Voltorb FireRed & LeafGreen #85

Card #85 · Illustrated by Ken Sugimori

50 HPLightningPokémonBasic

Ungraded · blended

$11.61

▼ 2.2% · 30d

Range $12 → $13
Recently sold raw ~$12 (mixed cond.)
2 grading companies tracked
Confidence high · How we price →

Raw$11.61

PSA 95.4× raw$63

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Voltorb is a Common Pokémon card from FireRed & LeafGreen (#85), illustrated by Ken Sugimori. It's a Basic Lightning-type Pokémon with 50 HP, weak to Fighting ×2. Its current blended market value is $11.61 ungraded. Prices are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.

Prices last updated 2 July 2026.

#9 most valuable Voltorb of 41 #94 most valuable in FireRed & LeafGreen of 116

Raw price by condition

Reverse Holofoil · live market via TCGplayer

NMNear Mint$11.61

LPLightly Played$9.72

MPModerately Played$5.94

HPHeavily Played$4.12

DMGDamaged$0.95

7-dayflat

30-day▼ 2.2%

90-day▲ 4.2%

All-time high$12

All-time low$6

Other printingsNormal · $0.60

Price by variant

Reverse Holo$12

Normal$1

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

Graded prices

Ungraded (raw)$11.61

PSA graded price estimates by grade
Grade	Relative value	Price
PSA 9		$63$25–$88
PSA 8		$20$10–$20

“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

$0.65

Period high

$4.47

Period low

$0.63

Change

▼ 84.2%

Recent sold prices

Last sold

$15

Raw · 26 Jun 2026

Typical Raw

$12

Sales · last 90 days

Liquidity

Liquid

7 in last 30 days

RawPokemon Voltorb [Reverse Holo] 85/112 Fire Red & Green Leaf26 Jun 2026$15 RawVoltorb 85/112 EX FireRed & LeafGreen Pokemon CardBuy It Now · 19 Jun 2026$3 RawVoltorb FireRed & LeafGreen 85/112 Reverse Holo Pokemon TCG11 Jun 2026$13 RawFireRed & LeafGreen Voltorb 85/112 Common Pokemon Reverse Holo LPBuy It Now · 8 Jun 2026$14 RawVoltorb 85/112 Reverse Holo FireRed & LeafGreen - Pokemon Card - NMBest offer · 4 Jun 2026$21 RawNintendo Voltorb 85/112 EX FireRed & LeafGreen Common Holo EN 2004 50HP Basic3 Jun 2026$10 PSA 10Pokemon Cards PSA 10 GEM MT POP 9 Voltorb Fire Red & Leaf Green Ex 2004 85/112Auction · 3 Jun 2026$137 RawPokemon TCG Nintendo Voltorb 85/112 EX FireRed & LeafGreen Holo Common 200427 May 2026$10 RawVoltorb 85/112 Common FireRed & LeafGreen Pokemon Reverse Holo Near MintBuy It Now · 26 May 2026$13 RawPokémon TCG Voltorb Ex FireRed & LeafGreen 85/112 Reverse Holo Bleed MP CardAuction · 24 May 2026$8 Raw2004 Pokemon VOLTORB Ex FireRed & LeafGreen Set REVERSE HOLO Foil Card 85/112Auction · 24 May 2026$7

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.

Population across graders

PSA105 gradedPSA 10 · 14 · 13% gem rate

1014

954

8.51

818

CGC330 gradedCGC 10 · 152 · 46% gem rate

10152

9.516

966

8.536

816

Real graded population from PSA, CGC & BGS — a lower gem rate means a Voltorb 10 is harder to pull.

Should you grade it?

−$19

Raw $11.61 → graded PSA 9 ≈ $63.09
after ~$70.62 grading fee → 5.4× the raw value

Target grade	Est. value	Grading fee	Net vs raw	Multiple
PSA 9	$63.09	$70.62	−$19	5.4×
PSA 8	$19.92	$70.19	−$62	1.7×

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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Cross-market prices

12% spread

TCGplayer · cheapest$12

PriceCharting · dearest$13

Currently 12% cheaper on TCGplayer than PriceCharting. 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 · 30dFlat -2%

Cross-marketSome gap 12% gap

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

Card text

Floating Electrons · Poké-Body

As long as Voltorb has any Energy attached to it, Voltorb's Retreat Cost is 0.

Thundershock20

Lightning · Colorless

Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.

Weakness Fighting ×2Retreat 1

About the Pokémon

Ball PokémonGEN IVoltorb → Electrode

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

Card details

SetFireRed & LeafGreen →

Number#85

RarityCommon

PokémonAll Voltorb cards →

GenerationGen I · Kanto →

ArtistKen Sugimori →

SupertypePokémon

SubtypesBasic

TypeLightning

HP50

WeaknessFighting ×2

Retreat cost1

National Pokédex#100

Card IDex6-85

SourceAggregated marketplaces

Other Voltorb cards

There are 9 different Voltorb printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is FireRed & LeafGreen #85 (Common).