Charizard (1st Edition Holographic)
Base1 1Ed · #4 · PSA Regular tier
| Comp price | $65,000 |
| Less raw cost | −$5,500 |
| Less PSA Regular fee | −$25 |
| Less return shipping | −$12 |
| Less eBay fee (13.25% + $0.30) | −$8,613 |
| NET | +$50,850 |
| ROI | +925% |
| Comp price | $11,000 |
| Less raw cost | −$5,500 |
| Less PSA Regular fee | −$25 |
| Less return shipping | −$12 |
| Less eBay fee (13.25% + $0.30) | −$1,458 |
| NET | +$4,005 |
| ROI | +73% |
| Comp price | $3,200 |
| Less raw cost | −$5,500 |
| Less PSA Regular fee | −$25 |
| Less return shipping | −$12 |
| Less eBay fee (13.25% + $0.30) | −$424 |
| NET | −$2,761 |
| ROI | −50% |
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Analysis
Charizard (1st Edition Holographic) sits in Base1 1Ed, part of the WOTC Era era on Cardboard Assets. Raw spot is $5,500 per the most recent PriceCharting loose comp, last refreshed May 4, 2026.
I'm scoring this a 73/100 — PLAY. The math: $10,762 expected value at PSA Regular tier, less raw cost $5,500, less $25 grading fee, less $12 return shipping, less $1,426 eBay fee = +$3,798 net per copy. ROI works out to 69% on the raw cost basis.
PSA Regular tier turnaround runs about 65 days. Annualized for capital velocity, that's roughly +388% APR — useful framing if you're thinking about this as a capital allocation, not a one-shot trade.
Pop velocity is muted (1.7% in 30d), which I read as a positive signal — the gem-rate denominator isn't ballooning, so existing PSA 10 comps should hold.
Sourcing raw: high-end card. Don't buy without seeing high-resolution scans of every edge and the surface. Comp $5,500 is your ceiling — bid below it to leave room for grading risk. Auction houses (PWCC, Goldin) sell raw copies of cards in this range with provenance.
Risk to size: grading is one-way. Grading fees aren't refundable, the round-trip eats 65 days of capital, and the comp data lags real-time market shifts. For comparable plays in the same era, look at Charizard (Skyridge Crystal Holo). Numbers above pull from PSA POP Report, recent eBay sold listings, and PriceCharting comps as of 2026-05-04.
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