Does the condition of the card change its price?

Yes. We check it when your card arrives, and here is what we pay in each condition. Like new: €20.00. Played a little: €5.00. Worn: €4.55.

How can you tell your card is this one?

Look at the bottom of your card: you should read OBF 228/197 there. Its illustration is signed 5ban Graphics.

Which set does it come from?

It comes from the Obsidian Flames set, released here on 11 August 2023.

It goes at about the same pace as the other cards we buy in Japanese. Our pokoSCORE gives it 50 out of 100. At least 9 copies have sold since 8 September.

Charizard ex OBF 228/197: price and value

How much is your Charizard ex worth?

A copy in Japanese, like new: we’ll buy it from you for €20.00 today.

Today · You get

€20.00

The same price as on 23 September

€20.00

23 SeptemberToday

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27 September	€20.00

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pokoSCORE

It goes at about the same pace as the other cards we buy in Japanese.

Gone since 8 September: at least 9
For sale on 27 September: 60
For sale on 8 September: 50 or more

Versions of this card

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What you might be wondering about this card

How much do we pay for Charizard ex OBF 228/197?: A copy in Japanese, like new: we’ll buy it from you for €20.00 today.
Does the condition of the card change its price?: Yes. We check it when your card arrives, and here is what we pay in each condition. Like new: €20.00. Played a little: €5.00. Worn: €4.55.
How can you tell your card is this one?: Look at the bottom of your card: you should read OBF 228/197 there. Its illustration is signed 5ban Graphics.
Which set does it come from?: It comes from the Obsidian Flames set, released here on 11 August 2023.
Does it sell fast?: It goes at about the same pace as the other cards we buy in Japanese. Our pokoSCORE gives it 50 out of 100. At least 9 copies have sold since 8 September.

When it came out

Obsidian Flames landed here on 11 August 2023.

In Japan these cards were already in shops on 28 July 2023, under the code SV3. That is 14 days ahead of us.

Every set, with both of its dates

What the card itself says

Its characteristics and effects in play, with the original text when available.

HP: 330
Type: Darkness
Stage: Stage 2
Retreat cost: 2
Weakness: ×2
Regulation mark: G
Number: 228/197
Set: Obsidian FlamesOBFSet guide
Illustrated by: 5ban Graphics

Its Ability

Infernal Reignれんごくしはい

When you play this Pokémon from your hand to evolve 1 of your Pokémon during your turn, you may search your deck for up to 3 Basic Energy cards and attach them to your Pokémon in any way you like. Then, shuffle your deck.自分の番に、このカードを手札から出して進化させたとき、1回使える。自分の山札から「基本エネルギー」を3枚まで選び、自分のポケモンに好きなようにつける。そして山札を切る。

Its attacks

バーニングダーク

180＋

相手がすでにとったサイドの枚数×30ダメージ追加。

What to make of it

Have a look at what it does well, then at what will get in your way. After that you'll know whether it belongs in your deck.

A strength
330 HP, and nothing in Paldean Fates goes higher. That is the wall your opponent has to break through before taking a Prize.
A strength
It has an Ability, Infernal Reign. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
Keep in mind
None of the 5,384 tournament lists we have read runs it. That does not make it a bad card — it means we have not seen it on a table yet.
Keep in mind
It is an ex card. The turn it goes down your opponent takes 2 Prizes instead of one, and games do turn on exactly that.
Keep in mind
It is a Stage 2. You have to come through Charmeleon to get here, or find a Rare Candy to skip the middle step.
Keep in mind
Weakness Grass ×2. Against a Grass Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 5,384 tournament lists we have read, 3,405 run at least one Pokémon of that type.
Keep in mind
Mark G. It is not among the marks currently accepted in Standard: H, I, and J. A legal reprint may still provide an exception.

Standard format: source checked on September 27, 2026. TCGdex

Who plays it

None of the tournament lists we have read mentions this card. That happens with a card that has just come out, or one players have not tried yet.

The other cards of this Pokémon

Two cards of the same Pokémon can be worth wildly different amounts — it depends on the set, the rarity and the artwork. We put all 110 Charizard cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Charizard card and its price