Competitive players have built decks around Charizard in virtually every format it has been legal, from the original Base Set days through the EX era, the Mega era, the GX era, the VMAX era, and now the modern ex era
Playing the Pokmon card game can be very fun
Getting ahead on lands is absolutely great, but you really need a steady stream of card draw to go along with this
Weakness: Metal (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 2 Arctibax Water HP90 Stage 1 Evolves from Frigibax [W][C] Sharp Fin: 40 damage
The fact that it isn't loaded with characters and willingly has emptied colored space helps, letting things breathe
Now, there is still a size able market for ungraded cards, but yeah the biggest bucks are going to those graded cards, especially the ones rated a 10 or close to it