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Electrode
🇺🇸Base Set (BS) · #21/102 · 1999
Rare: usually one per pack, often shiny.
What it's worth
Near Mint market price- NormalNo shine anywhere on the card.$9.82▲ $0.21 this month🛒 Buy: about $9.82 · from $3.00 ↗💵 Sell: about $5.88
- 1st editionHas a small "Edition 1" stamp on the left under the picture.No price yet
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Market prices
TCGplayer US dollars
Updated Nov 14, 2026| Kind | Market | Low | Mid | High | Direct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $9.82 | $3.00 | $5.96 | $96.95 | $19.88 |
"Market" is what it recently sold for. Low, mid, and high are current listings.
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Updated Nov 14, 2026| Measure | Normal | Holo / reverse |
|---|---|---|
| Trend | €10.93≈ $12.08 | €7.58 |
| Average sale | €7.61 | — |
| Lowest listing | €0.40 | — |
| 1-day average | €2.89 | €3.00 |
| 7-day average | €14.97 | €8.33 |
| 30-day average | €8.64 | €5.14 |
Values are estimates based on recent market data, not offers to buy or sell.
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About this card
L LightningHP 80Stage 1 · evolves from Voltorb
At any time during your turn (before your attack) you may Knock Out Electrode and attach it to 1 of your other Pokémon. If you do, chose a type of Energy. Electrode is now an Energy card (instead of a Pokémon) that provides 2 energy of that type. This power can't be used if Electrode is Asleep, Confused, or Paralyzed.
Flip a coin. If tails, Electrode does 10 damage to itself.
- Weakness
- F ×2
- Resistance
- —
- Retreat
- C
“It stores electrical energy under very high pressure. It often explodes with little or no provocation.”
Special printings
This card was also printed in these versions. Look for the stamp or foil pattern on yours.
- Normal · Unlimited$9.82€10.93TCGplayer ↗Cardmarket ↗
- Normal · Shadowless · 1st Edition stamp€38.63TCGplayer ↗Cardmarket ↗
- Normal · Shadowless€38.63TCGplayer ↗Cardmarket ↗
- Normal · 1999 2000 Copyright
- Number
- 21 / 102
- Released
- January 9, 1999
- Illustrator
- Keiji Kinebuchi
- Category
- Pokémon
- Pokédex number
- #0101 · every Electrode card
- Tournament play
- Not tournament legal