Electrode21/102 · Base Price & Value
Market value · Near Mint · Unlimited
Typical copy sold $5 93 sales, all conditionsPack fresh $13est.
- PSA 8$194 sold · 90d · pop 349
- PSA 9$59pop 489
- PSA 10$300pop 260
Why prices differ
TCGplayer's figure is what sellers are asking on their marketplace, not what copies sold for — an asking price sits above a completed sale because it is the start of a negotiation, not the end of one. Our price comes from those same completed sales, adjusted to Near Mint — the median below mixes every condition together, and most copies that change hands are played rather than mint. How we weigh them →
What's your copy worth?
Estimated. This card has enough sales to price the top 15% but not the top 5%, so pack-fresh is projected from the gap we measure between those two tiers on cards that do — about 1.4x on vintage, 1.2x on modern. $11.18. That's about +46% over a typical Near Mint copy.
ⓘ How do we work this out?
We take every real sale of this exact card over the last 12 months (26 sales), sort them by price, and read off the top 15% and top 5%. No multipliers, no guesses — the prices cleaner copies actually fetched.
Why cleaner copies cost more: buyers can see condition in the photos and pay for it. Listings sellers describe as pack fresh or gem mint land in this top band 1.7× more often than ordinary ones — the premium follows the card, not the hype.
Copies in this band are also the ones collectors send to grading: far more likely than a typical binder copy to be submitted at all — and to come back with the strong grade that carries the PSA prices shown on this page. That prospect is part of what buyers are paying for here.
These are read straight off this card's own completed sales — sort them by price and take the top 15% and top 5%. Whether your copy qualifies is a judgment made by looking at the card.
What this price is based on
Medium confidence93 sales in 90 days, but prices vary widely.
Recent Raw sales
- Sep 1, 2026eBay — 1999 Pokémon Base Set Electrode Unlimited Non-Holo Rare Card 21/102Unlimited$3.99
- Sep 1, 2026eBay — Electrode 21/102 Rare Base Set Unlimited PokemonUnlimited$4.41
- Sep 1, 2026eBay — Electrode 21/102 Rare Base Set Unlimited Pokemon Lightly PlayedLPUnlimited$5.99
- Sep 1, 2026eBay — Electrode 21/102 Rare Base Set Unlimited Pokemon Lightly PlayedLPUnlimited$6.99
- Aug 17, 2026eBay — Pokémon Electrode 21/102 Base Set Unlimited Holo EN ShadowlessShadowless$20.00
- Aug 17, 2026eBay — Electrode 21/102 Pokemon Base Set Unlimited Rare Card WOTC LPLPUnlimited$6.49
- Aug 17, 2026eBay — Electrode 21/102 Base Set WOTC Unlimited Rare - Pokémon Card - LPLPUnlimited$12.40
- Aug 16, 2026eBay — Electrode 1999 Pokemon Base Set Unlimited Rare #21/102 Vintage WoTC PlayedMPUnlimited$4.00
By grade
- Raw$4.7493 sales
- PSA 8$15.285 sales
- CGC 8.5$12.005 sales
- Lot$9.604 sales
- CGC 8$13.504 sales
- CGC 10$58.003 sales
- PSA 7$10.232 sales
- PSA 6$16.122 sales
From 125 completed sales recorded between Dec 29, 2022 and Sep 1, 2026. Sold prices only — asking prices are never counted. The median above is computed over the 90 sales of the printing this page lists; 1st Edition and Shadowless copies are real sales of a different card and are shown separately rather than mixed in. The range is wide because these sales span different printings and conditions — 1st Edition, Shadowless and Unlimited copies all carry this card's name, and they trade at very different levels. Each sale above is labelled with what its listing claimed, so you can see which ones describe the same object. Treat the median as the typical copy, not the range.
Grade it or not
NOT WORTH ITBased on 28 graded sales and 1,891,329 pop-report entries for a near-mint copy.
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✨ Is it worth it?
An AI market read of this card — value, momentum, grading economics, liquidity. It lays out the data; you decide.
Electrode is a Rare Pokémon card from Base (#21, released 1999), illustrated by Keiji Kinebuchi. It's a Stage 1 Lightning-type Pokémon with 80 HP, evolving from Voltorb, weak to Fighting ×2. Its current blended market value is $7.67 ungraded, with a PSA 10 worth around $300 — a gem-mint grading premium of roughly 39× the raw value. Prices are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.
Prices last updated 5 September 2026.
Electrode price history & recent sales
Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history124 in 90 days✓ real completed listings
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.
Demand & liquidity
Last sold $4 · Raw · 1 Sep 2026
How often each grade sells · last 90 days, all marketplaces
Is Electrode worth grading?
