CHARIZARD EX #228/197 - OBSIDIAN FLAMES
- Set
- Pokemon Obsidian Flames (Scarlet & Violet series)
- Number
- 228/197
- Rarity
- Hyper Rare
- Card type
- Pokémon - Stage 2, ex, Tera (Darkness)
- Artist
- 5ban Graphics
- Released
- (2023-08-11)
- Raw card reference RAW / UNGRADED
- $32.08 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
- 10 Rip Station marks - per grader and grade, see the chart.
- In our machines
- 3 in the $100.00 machine, 1 in the $200.00 machine
RIP IT
Charizard ex is in the $100.00 machine right now - CGC 10, PSA 9, PSA 9 loaded. A pack reveals one random card from that machine.
Rip the $100.00 machineABOUT THIS CARD
Charizard ex is a hyper rare Pokemon card from Pokemon Obsidian Flames, card 228 of 197, released August 11, 2023 in the Scarlet & Violet series. The illustration is by 5ban Graphics.
VALUE
What is Charizard ex #228 from Obsidian Flames worth?
Two different numbers answer this, and they are not interchangeable. Raw/ungraded: a loose, ungraded copy of Charizard ex #228 (Obsidian Flames) carries a market reference of $32.08 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 - our own graded marks for this card are charted and tabled below, per grader and grade. Both are references, not offers. The graded copy in our machine carries a Rip Station estimated slab value of $288.00 (PSA 10).
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-03 | PSA | 9 | $60.00 |
| 2026-06-09 | BGS | 9 | $96.00 |
| 2026-06-09 | PSA | 9 | $60.34 |
| 2026-06-12 | CGC | 10 | $91.20 |
| 2026-06-17 | PSA | 10 | $295.00 |
| 2026-07-24 | PSA | 10 | $276.00 |
| 2026-07-28 | PSA | 8 | $41.00 |
| 2026-07-28 | PSA | 9 | $39.60 |
| 2026-08-07 | PSA | 9 | $67.00 |
| 2026-08-19 | PSA | 10 | $300.00 |
PULL RATE
What are the odds of pulling Charizard ex #228?
No published per-card pack odds are documented for Obsidian Flames. Rip Station's machine composition is measurable, though: 3 of 920 cards loaded in the $100.00 machine are this card - about 0.33% 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 | 3 |
| PSA | 9 | 7 |
| PSA | 8 | 2 |
| Total | 14 | |
IN OUR MACHINES
Is Charizard ex #228 in a Rip Station machine?
Yes. 3 graded copies of Charizard ex are loaded in the $100.00 machine; 1 graded copy of Charizard ex is loaded in the $200.00 machine. A pack from that machine reveals one random card from everything loaded in it.
- $100.00 machine: 3 of 920 loaded cards (0.33% per rip). Rip this machine
- $200.00 machine: 1 of 900 loaded cards (0.11% 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.
- Machine availability, composition odds, graded vault population and graded price marks: Rip Station first-party data.