Voltorb 45/185 · Vivid Voltage

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

Voltorb sits at 45/185 in Vivid Voltage, position 45 of 203. Before it is 44 Pikachu VMAX, and after it is 46 Electrode. The set belongs to the Sword & Shield series. It was released on November 13, 2020. The printed size is 185. This checklist is longer, at 203 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Electro Ball lists 40 damage. The cost is Lightning, Lightning. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Usually found in power plants. Easily mistaken for a Poké Ball, it has zapped many people." The regulation mark is D.

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 Sekio illustrated this one. 29 other cards of Voltorb list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Sekio. I count 72 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Vivid Voltage set binder is where a full Vivid Voltage 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.