Lightning Energy Generations #78

Card #78

EnergyBasic

Ungraded · blended

$6.23

▲ 0.8% · 30d

PSA 10

$51

8× raw

Range $5 → $6
1 grading company tracked
Confidence high · How we price →

Raw$6.23

PSA 108.2× raw$51

See live listings on TCGplayer →

Lightning Energy is a Common Pokémon card from Generations (#78). It's a Basic Energy card. Its current blended market value is $6.23 ungraded, with a PSA 10 worth around $51 — a gem-mint grading premium of roughly 8× the raw value. 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 Lightning of 32 #47 most valuable in Generations of 117

Competitive play · Limitless

6.3%

Played in 6.3% of competitive decks — 200 of 3,174 decklists across the last 41 Standard tournaments.

Raw price by condition

Reverse Holofoil · live market via TCGplayer

NMNear Mint$5.05

LPLightly Played$4.33

MPModerately Played$3.87

HPHeavily Played$2.20

7-day▲ 2.6%

30-day▲ 3.5%

90-day▲ 11.2%

All-time high$5

All-time low$1

Other printingsNormal · $0.51

Price by variant

Reverse Holo$6

Normal$1

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

Graded prices

Ungraded (raw)$4.92

PSA graded price estimates by grade
Grade	Relative value	Price
PSA 10		$51$51–$51

“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

$0.75

Period high

$3.03

Period low

$0.75

Change

▼ 71.9%

Recent sold prices

No recent sold listings tracked.

Population across graders

CGC8 gradedCGC 10 · 0 · 0% gem rate

9.51

8.53

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

Should you grade it?

−$26

Raw $6.23 → graded PSA 10 ≈ $51.00
after ~$70.5 grading fee → 8.2× the raw value

Target grade	Est. value	Grading fee	Net vs raw	Multiple
PSA 10	$51.00	$70.5	−$26	8.2×

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

15% spread

PriceCharting · cheapest$5

TCGplayer · dearest$6

Currently 15% 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 · 30dFlat +1%

Cross-marketSome gap 15% gap

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

Card details

SetGenerations →

Number#78

RarityCommon

PokémonAll Lightning cards →

Artist—

SupertypeEnergy

SubtypesBasic

Card IDg1-78

SourceAggregated marketplaces

Other Lightning Energy cards

There are 9 different Lightning Energy printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Generations #78 (Common).