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 "asOf": "2026-09-26",
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  "name": "Charmander",
  "number": "038",
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  "setName": "MEP Black Star Promos",
  "language": "en",
  "illustrator": "Saboteri",
  "image": "https://tcgplayer-cdn.tcgplayer.com/product/684462_in_800x800.jpg",
  "tcgplayerProductId": "684462"
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  "currency": "USD",
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   "asOf": "2026-09-25"
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  {
   "company": "ACE",
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   "median": 28.72,
   "currency": "USD",
   "sales": 12,
   "asOf": "2026-09-25"
  },
  {
   "company": "BGS",
   "grade": "10",
   "median": 168,
   "currency": "USD",
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   "asOf": "2026-09-25"
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  {
   "company": "BGS",
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   "currency": "USD",
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   "asOf": "2026-09-25"
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  {
   "company": "BGS",
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   "median": 38.5,
   "currency": "USD",
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  {
   "company": "CGC",
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   "currency": "USD",
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   "company": "CGC",
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   "currency": "USD",
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   "company": "CGC",
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   "asOf": "2026-09-25"
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   "company": "CGC",
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   "currency": "USD",
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   "asOf": "2026-09-25"
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   "company": "PSA",
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   "company": "TAG",
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 "facts": [
  {
   "key": "marketPrice",
   "label": "Market price",
   "value": "$26.30",
   "number": 26.3,
   "unit": "USD",
   "basis": "TCGplayer market price for this printing, near mint",
   "asOf": "2026-09-26"
  },
  {
   "key": "psa10Median",
   "label": "PSA 10 90-day sold median",
   "value": "$150",
   "number": 150,
   "unit": "USD",
   "basis": "A 90-day median of $150 across 1,483 sales verified as this card",
   "asOf": "2026-09-25"
  },
  {
   "key": "psa9Median",
   "label": "PSA 9 90-day sold median",
   "value": "$43",
   "number": 43,
   "unit": "USD",
   "basis": "A 90-day median of $43 across 404 sales verified as this card",
   "asOf": "2026-09-25"
  },
  {
   "key": "psa10Premium",
   "label": "PSA 10 premium over raw",
   "value": "5.7x",
   "number": 5.7,
   "unit": "multiple",
   "basis": "The PSA 10 figure above (a 90-day median of $150 across 1,483 sales) divided by the raw market price",
   "asOf": "2026-09-26"
  },
  {
   "key": "psaPopulation",
   "label": "PSA population",
   "value": "22,669",
   "number": 22669,
   "unit": "count",
   "basis": "Copies on the PSA registry, all grades",
   "asOf": null
  },
  {
   "key": "psaGemRate",
   "label": "PSA gem rate",
   "value": "84%",
   "number": 84,
   "unit": "percent",
   "basis": "19,056 of 22,669 submissions graded 10",
   "asOf": null
  },
  {
   "key": "recordedPricePoints",
   "label": "Recorded price readings",
   "value": "28",
   "number": 28,
   "unit": "count",
   "basis": "One reading per day between August 30, 2026 and September 26, 2026",
   "asOf": "2026-09-26"
  },
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   "key": "return30d",
   "label": "30-day price move",
   "value": "-34.3%",
   "number": -34.3,
   "unit": "percent",
   "basis": "Trailing 30 days of moonstone's own recorded daily series",
   "asOf": "2026-09-26"
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 "questions": [
  {
   "q": "How much is Charmander #038 from MEP Black Star Promos worth?",
   "a": "$26.30 raw, as of September 26, 2026. That is the recorded TCGplayer market price for this printing in near mint condition, not an ask moonstone sets."
  },
  {
   "q": "What is a PSA 10 Charmander #038 worth?",
   "a": "$150, a 90-day median of $150 across 1,483 sales we have verified as this card. That is 5.7x the raw price."
  },
  {
   "q": "How many Charmander #038 has PSA graded?",
   "a": "22,669 copies sit on the PSA registry across all grades, and 84% of them came back a 10 (19,056 tens)."
  },
  {
   "q": "Is it worth grading Charmander #038?",
   "a": "At $26.30 plus PSA Standard $59.99 ($86.29 all-in), against a $150 PSA 10 and a $43 PSA 9 each netted for eBay's published selling fee, you need a 53% chance of a 10 to break even. The registry's recorded gem rate is 84%. Shipping and insurance, to PSA and to the buyer, are not counted. That is arithmetic on recorded figures and published fees, not advice."
  }
 ],
 "methodology": {
  "marketPrice": "The daily recorded TCGplayer market price for this exact printing, in USD, near mint. moonstone sells no cards and quotes no ask of its own.",
  "gradedMedians": "Medians of verified sold listings for that grade, never a multiplier applied to the raw price. Every median carries the number of sales behind it, and a figure built on fewer than 2 sales is reported as a single sale rather than as a median.",
  "population": "A snapshot of the PSA registry for this card. A gem rate is reported only when the registry row breaks out the tens; an absent breakdown is reported as absent, never as zero.",
  "priceSeries": "moonstone's own daily price tape, one reading per day. `points` is how many days we hold, not how many days the card has existed."
 },
 "license": "https://www.moonstonehq.com/legal/terms",
 "disclaimer": "moonstone is independent research and market data, not financial, investment, tax or legal advice. Collectibles are speculative, illiquid and volatile."
}