Voltorb 30/73 · Shining Legends

Shining Legends is a set in the Sun & Moon series. It was released on October 6, 2017. The printed size is 73. This checklist is longer, at 81 cards. Voltorb is 30/73, in position 31 of 81 on this checklist. Before it is 29 Raichu-GX, and after it is 31 Electrode. The listed rarity is Common.

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

match illustrated this card. The same name is on 143 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). That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Keiji Kinebuchi illustrated that card, and match illustrated this one. 29 other cards of Voltorb list a different HP.

The attack Electro Ball lists 10 damage. The cost is Lightning. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Metal -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It was discovered when Poké Balls were introduced. It is said that there is some connection."

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