Lightning Energy
- Rarity
- None
- Released
- Jan 26, 2002
Sold price movement
- Average submission value
- $103.34
- Card plus $79.99 at Regular
- $108.61
- Expected margin
- -$5.27
Market activity
| Price type | Pop share | PopulationPop | Sold 90d | Median | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raw | – | – | – | $8.62£6.39€7.65 | |
| PSA 5 | 1 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 6 | 1 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 7 | 2 | – | – | $14.22£10.53€12.62 | |
| PSA 8 | 5 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 9 | 18 | – | – | $39.84£29.51€35.36 | |
| CGC/BGS 9.5modelled | – | – | – | $44£32.59€39.05 | |
| PSA 10 | 45 | – | – | $148.39£109.92€131.70 | |
About these prices
62.5% of copies sent to PSA come back a 10. The 9.5 is a CGC and BGS grade, so it carries no PSA population.
Priced from 7 completed sales, updated Nov 1, 2026.
Price history
Recent sales
7 completed listingsLightning Energy McDonalds 2002 Pokemon Non Holo Japanese Near Mint Japanese$9.30£6.89€8.25Lightning Energy | 2002 McDonald’s Pokemon-e Minimum Pack | Pokemon Card | LP Japanese$6.58£4.87€5.8472002 Pokemon Japanese McDonalds - Lightning Energy - e-Reader CGC 7.5 - Swirl 🌀 Japanese$14.22£10.53€12.6210PSA 10 Lightning Energy McDonald's Promo 2002 Japanese Pokemon Card POP 19$48.94£36.25€43.44More from Japanese McDonald's Pokémon-e Minimum Pack
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PSA has graded 72 copies. Where they landed:
Why the verdict weights the odds
Only 62.5% of copies reach a 10, which is why the top price is the wrong number to plan around. Weighting each grade’s PSA price by these odds, a submission is worth $103.34£76.55€91.72 on average against $108.61£80.45€96.40 for the card plus $79.99£59.25€70.99 at Regular, the cheapest level PSA will insure it at. That loses $5.27£3.91€4.68, so a copy is worth more raw.
1 of the 4 grades priced above had no sales at that grade, so the figure is modelled from the grades that did rather than observed.
Card facts
- Card number
- –
- Rarity
- None
- Set released
- Jan 26, 2002
- PSA population, all printings
- 72
McDonald's Pokémon-e Minimum Pack24 cards- Set value
- $804£596€714
- 7 day move
- +18.4%
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The same card in other sets
What moves the price of this card
The Lightning Energy on this page is the only printing from Japanese McDonald's Pokémon-e Minimum Pack, and it trades at no recorded price in near mint condition. Only one printing of this card was produced, so there is no cheaper version to confuse it with.
Graded, it runs PSA 7 $14.22£10.53€12.62, PSA 9 $39.84£29.51€35.36, CGC/BGS 9.5 $44£32.59€39.05, PSA 10 $148.39£109.92€131.70. PSA has graded 72 copies of it. 7 completed sales are on file.
What is a PSA 10 Lightning Energy worth?
A PSA 10 Lightning Energy from Japanese McDonald's Pokémon-e Minimum Pack sells for $148.39. 62.5% of the copies PSA has graded came back a 10, so that price is the best case rather than the one a submission should expect.
Is Lightning Energy from Japanese McDonald's Pokémon-e Minimum Pack worth grading?
On the numbers, no. The average submission is worth $103.34 with every grade weighted by how often this card comes back at it, against $8.62 for a raw copy plus $99.99 to send it through PSA Regular, so it loses $5.27.
Condition does most of the work below the surface. A copy with soft corners or a print line off centre trades well under the market price shown here, and a copy clean enough to grade trades well above it, which is why the PSA 10 sits at $148.39£109.92€131.70. Before you value your own copy, look at the corners under a light and check the centring on the back, where most cards give themselves away.