Phantasmal Flames

Charmeleon

PFLFR12· Common
Charmeleon PFL 12

We are not buying this printing at the moment.

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What the card itself says

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

HP
110
Type
Fire
Stage
Stage 1
Retreat cost
2
Weakness
×2
Regulation mark
I
Number
12/94
Set
Phantasmal FlamesPFLSet guide
Illustrated by
Uninori

Its attacks

Steady FirebreathingCrachage de Feu Régulier

40

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.

  1. A strength

    Mega Charizard X ex runs it in 40 of the 40 lists we have read, seen across 35 different tournaments.

  2. A strength

    Mark I. It is one of the marks currently accepted in Standard: H, I, and J.

  3. Keep in mind

    Weakness Water ×2. Against a Water Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,810 tournament lists we have read, 1,533 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Standard format: source checked on September 22, 2026. TCGdex

Who plays it

These decks really played this card at a tournament. We spot it by the little set code printed at the bottom, the one players copy onto their list — two cards sometimes share a name, the code never lies.

The decks that list this card, with how many lists and how many tournaments
DeckListsTournamentsPrinting listed
Mega Charizard X ex40 of 4035PFL 12
Mega Latias ex1 of 81PFL 12

When it came out

Phantasmal Flames landed here on 14 November 2025.

In Japan these cards were already in shops on 26 September 2025, under the code M2. That is 49 days ahead of us.

Every set, with both of its dates

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 37 Charmeleon cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Charmeleon card and its price