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Check your printing34 different Voltorb printings exist — is this your card? Team Rocket Returns #80
Voltorb Team Rocket Returns #80 Pokémon card
ViewingRaw / ungraded (this page)Reverse Holo price · 2 sold in 30 days
Common

Voltorb80/109 · Team Rocket Returns Price & Value

2004 · Illustrated by Sachiko Adachi
40 HPLightningPokémonBasic

Market value · Near Mint · Normal

$3.24
  • PSA 8$167 sold · 90d · pop 10
  • PSA 10$581 sold · 90d · pop 18
LiquiditySells often
Confidence68 · medium14 raw sales in 90 days, prices spread across conditions, last sale 5 days ago.
Sales · 90 days27
Range$3$3
Bulk card. At this price most of what a buyer pays is postage, so treat it as a rough band rather than a valuation. eBay + Fanatics + TCGplayer. Updated 12 September 2026. 2 sources agree within 6%. Estimate, not an appraisalhow we price →

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Every price on this page is for Team Rocket Returns #80/109, 2004. Check yours against the tells below before you buy, sell or grade.

Reverse Holo printing
Reverse Holo
The card body, not the picture

Everything except the illustration window is foiled — the mirror image of a normal holo, where only the picture shines.

Normalpriced on this page
The whole card

No foil anywhere — the non-holo printing.

Not this card?

The same name and number exists in other sets. The number printed on your card is what separates themthis page prices 80/109.

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Voltorb is a Common Pokémon card from Team Rocket Returns (#80, released 2004), illustrated by Sachiko Adachi. It's a Basic Lightning-type Pokémon with 40 HP, weak to Fighting ×2. Prices below are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.

Prices last updated 12 September 2026.

Voltorb price history & recent sales

Price history · Raw

1 Oct 202312 Sept 2026
Latest
$3.24
Period high
$7.69
Period low
$1.61
Change
65.3% · 3Y
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Verified sales history

Medium confidence

14 sales in 90 days, but prices vary widely. · LiquidSells regularly

Range$1.99$54.99Rawlowest to highest sale
Sales7 / 27last 30d / 90d, every grade
Sales rate4.8/mo29 recorded, every grade
Latest sale5d agoRaw14 in 90 days
Momentum+5%Raw30d vs 90d median
Where it sells100% eBayRawlast 90 days
Demand56/100sales rate, trend & buzz
Last sold
$3
Raw · 8 Sep 2026
Typical Raw
$3
Sales · last 90 days
25
How often it sells
Sells regularly
daily · 7 in last 30 days
Worn-condition sales — shown for context, not price-forming
These listings claimed play wear in the title (LP/MP/played/damaged), so they sell below the Near Mint price above and are excluded from it.

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 sold price
$8
CGC 9 · 20 Jul 2026
Typical CGC 9.5
$22
Sales · last 90 days
2
How often it sells
No sales in the last 30 days
0 in last 30 days

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.

Recent Raw sales

From 29 completed sales recorded between Apr 19, 2026 and Sep 8, 2026. Sold prices only — asking prices are never counted. 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.

By grade

  • Raw$3.3315 sales · 14 in 90d, sells regularly
  • PSA 8$15.507 sales · 7 in 90d, occasional
  • PSA 10$1402 sales · 1 in 90d, rare
  • TAG 10$30.001 sale · 1 in 90d, rare
  • PSA 9$26.001 sale · 1 in 90d, rare
  • PSA 7$9.371 sale · 1 in 90d, rare
  • CGC 9.5$21.601 sale
  • CGC 9$8.401 sale

Is Voltorb worth grading?

Not worth grading

Most copies come back PSA 9worth $23 against the $73 you put in, a $50 loss. The money is in the 1 in 1 that reach PSA 9 or 10 and sell for $23$58. Averaged over every outcome that is $40 a card.

You put in$73card + fees
Most likelyPSA 9$23 ($50)
Best case1 in 3PSA 10 · $58
Average per card$40across every grade

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These are set to a flawless copy — the answer above. Change any of them to re-price it for the card in your hand.

Compare graders, and the live market

The verdict above is PSA's — the grader the population report, the ROI table and the price ladder on this page all use. Trader prices all three graders against each other and adds what the asking market is doing right now.

  • PSA, CGC and Beckett side by side — each on its own population and its own fees, with Beckett scored on the 9.5 its market actually pays for.
  • Lightly and moderately played — the same expected return for a copy that cannot gem.
  • Ask vs sold — what the live listings want, against what copies have really closed at.
  • Momentum — the 30-day median against the 90-day, per grade.
  • Where it sells higher — the Fanatics-versus-eBay premium, with the sale counts behind it.
  • Population history — the weekly PSA census, so you can see how fast 10s are arriving before you post the card.
Trader plan and above

The odds

Voltorb is a Commoncard — a guaranteed slot in every pack, not a rarity gamble, so there's no pull-odds figure for it.