Expected return across every likely grade, after fees — the realistic average, not the best case. Only 17.4% of copies gem (PSA 10 best case +$219); most land at PSA 9 or below.
The odds
Electrode is a Rare in Base — the pack's hit slot lands on Rare 67% of the time, split across 16 rare cards in the set, so pulling this exact card is roughly 1 in 24 packs.
Estimates only. Pack odds come from CardTrack's pack model (the same one behind the pack simulator) — not an official rate. Grading odds are the real cumulative PSA population, which skews toward nicer, resubmitted copies, so it overstates the true first-submission gem rate. Full grade-by-grade breakdown below.
Grade-by-grade ROI & risk-adjusted outcomesNet vs raw per target grade, plus the probability-weighted distribution
| Target grade | Est. value | Grading fee | Net vs raw | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | $300.00 | $73 | +$219 | 39.1× |
| PSA 9 | $58.50 | $71 | −$20 | 7.6× |
| PSA 8 | $18.58 | $70 | −$59 | 2.4× |
⚖️ Risk-adjusted return
Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 1,490 PSA-graded copies:
| Likely outcome | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | 17.4% | $300.00 |
| PSA 9 | 32.6% | $59.00 |
| PSA ≤8 | 49.9% | $13.00 |
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. Gem rate is estimated from cumulative PSA population, which skews toward nicer, resubmitted copies — so it overstates the true grade rate. Treat it as a guide, not a guarantee.
Population across gradersPSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — every grade, with gem rates
Only 17% of 1,509 PSA-graded Electrode copies are a gem-mint 10 (260 of 1,509) — the rest grade lower.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Electrode 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
Pokemon Electrode - Base Set 21/102 Unlimited Moderately Played Rare PokémonRaw · eBay$3.19
Wizards of the Coast Pokémon TCG Base Set Electrode 21/102 Rare 1999 Eng UnlRaw · eBay$3.49
Electrode 21/102 Rare Base Set Unlimited Pokemon Moderately PlayedRaw · eBay$3.79
Electrode 21/102 Rare Base Set Unlimited Pokemon Moderately PlayedRaw · eBay$3.99
1999 Pokémon Base Set Electrode Unlimited Non-Holo Rare Card 21/102Raw · eBay$3.99
Electrode 21/102 Base Set 1999 Unlimited Non-Holo Rare HP Pokemon TCG WOTCRaw · eBay$3.99Cheapest raw copy $3.19 — 58% below our estimate of $8
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10pop 260 | $300$255–$345 | |
| PSA 9pop 489 | $59$50–$67 | |
| PSA 8pop 3494 · 90d | $19$16–$21 |
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
A typical Near Mint copy sells for $8.94. Grading-candidate copies — the cleanest 15% of sales — typically fetch $9.31 (+4%). Pack-fresh examples — the top 5% — go for about $13.03.
From 14 sales in the last 12 months. These describe the market — whether a specific copy is a grading candidate is a judgment made by looking at it.
For context: a graded PSA 7 slab of this card sells for about $14 (cert-verified) — a heavily-played raw copy shouldn't cost much more than that.
Price by printingBase vs reverse holo vs 1st edition — priced separately
Price by variant
TCGplayer market price per printing — reverse holo, 1st edition and unlimited often differ sharply.
Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz
Cross-market prices
65% spreadCurrently 65% 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
Derived from this card's 90-day price history, recent trend and cross-market price gap. Informational, not advice.
Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat
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, choose a type of Energy. Electrode is now an Energy card (instead of a Pokémon) that provides 2 energy of that type. You can't use this power if Electrode is Asleep, Confused, or Paralyzed.
Flip a coin. If tails, Electrode does 10 damage to itself.
“It stores electrical energy under very high pressure. It often explodes with little or no provocation.”
About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Other Electrode cards
There are 9 different Electrode printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Base #21 (Rare).
More from Base
Frequently asked questions
How much is Electrode (Base #21) worth?
As of 5 September 2026, Electrode from Base is worth approximately $7.67 ungraded (near-mint), and around $300 in PSA 10 gem mint. Values are blended from real Cardmarket, eBay sold and TCGplayer prices and update daily.
What is the PSA 10 price for Electrode?
A PSA 10 (gem mint) Electrode from Base is worth around $300 — roughly 39× the raw ungraded value of $7.67.
Should I grade my Electrode?
A PSA 10 sells for about $300 versus $7.67 raw — roughly a 39× uplift. Grading is worth it when that premium comfortably beats the grading fee and the card is clean enough to have a real shot at a 10. See the "Should you grade it?" estimate above for net profit per grade.
Is Electrode rare?
Electrode is a Rare card from Base (card #21), illustrated by Keiji Kinebuchi. Its current blended market value is $7.67 ungraded.
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