CHARIZARD EX #223/197 - OBSIDIAN FLAMES
- Set
- Pokemon Obsidian Flames (Scarlet & Violet series)
- Number
- 223/197
- Rarity
- Special Illustration Rare
- Card type
- Pokémon - Stage 2, ex, Tera (Darkness)
- Artist
- AKIRA EGAWA
- Released
- (2023-08-11)
- Raw card reference RAW / UNGRADED
- $101.81 USD (TCGplayer market, holofoil, as of 2026-09-11)Loose, ungraded copy. Not a graded slab - graded values are charted below.
- Graded slab data GRADED SLAB
- 16 Rip Station marks, 2 cited public sales - per grader and grade, see the chart.
- In our machines
- 1 in the $50.00 machine, 2 in the $100.00 machine, 8 in the $150.00 machine
RIP IT
Charizard ex is in the $50.00 machine right now - PSA 9 loaded. A pack reveals one random card from that machine.
Rip the $50.00 machineABOUT THIS CARD
Charizard ex is a special illustration rare Pokemon card from Pokemon Obsidian Flames, card 223 of 197, released August 11, 2023 in the Scarlet & Violet series. The illustration is by AKIRA EGAWA.
Obsidian Flames' Special Illustration Rare Charizard ex pairs the era's premier rarity tier with a competitively real card — Charizard ex was a top standard deck through 2023–2024, taking major event wins.
VALUE
What is Charizard ex #223 from Obsidian Flames worth?
Two different numbers answer this, and they are not interchangeable. Raw/ungraded: a loose, ungraded copy of Charizard ex #223 (Obsidian Flames) carries a market reference of $101.81 USD for the holofoil printing (TCGplayer market price, as of 2026-09-11). Graded slabs: a graded example is priced per grading company and per grade and can sit far above that raw figure - documented public sales on file for this card run from $384.00 (PSA 10, 2025-02-02) to $749.00 (PSA 10, 2026-04-28), each listed with its source below. Both are references, not offers. The graded copy in our machine carries a Rip Station estimated slab value of $139.50 (PSA 9).
Graded slab values over time GRADED SLAB
Slab values, per grading company and grade. These are a different market from the raw/ungraded reference in the facts block above - do not read one as the other.
| Date | Grader | Grade | Estimated slab value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-09 | PSA | 9 | $151.00 |
| 2026-06-12 | PSA | 10 | $770.00 |
| 2026-06-12 | PSA | 8 | $92.69 |
| 2026-06-12 | PSA | 9 | $144.50 |
| 2026-06-17 | PSA | 9 | $137.99 |
| 2026-06-20 | PSA | 9 | $122.50 |
| 2026-06-24 | BGS | 9 | $95.00 |
| 2026-06-24 | PSA | 8 | $93.60 |
| 2026-06-24 | PSA | 9 | $122.50 |
| 2026-06-27 | PSA | 9 | $139.99 |
| 2026-08-03 | PSA | 9 | $139.99 |
| 2026-08-07 | PSA | 10 | $770.00 |
| 2026-08-15 | PSA | 9 | $139.99 |
| 2026-08-17 | PSA | 9 | $139.99 |
| 2026-08-18 | PSA | 9 | $139.99 |
| 2026-08-19 | CGC | 10 | $324.99 |
| Date | Grader | Grade | Printing | Sale price (USD) | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-02 | PSA | 10 | Special Illustration Rare | $384.00 | Fanatics Collect Sold Items search results page, sold via Auction w/ buyer's premium |
| 2026-04-28 | PSA | 10 | Special Illustration Rare | $749.00 | Fanatics Collect Sold Items search results page, sold via Buy Now |
PULL RATE
What are the odds of pulling Charizard ex #223?
No published per-card pack odds are documented for Obsidian Flames. Rip Station's machine composition is measurable, though: 1 of 1633 cards loaded in the $50.00 machine is this card - about 0.06% per rip.
POP REPORT
Rip Station vault population - graded slabs GRADED SLAB
Counts of GRADED copies, by grading company and grade, that have passed through our machines. Raw/ungraded copies are counted separately in the Raw row.
| Grader | Grade | Copies |
|---|---|---|
| BGS | 9 | 1 |
| CGC | 10 | 1 |
| PSA | 10 | 7 |
| PSA | 9 | 17 |
| PSA | 8 | 3 |
| Total | 29 | |
IN OUR MACHINES
Is Charizard ex #223 in a Rip Station machine?
Yes. 1 graded copy of Charizard ex is loaded in the $50.00 machine; 2 graded copies of Charizard ex are loaded in the $100.00 machine; 8 graded copies of Charizard ex are loaded in the $150.00 machine. A pack from that machine reveals one random card from everything loaded in it.
- $50.00 machine: 1 of 1633 loaded cards (0.06% per rip). Rip this machine
- $100.00 machine: 2 of 920 loaded cards (0.22% per rip). Rip this machine
- $150.00 machine: 8 of 678 loaded cards (1.18% per rip). Rip this machine
SOURCES
- Card metadata and image: the open pokemontcg.io dataset.
- Raw/ungraded reference value: pokemontcg.io market snapshot (tcgplayer), as of 2026-09-11. An ungraded single, an estimate, not an offer - and not a graded slab value.
- Reported graded-slab sales (2): documented public results, each linked to its source in the value section above - sales-history.fanaticscollect.com. Third-party realized prices, not Rip Station estimates.
- Machine availability, composition odds, graded vault population and graded price marks: Rip Station first-party data.