Voltorb SH3/100 · Stormfront

Stormfront is a set in the Diamond & Pearl series. It was released on November 1, 2008. The printed size is 100. This checklist is longer, at 106 cards. Voltorb is SH3/100, in position 106 of 106 on this checklist. The card before it is SH2 Duskull. The listed rarity is Rare.

Voltorb is a Basic Lightning Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists level 33. In the Pokédex this is Voltorb (#100), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists Electrode, Electrode (#101) under evolves to.

Kent Kanetsuna illustrated this card. The same name is on 74 other cards in the catalog.

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. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Rare. Keiji Kinebuchi illustrated that card, and Kent Kanetsuna illustrated this one. 29 other cards of Voltorb list a different HP.

The attack Fastball lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. 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 is another attack lists 10 damage. The cost is Lightning. Search your discard pile for a Lightning Energy card and attach it to Voltorb. Thundershock is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Lightning, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Weakness is Fighting +10. Resistance is Metal -20. Retreat cost is 1.

I keep a set binder for Stormfront, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Stormfront 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.