Voltorb 98/130 · Base Set 2

Voltorb is Pokédex #100, generation 1 (Kanto). Voltorb is a Basic Lightning Pokémon with 40 HP. The card lists level 10. The card lists Electrode, Electrode (#101) under evolves to.

Voltorb sits at 98/130 in Base Set 2, position 98 of 130. Before it is 97 Venonat, and after it is 99 Vulpix. The set belongs to the Base series. It was released on 24 February 2000. The printed size is 130, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Tackle lists 10 damage. The cost is Colorless. 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."

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). Both list 40 HP. Both list the rarity Common. 30 other cards of Voltorb list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Keiji Kinebuchi. I count 212 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Base Set 2 set binder is where a full Base Set 2 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.