PSA 10 (gem mint)36.7%18 of 49
PSA 938.8%19 of 49
PSA graded so far49
Gem Mint 1018
Total graded49

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 gradeEst. valueGrading feeNet vs rawMultiple
PSA 10$58.00$71$1617.9×
PSA 8$15.50$70$584.8×

⚖️ Risk-adjusted return

Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 49 PSA-graded copies:

OutcomeChanceValue
PSA 1036.7%$58.00
PSA 9typical38.8%$23.00
PSA 820.4%$15.50
PSA 74.1%$13.77 †

Priced from PriceCharting's graded ladder — we hold no completed sale of our own at that grade. Every other row is our own sold data.

Net = graded value − raw value − grading cost (tier fee + ~$20 round-trip shipping), using PSA fees as of 2026-08-26; 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

18 of the 49 PSA-graded Voltorb copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 37%. The rest graded lower.

PSA49 gradedPSA 10 · 18 · 37% gem

Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 49.

101837%
91939%
81020%
724.1%
CGC93 gradedCGC 10 · 40 · 43% gem

Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 93.

104043%
9.577.5%
92729%
8.51112%
822.2%
622.2%
TAG84 gradedTAG 10 · 3 · 3.6% gem

Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 84.

1033.6%
94048%
8.51821%
81417%
7.567.1%
6.522.4%
211.2%

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

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All grades & conditions

Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
Graded prices
Ungraded (raw)$3.24
PSA graded price estimates by grade
GradeRelative valuePrice
PSA 10pop 18$58$49$67
PSA 8pop 10$16$13$18
“Sold” = median of real recent sold listings at that grade (eBay or Fanatics Collect — hover a badge to see which). “Modelled” = no verified graded sale behind the figure; it is derived from the raw price and reference guides, so treat it as a ceiling to check, not a price to quote. Confidence reflects source backing and price spread — not PSA-official values.
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
Raw price by condition
Reverse Holofoil · NM = our estimate, lower conditions use TCGplayer condition ratios · how we price played copies
NMNear Mint$3.24
LPLightly Played$1.92real sales: $2 n5
MPModerately Played$1.06
HPHeavily Played$0.64
DMGDamaged$0.64
7-dayflat
30-day 0.8%
90-day 36.2%
All-time high$3
All-time low$1
What NM / LP / MP actually mean — and how much they cost
Price by printingBase vs reverse holo vs 1st edition — priced separately

Price by variant

Reverse Holo$64
Normal$3

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

6% spread
PriceCharting · cheapest$3
TCGplayer · dearest$3

Currently 6% 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

Cross-marketMarkets agree 6% gap

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

🔥 Trending in the community

#197 on the radar
Mentions this week1

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Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat
Psycho Waves
Colorless

Discard an Energy card attached to Voltorb. The Defending Pokémon is now Confused.

Thunder Wave10
Colorless

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

Weakness Fighting ×2Retreat 1
About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
Ball PokémonGEN IVoltorbElectrode

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

Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Number#80
RarityCommon
Released2004
SupertypePokémon
SubtypesBasic
TypeLightning
HP40
WeaknessFighting ×2
Retreat cost1
National Pokédex#100
Card IDex7-80
SourceAggregated marketplaces

Other Voltorb cards

There are 34 different Voltorb printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Team Rocket Returns #80 (Common). The most valuable 7 are below.

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Frequently asked questions

How much is Voltorb (Team Rocket Returns #80) worth?

As of 12 September 2026, Voltorb from Team Rocket Returns is worth approximately $3.24 ungraded (near-mint), and around $58 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 Voltorb?

A PSA 10 (gem mint) Voltorb from Team Rocket Returns is worth around $58 — roughly 18× the raw ungraded value of $3.24.

Should I grade my Voltorb?

Grading is worth it when the PSA 10 premium comfortably beats the grading fee and the card is clean enough to have a real shot at a 10 — the "Should you grade it?" estimate above works that out per grade, net of the current fee.

Is Voltorb rare?

Voltorb is a Common card from Team Rocket Returns (card #80).

How do I know if my Voltorb is Reverse Holo?

The card body, not the picture: Everything except the illustration window is foiled — the mirror image of a normal holo, where only the picture shines.

How do I tell this Voltorb apart from the Hidden Legends one?

They share a name and a card number but come from different sets, and the number printed on the card tells them apart: this one is 80/109 (Team Rocket Returns, 2004) and the other is 80/101 (Hidden Legends, 2004).

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