Voltorb 81/100 · Stormfront

Voltorb is Pokédex #100, generation 1 (Kanto). Voltorb is a Basic Lightning Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists level 31. The card lists Electrode, Electrode (#101) under evolves to.

Voltorb sits at 81/100 in Stormfront, position 81 of 106. Before it is 80 Voltorb, and after it is 82 Conductive Quarry. The set belongs to the Diamond & Pearl series. It was released on November 1, 2008. The printed size is 100. This checklist is longer, at 106 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Outlet lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Search your deck for a Lightning Energy card, show it to your opponent, and put it into your hand. Shuffle your deck afterward. Bouncing Ball is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Lightning. Flip a coin. If tails, Voltorb does 10 damage to itself. Weakness is Fighting +10. Resistance is Metal -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It looks just like a Poké Ball. It is dangerous because it may electrocute or explode on touch."

Voltorb (#100) has 39 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 37 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Voltorb 67/102 in Base (1999). That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Keiji Kinebuchi illustrated that card, and Miki Tanaka illustrated this one. 29 other cards of Voltorb list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Miki Tanaka. I count 192 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Stormfront set binder is where a full Stormfront set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Voltorb can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.