 · 2023
Keep reading
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