Unlimited
How to spot it: Standard modern card frame; no edition stamp.
All copies share the same Unlimited print frame.
01Card Stats
Basic
HP
60
TypeLightning
RarityRare
IllustratorKent Kanetsuna
WeaknessFighting +10
Retreat●
SetStormfront
Released2008
02Editions and Print Runs
Modern print era — no 1st Edition or Shadowless variants exist for cards printed after the WotC era.
04Variants and Foiling
- Rarity tiers
- Rare
- Foiling
- Holo version with the holo pattern applied to the artwork. Reverse-holo parallel exists with the holo pattern applied to the background.
- Alt art / specials
- No full-art, secret rare, or alternate-art version documented for this print.
05Language and Regional Versions
- English
- Standard English release.
- Japanese
- Released in the equivalent Japanese set.
- European
- Localized European prints exist with translated text.
- Other
- No documented language-exclusive errors or major regional variants.
06Current Market Value
| Holo | ~$50 raw · PSA 10 ~$3,641 (PriceCharting realized, May 2026) |
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07Why Collectors Want It
- Stormfront's 'SH' sub-set was the original Shiny Pokemon print run — a small, premium-print parallel that's been a quiet collector category for years.
- PSA 10 figures (~$3,641) are 72× raw — the largest grading premium across the Voltorb catalog.
- Shiny Voltorb has cult appeal both for completionists chasing the SH set and for Voltorb-specific collectors.
- Pulled at low rates from Stormfront packs in 2008; surviving raw NM copies are hard to find.
08Competitive Playability
Tier: None
Basic Voltorb with 60 HP; top attack around 20 damage. Functions as an evolution-chain piece rather than a tournament attacker.
09Card Moves and Abilities
Fastball
Choose 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 damage to that Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
Charge Beam
Search your discard pile for a Lightning Energy card and attach it to Voltorb.
Thundershock
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.
- Weakness
- Fighting +10
- Resistance
- Metal -20
- Retreat cost
- 1
10Grading and Population
PSA 10 estimate: Modern Common/Uncommon — most copies are not graded because raw value rarely justifies the fee.
Stormfront SH-subset Shiny print; PSA 10 supply is famously thin (low print + foil grading sensitivity). Realized PSA 10 ~$3,641 (PriceCharting, May 2026), roughly 72× raw.
Other graders: Negligible BGS/CGC submission volume.