Lightning Energy HeartGold & SoulSilver #118

Card #118

EnergyBasic

Market value · ungraded

$19.87

▲ 2.4% · 30d

4 sales · last 90 days · Fanatics + TCGplayer + Cardmarket
Sold prices, not asking · Updated 5 July 2026
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Estimated value · Near Mint

$19.87

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9 different Lightning Energy printings exist — is this your card? HeartGold & SoulSilver #118

Lightning Energy is a Common Pokémon card from HeartGold & SoulSilver (#118). It's a Basic Energy card. Its current blended market value is $19.87 ungraded. Prices are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.

Prices last updated 5 July 2026.

#6 most valuable Lightning of 32 #46 most valuable in HeartGold & SoulSilver of 124

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

Normal · live market via TCGplayer

NMNear Mint$19.53

LPLightly Played$16.55

MPModerately Played$12.22

HPHeavily Played$9.83

DMGDamaged$8.78

7-dayflat

30-day▲ 2.4%

90-day▲ 4.0%

All-time high$21

All-time low$17

Graded prices

Ungraded (raw)$19.53

PSA graded price estimates by grade
Grade	Relative value	Price
PSA 9pop 23		5 sold$80$68–$92
PSA 6pop 4		$14$14–$14

“Sold” = median of real recent sold listings at that grade (eBay or Fanatics Collect — hover a badge to see which). Other figures are blended marketplace estimates. Confidence reflects source backing and price spread — not PSA-official values.

Price history · Raw

1 Aug 20231 Jul 2026

Latest

$18.00

Period high

$18.25

Period low

$12.05

Change

▲ 45.4%

Recent sold prices

Last sold price

$13

CGC (ungraded lot) · 11 May 2026

Typical CGC 10

$50

Sales · last 90 days

How often it sells

Rarely sells

0 in last 30 days

CGC (ungraded lot)2010 Pokemon HeartGold & SoulSilver Lightning Energy #118 CGC AUTHWeekly Sunday Auction #225 · 11 May 2026$13 CGC (ungraded lot)2010 Pokemon HeartGold & SoulSilver Lightning Energy #118 CGC AUTHWeekly Sunday Auction #223 · 27 Apr 2026$6 CGC (ungraded lot)2010 Pokemon HeartGold & SoulSilver Lightning Energy #118 CGC AUTHWeekly Sunday Auction #221 · 13 Apr 2026$17 CGC 102010 Pokemon HeartGold & SoulSilver Lightning Energy #118 CGC 10 GEM MINTWeekly Sunday Auction #220 · 6 Apr 2026$50

Real completed sale prices from Fanatics Collect — weekly and premier auctions plus marketplace Buy It Now sales, refreshed periodically. Grade read from the listing title.

Population across graders

Only 5% of 56 PSA-graded Lightning Energy copies are a gem-mint 10 (3 of 56) — the rest grade lower.

PSA56 gradedPSA 10 · 3 · 5% gem rate

Full grade breakdown (6 grades)

103

923

818

CGC49 gradedCGC 10 · 5 · 10% gem rate

Full grade breakdown (5 grades)

105

9.52

915

8.55

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

Should you grade it?

−$11

Raw $19.87 → graded PSA 9 ≈ $79.72
after ~$70.79 grading fee → 4.0× the raw value

Target grade	Est. value	Grading fee	Net vs raw	Multiple
PSA 9	$79.72	$70.79	−$11	4.0×

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

46% spread

Cardmarket · cheapest$14

PriceCharting$18

TCGplayer · dearest$20

Currently 46% cheaper on Cardmarket 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 +2%

Cross-marketMarkets disagree 46% gap

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

🇪🇺 Cardmarket price · Europe

32% cheaper than the US

Cardmarket · Europe's largest card market$14

Buy on CardmarketEU

Card details

SetHeartGold & SoulSilver →

Number#118

RarityCommon

PokémonAll Lightning cards →

Artist—

SupertypeEnergy

SubtypesBasic

Card IDhgss1-118

SourceAggregated marketplaces

Other Lightning Energy cards

There are 9 different Lightning Energy printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is HeartGold & SoulSilver #118 (Common).