Voltorb 69/82 · Team Rocket

Team Rocket is a set in the Base series. It was released on April 24, 2000. The printed size is 82. This checklist is longer, at 83 cards. Voltorb is 69/82, in position 69 of 83 on this checklist. Before it is 68 Squirtle, and after it is 70 Zubat. The listed rarity is Common.

Voltorb is a Basic Lightning Pokémon with 40 HP. The card lists level 13. In the Pokédex this is Voltorb (#100), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists Electrode, Electrode (#101) under evolves to.

Ken Sugimori illustrated this card. The same name is on 1,112 other cards in the catalog.

Voltorb (#100) has 39 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 36 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Voltorb 67/102 in Base (1999). Both list 40 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Keiji Kinebuchi illustrated that card, and Ken Sugimori illustrated this one. 30 other cards of Voltorb list a different HP.

The attack Speed Ball lists 20 damage. The cost is Lightning. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Usually seen only in power plants, it is sometimes seen in towns, apparently using the power lines to travel."

I keep a set binder for Team Rocket, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Team Rocket set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Voltorb can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.