Voltorb 21/108 · Roaring Skies

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 21/108 in Roaring Skies, position 21 of 112. Before it is 20 Pikachu, and after it is 22 Electrode. The set belongs to the XY series. It was released on May 6, 2015. The printed size is 108. This checklist is longer, at 112 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Thunder Wave lists no damage number. The cost is Lightning. Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Big Explosion is another attack lists 60 damage. The cost is Lightning, Colorless. This Pokémon does 60 damage to itself. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Metal -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Usually found in power plants. Easily mistaken for a Poké Ball, it has zapped many people."

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

The illustrator line reads Suwama Chiaki. I count 102 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Roaring Skies set binder is where a full Roaring Skies 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.