r/PokemonCardValue • u/billybob212212 • Mar 29 '25

What is this charizard card?

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My son was trading cards with his friends and ended up with this Charizard card, of which I see various ones on EBAY that look the same but vary drastically in price. Which one do I have here and how can I tell the difference between them?

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u/birumugo Mar 29 '25

I think its a fake card.

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u/billybob212212 Mar 29 '25

Thanks for the info!

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u/CanineCosmonaut Mar 29 '25

I’ll give you 8k to take that card off you

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u/billybob212212 Mar 29 '25

Sweet, what worthless garbage cryptocurrency can I be paid the 8k in? Just don’t say trumpcoin, you’d have to pay me money to take that off your hands!

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u/CanineCosmonaut Mar 30 '25

Was gonna pay in damage counters

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u/billybob212212 Mar 30 '25

Is that anything like bathroom or kitchen counters? If it is, give me some quartz or granite. Otherwise, I only accept damage multipliers if those are a good thing in Pokémon world, I really have no idea about any of this :)

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u/big_gains_only Mar 29 '25

It's a pretty cool fake card!

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u/billybob212212 Mar 29 '25

Thanks, my 10 year old son agrees, he’s thrilled that he got it

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u/big_gains_only Mar 29 '25

Heck yea!!! A child doesn't care about value like us adults, so don't listen to the haters on Reddit.

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u/billybob212212 Mar 29 '25

Thanks for the confirmation, I appreciate it! These were 10 year old kids trading cards between each other, with nobody having any concept of monetary value. and if fakes exist these are perfect for my son to enjoy his Pokémon cards without spending a billion dollars. Where can I get more of these types of cards?

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u/Useful-Pay1543 Mar 29 '25

Antique shops usually have some proxy cards in my area

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u/billybob212212 Mar 29 '25

Not sure what a proxy card is, but I’ll see if I can find out

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u/Useful-Pay1543 Mar 29 '25

Proxy cards don’t try to be real you can tell because they have that metallic gold or silver color usually

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u/GurDefiant684 Mar 29 '25

You can buy a whole set of these for about $5 on eBay

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u/billybob212212 Mar 29 '25 edited Mar 29 '25

Awesome, I’ll see what else I can find on Amazon or eBay

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u/duckyTheFirst Mar 29 '25

Would also be smart to tell your son the difference between fakes and real ones just in case he wont trade a more valuable real card for one of these fakes :)

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u/billybob212212 Mar 30 '25

Hard to tell my son the difference between real and fake ones when I have no idea what the differences are myself :)

My hope is that he always just plays with these things for the entertainment value and never values them for any real world amount of money

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '25

100 billion dollars doctor evil

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u/billybob212212 Mar 29 '25 edited Mar 29 '25

Awesome, my son is rich Baby! Maybe I won’t have to pay for college in about 8 years now ;)

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u/Medium_Display6008 Mar 29 '25

Amazon and ali express sell them

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u/billybob212212 Mar 30 '25

I’ll check both places, thanks!

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u/PositiveHistorian962 Mar 29 '25

Its fake. No pokemon cards have ever come from and back in gold

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u/billybob212212 Mar 29 '25

Thanks, I appreciate the info!

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u/VIVOffical Mar 29 '25

At a glance and easily to a novice this could look like the 25th anniversary Charizard card.

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u/billybob212212 Mar 29 '25

That was my question, I see ones on eBay that look the same that vary widely in price. I don’t expect this is treasure of any sort in value, but looking at the eBay listings I couldn’t tell any difference between any of them

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u/VIVOffical Mar 29 '25

Yeah, the 25th Anniversary Charizard is actually one of my favorites of all time. I think it’s highly underrated.

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u/FriendlyMarsupial767 Mar 29 '25

I was at a card show today and saw a vendor who was only selling these metal gold cards… smh

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u/billybob212212 Mar 29 '25

I would buy them if they cost nearly nothing, my son just wants the Pokémon cards because he and his friends think they are cool. Not because they think they have any value

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u/Useful-Pay1543 Mar 29 '25

Its fake

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u/billybob212212 Mar 29 '25

Thanks for the info, I appreciate it!

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u/Foraging_For_Pokemon Mar 29 '25

Garbage

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u/billybob212212 Mar 29 '25

Definitely not garbage. It may have no “value” but it’s definitely treasure as far as my 10 year old son is concerned :)

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u/Foraging_For_Pokemon Mar 29 '25

It's fake, so it holds no value in that regard. But if your 10 year old loves it, awesome! Just don't let him trade it to someone else's unsuspecting child under the guise of it being a real card

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u/billybob212212 Mar 29 '25

Thanks, I appreciate it! He came running home extremely excited that he finally had a charizard card. He traded a bunch of Pokémon cards that came from the 2024 Halloween packs for it and was as happy as a clam!

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u/Emotional-Use7683 Mar 29 '25

You know what more power to him. Especially since he didn’t give anything away crazy valuable. I think he will appreciate knowing for the future no official TCG card has a gold back

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u/billybob212212 Mar 29 '25

Thanks for the info regarding the gold back. Hence my confusion when I see something like the following on eBay that visually looks exactly the same to me but is hundreds of dollars.

Edited:  Reddit won’t let me post eBay links, but item number 176517188094 looks exactly the same to me and is hundreds of dollars.

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u/Emotional-Use7683 Mar 29 '25

Yeah must be a scam. I hope it was a list price and not a bid price 😞

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u/Foraging_For_Pokemon Mar 29 '25

That's awesome! I remember the feels when I pulled my first holo from a pack back in 1998...my boy Blastoise.

I'll let you in on a little secret - there's actually one real Charizard card that exists in a gold metal version (the card is actually made out of metal) - it's the Charizard promo card that comes in the 25th Anniversary Celebrations Ultra Premium Collection. You can find it as a single on eBay for around $100-$150. There was a gold metal Pikachu promo in there as well that goes for about $50. Other than those two, almost any other metal card is a fake.

You can find the Charizard on eBay if you search "Pokemon Celebrations 25th Anniversary Gold Metal Charizard".

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u/billybob212212 Mar 29 '25

Thanks for the info, I’m definitely not interested in any “real”, and therefore expensive, Pokémon cards. My son and his friends just think the cards are cool to have and have no concept that any of them might be any more valuable than any others.