Charizard ex #234/91 from Pokemon Paldean Fates (2024)

CHARIZARD EX #234/91 - PALDEAN FATES

Set: Pokemon Paldean Fates (Scarlet & Violet series)
Number: 234/91
Rarity: Special Illustration Rare
Card type: Pokémon - Stage 2, Tera, ex (Darkness)
Artist: AKIRA EGAWA
Released: January 26, 2024 (2024-01-26)
Raw card reference RAW / UNGRADED: $281.53 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: 11 Rip Station marks, 3 cited public sales - per grader and grade, see the chart.
In our machines: 1 in the $150.00 machine, 1 in the $200.00 machine, 1 in the $250.00 machine, 1 in the $500.00 machine

RIP IT

Charizard ex is in the $150.00 machine right now - PSA 8 loaded. A pack reveals one random card from that machine.

ABOUT THIS CARD

Charizard ex is a special illustration rare Pokemon card from Pokemon Paldean Fates, card 234 of 91, released January 26, 2024 in the Scarlet & Violet series. The illustration is by AKIRA EGAWA.

Paldean Fates' Special Illustration Rare Charizard ex carries the shiny-Pokémon subset tradition into Scarlet & Violet. As the headline of a Hidden Fates-style shiny set, it holds the top of the set's market.

VALUE

What is Charizard ex #234 from Paldean Fates worth?

Two different numbers answer this, and they are not interchangeable. Raw/ungraded: a loose, ungraded copy of Charizard ex #234 (Paldean Fates) carries a market reference of $281.53 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 $671.00 (PSA 10, 2025-12-30) to $1249.00 (PSA 10, 2026-06-07), 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 $362.00 (CGC 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.

Graded slab values only. Indexed to 100 at each grade series' first observation - relative movement, not dollar levels; the tables below carry the dollars. Solid lines are Rip Station marks (first-party estimates). Diamonds are reported public sale results from the cited sources listed below, across every grade documented for this card; they are individual results, not a continuous series. Raw/ungraded reference (not plotted): $281.53 USD (TCGplayer market price, holofoil, as of 2026-09-11).

Graded slab values - Rip Station marks (first-party estimates, USD). Not raw/ungraded prices.
Date	Grader	Grade	Estimated slab value (USD)
2026-06-20	PSA	8	$291.20
2026-07-28	PSA	10	$780.00
2026-08-03	PSA	10	$780.00
2026-08-03	PSA	8	$208.50
2026-08-07	PSA	10	$780.00
2026-08-10	CGC	10	$390.00
2026-08-17	PSA	9	$252.00
2026-08-19	PSA	9	$286.50
2026-08-24	PSA	9	$252.00
2026-09-02	PSA	9	$250.00
2026-09-04	PSA	9	$275.00

Graded slab values - reported public sales (realized prices, USD). Individual documented results, each with its source; not Rip Station estimates and not raw/ungraded prices.
Date	Grader	Grade	Printing	Sale price (USD)	Source
2025-12-30	PSA	10	Special Illustration Rare	$671.00	Fanatics Collect Sold Items search results page, sold via Buy Now
2026-06-07	PSA	10	Special Illustration Rare	$1249.00	Fanatics Collect Sold Items search results page, sold via Buy Now
2026-07-24	PSA	10	Special Illustration Rare	$850.00	Fanatics Collect Sold Items search results page, sold via Buy Now

PULL RATE

What are the odds of pulling Charizard ex #234?

No published per-card pack odds are documented for Paldean Fates. Rip Station's machine composition is measurable, though: 1 of 678 cards loaded in the $150.00 machine is this card - about 0.15% 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
CGC	10	1
PSA	10	5
PSA	9	5
PSA	8	2
Total		13

IN OUR MACHINES

Is Charizard ex #234 in a Rip Station machine?

Yes. 1 graded copy of Charizard ex is loaded in the $150.00 machine; 1 graded copy of Charizard ex is loaded in the $200.00 machine; 1 graded copy of Charizard ex is loaded in the $250.00 machine; 1 graded copy of Charizard ex is loaded in the $500.00 machine. A pack from that machine reveals one random card from everything loaded in it.

$150.00 machine: 1 of 678 loaded cards (0.15% per rip). Rip this machine
$200.00 machine: 1 of 900 loaded cards (0.11% per rip). Rip this machine
$250.00 machine: 1 of 491 loaded cards (0.20% per rip). Rip this machine
$500.00 machine: 1 of 519 loaded cards (0.19% 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 (3): 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.