Voltorb
- Set
- Base Set 2
- Number
- 098/130
- Rarity
- Common
- Artist
- Keiji Kinebuchi
- Released
- Feb 24, 2000
Sold price movement
- 12 months ago
- $0.53£0.40€0.48
- Today
- $0.99£0.75€0.90
- Change
- +$0.46+£0.35+€0.42 (+86.8%)
Market activity
| Price type | Pop share | PopulationPop | Sold 90d | Median | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raw | – | 43 | $1.79£1.35€1.62 | $0.99£0.75€0.90 | |
| PSA 3 | 1 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 4 | 2 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 5 | 3 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 6 | 2 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 7 | 10 | – | – | $3.75£2.84€3.39 | |
| PSA 8 | 34 | 3 | – | $20.49£15.49€18.54 | |
| PSA 9 | 57 | 3 | – | $38£28.73€34.38 | |
| CGC/BGS 9.5modelled | – | – | – | $42£31.75€38 | |
| PSA 10 | 29 | – | – | $139.98£105.83€126.66 | |
About these prices
21.0% of copies sent to PSA come back a 10. Sold and median are 90 days of PSA sales. The 9.5 is a CGC and BGS grade, so it carries no PSA population.
Priced from 223 completed sales, updated Nov 10, 2026.
Price history
Recent sales
223 completed listings on eBay, Fanatics CollectShow 211 more
VOLTORB - Base Set 2 - 98/130 - Common - Pokemon Card - Unlimited Edition NM$2.85£2.15€2.58Voltorb 98/130 Base Set 2 Pokemon Card Unlimited WOTC 2000 Vintage TCG LP$3.60£2.72€3.26💛 MP Voltorb 98/130 - Base Set 2 - Common Vintage WOTC Pokemon Card 098/130$1.89£1.43€1.71Pokémon TCG Voltorb Base Set 2 98/130 Regular Unlimited Common 098/130$1.29£0.98€1.1710Pokemon Card Voltorb PSA 10 Gem Mint, Base Set 2 98/130, WOTC 2000 (1) 98/130$199.95£151.17€180.92Pokemon Cards Voltorb 67/102 1st Edition Base Set Shadowless Common MP *2 67/102$26.37£19.94€23.86Voltorb 98/130 - Base Set 2 - Common Vintage WOTC Pokemon Card - NM 098/130$1.61£1.22€1.4610Voltorb PSA 10 Gem Mint 2000 Pokémon Game TCG Base Set 2 98/130 Tackle Electric 098/130$49.99£37.80€45.23
8Cert 96841148Auction$2.25£1.70€2.04102000 POKEMON BASE SET 2 #98 VOLTORB PSA 10$24.50£18.52€22.1710Cert 94490912Auction$24.50£18.52€22.178Cert 88527056Auction$5.50£4.16€4.989Cert 92383099Auction$7.99£6.04€7.2392000 POKEMON BASE SET 2 #98 VOLTORB PSA 9$7.99£6.04€7.239Pokemon PSA 9 MINT Voltorb 98/130 Base Set 2 Common 98/130$8.60£6.50€7.789Cert 94954340Auction$8.60£6.50€7.789CGC 9 Pokémon 2000 Voltorb 98/130 Base Set 2 Common | English$13.50£10.21€12.2172000 Pokemon Base Set 2 #98 Voltorb CGC 7.5 NM+$6.50£4.91€5.887Pokemon Voltorb Base Set 2 #98 PSA 7$7£5.29€6.339Voltorb Common Pokemon Card 98/130 Base Set 2 2000 PSA 9 MINT 98/130$12.87£9.73€11.649Pokemon PSA MINT 9 Base Set 2 COMMON Voltorb 98/130 #98$20£15.12€18.109Pokemon PSA MINT 9 Base Set 2 COMMON Voltorb 98/130 #98$20£15.12€18.109Pokemon PSA MINT 9 Base Set 2 COMMON Voltorb 98/130 (GP)$29.99£22.67€27.1410Cert 72029024Auction$22.50£17.01€20.369VOLTORB 1999 POKEMON GAME BASE SET 2 #67 GRADED PSA 9 MINT$10£7.56€9.059Pokemon Base Set 2 Voltorb 98/130 PSA 9$12.09£9.14€10.947Pokemon PSA 7 VOLTORB 98/130 - BASE SET 2 - COMMON NON HOLO - NEAR MINT$22£16.63€19.919Pokemon Base Set 2 Voltorb 98/130 PSA 9$11.49£8.69€10.409Cert 57892830Auction$12.52£9.47€11.3392000 Pokemon Base Set 2 Voltorb 98/130 PSA 9 Mint #98$15.50£11.72€14.0210Cert 52789472Auction$36£27.22€32.5710Cert 51333944Auction$15.50£11.72€14.0210PSA 10 Gem Mint 2000 Pokemon Game Base Set 2 98 Voltorb$60£45.36€54.2910Cert 48223858Auction$32£24.19€28.959Cert 46857954Auction$23£17.39€20.8110Cert 21638079Best offer$27.37£20.69€24.769Cert 26414605Best offer$11.99£9.07€10.8510Cert 41012014Auction$4.25£3.21€3.8510Cert 27981400Buy it now$25£18.90€22.6210Cert 21638080Auction$3.30£2.49€2.9910Cert 27981400Auction$11.50£8.69€10.41More from Base Set 2
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CGC has graded 263 copies. Where they landed:
These are CGC grades. The prices above are for PSA slabs, and a CGC 10 is not the same grade as a PSA 10, so read the two as separate markets rather than one.
Why the verdict weights the odds
Only 19.5% 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 $48.64£36.77€44.01 on average against $100.98£76.35€91.37 for the card plus $79.99£60.48€72.38 at Regular, the cheapest level PSA will insure it at. That loses $52.34£39.57€47.36, so a copy is worth more raw.
1 of the 5 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
- 098/130
- Rarity
- Common
- Illustrator
- Keiji Kinebuchi
- Set released
- Feb 24, 2000
- PSA population, all printings
- 149
- Printings priced
- 1
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The same card in other sets
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Professor Program Promos066/193$615.97£465.71€557.34
Legendary Collection097/110$178£134.58€161.06
EX Team Rocket Returns80/109$72.50£54.81€65.60
EX Emerald71/106$52.46£39.66€47.47
Skyridge113/144$51.48£38.92€46.58
StormfrontSH3$43.43£32.84€39.30
Base Set (Shadowless)067/102$29.41£22.24€26.61What moves the price of this card
The Voltorb on this page is the Normal printing from Base Set 2, and it trades at $0.59£0.45€0.53 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 $3.75£2.84€3.39, PSA 8 $20.49£15.49€18.54, PSA 9 $38£28.73€34.38, CGC/BGS 9.5 $42£31.75€38, PSA 10 $139.98£105.83€126.66. PSA has graded 149 copies of it. 223 completed sales are on file.
What is a PSA 10 Voltorb worth?
A PSA 10 Voltorb from Base Set 2 sells for $139.98. 21.0% 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 Voltorb from Base Set 2 worth grading?
On the numbers, no. The average submission is worth $50.49 with every grade weighted by how often this card comes back at it, against $0.99 for a raw copy plus $99.99 to send it through PSA Regular, so it loses $50.49.
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 $139.98£105.83€126.66. 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.
What Voltorb does
Basic · 40 HP · retreat 1
Tackle10Weak to Fighting ×2. Tournament legal in neither standard nor expanded.