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Voltorb Emerald #71 Pokémon card
Common

Voltorb Emerald #71

Card #71 · Illustrated by Masakazu Fukuda
50 HPLightningPokémonBasic
Ungraded · blended
$25.00
33.3% · 30d
Range $18 → $25
Recently sold raw ~$19 (mixed cond.)
2 grading companies tracked
Confidence high · How we price →
See live listings on TCGplayer →

Voltorb is a Common Pokémon card from Emerald (#71), illustrated by Masakazu Fukuda. It's a Basic Lightning-type Pokémon with 50 HP, weak to Fighting ×2. Its current blended market value is $25.00 ungraded. Prices are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.

Prices last updated 2 July 2026.

Raw price by condition
Reverse Holofoil · live market via TCGplayer
NMNear Mint$30.00
LPLightly Played$25.00
MPModerately Played$15.80
HPHeavily Played$10.50
DMGDamaged$3.38
7-dayflat
30-day 33.3%
90-day 33.3%
All-time high$30
All-time low$13
Other printingsNormal · $0.66

Price by variant

Reverse Holo$25
Normal$1

TCGplayer market price per printing — reverse holo, 1st edition and unlimited often differ sharply.

Graded prices
Ungraded (raw)$30.00
PSA graded price estimates by grade
GradeRelative valuePrice
PSA 9$114$114$114
PSA 8$85$80$85
PSA 6$31$31$31
“Sold” = median of real recent eBay sold listings at that grade. Other figures are blended marketplace estimates. Confidence reflects the price spread — not PSA-official values.

Price history · raw near-mint

1 Aug 20231 Jul 2026
Current
$0.77
Period high
$2.69
Period low
$0.62
Change
51.9%

Recent sold prices

Last sold
$30
Raw · 28 Jun 2026
Typical Raw
$19
Sales · last 90 days
11
Liquidity
Very liquid
8 in last 30 days

Real completed eBay sales, refreshed periodically. Grade read from the listing title. Implausibly priced listings (lots, proxies, empty slabs) and wrong-variant sales are filtered out. Links to eBay are affiliate links — we may earn a commission.

Last hammer price
$210
CGC 10 · 22 Jun 2026
Typical PSA 9
$103
Auction lots · last 90 days
6
Liquidity
Moderate
2 in last 30 days

Real completed hammer prices from Fanatics Collect weekly and premier auctions, refreshed periodically. Grade read from the listing title.

Population across graders

PSA43 gradedPSA 10 · 4 · 9% gem rate
104
915
816
74
64
CGC424 gradedCGC 10 · 210 · 50% gem rate
10210
9.530
9102
8.552
814
Real graded population from PSA, CGC & BGS — a lower gem rate means a Voltorb 10 is harder to pull.

Should you grade it?

+$18
Raw $25.00 → graded PSA 9$114.15
after ~$71.13 grading fee → 4.6× the raw value
Target gradeEst. valueGrading feeNet vs rawMultiple
PSA 9$114.15$71.13+$184.6×
PSA 8$84.97$70.84$113.4×

Net = graded value − raw value − grading cost (tier fee + ~$20 round-trip shipping), using PSA fees as of 2026-06-28; the paused PSA Value tier is excluded so this isn't overstated. Real outcome depends on the grade achieved; PSA 10 is best-case.

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Where to buy

Available to buy nowLive on eBay
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Cross-market prices

37% spread
PriceCharting · cheapest$18
TCGplayer · dearest$25

Currently 37% cheaper on PriceCharting than TCGplayer. These are independent market prices for the same card — a wide gap can mean a buying opportunity. Informational only, not arbitrage advice.

Market signal

Momentum · 30dRising +33%
Cross-marketMarkets disagree 37% gap

Derived from this card's 90-day price history, recent trend and cross-market price gap. Informational, not advice.

Card text

Ram10
Colorless
Speed Ball30
Colorless · Colorless · Colorless
Weakness Fighting ×2Retreat 1

About the Pokémon

Ball PokémonGEN IVoltorbElectrode

Usually found in power plants. Easily mistaken for a POKé BALL, they have zapped many people.

Card details

Number#71
RarityCommon
SupertypePokémon
SubtypesBasic
TypeLightning
HP50
WeaknessFighting ×2
Retreat cost1
National Pokédex#100
Card IDex9-71
SourceAggregated marketplaces

Other Voltorb cards

There are 9 different Voltorb printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Emerald #71 (Common).

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Frequently asked questions

How much is Voltorb (Emerald #71) worth?

As of 2 July 2026, Voltorb from Emerald is worth approximately $25.00 ungraded (near-mint). Values are blended from real Cardmarket, eBay sold and TCGplayer prices and update daily.

Is Voltorb rare?

Voltorb is a Common card from Emerald (card #71), illustrated by Masakazu Fukuda. Its current blended market value is $25.00 ungraded.