AbilityFloating Electrons
As long as Voltorb has any Energy attached to it, Voltorb's Retreat Cost is 0.
Voltorb 85/112 · FireRed & LeafGreen
Voltorb is Pokédex #100, generation 1 (Kanto). Voltorb is a Basic Lightning Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists Electrode, Electrode (#101) under evolves to.
Voltorb sits at 85/112 in FireRed & LeafGreen, position 85 of 116. Before it is 84 Venonat, and after it is 86 Weedle. The set belongs to the EX series. It was released on 1 September 2004. The printed size is 112. This checklist is longer, at 116 cards. The listed rarity is Common.
Floating Electrons is listed as Poké-Body. As long as Voltorb has any Energy attached to it, Voltorb's Retreat Cost is 0. The attack Thundershock lists 20 damage. The cost is Lightning, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 1.
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 50 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Keiji Kinebuchi illustrated that card, and Ken Sugimori illustrated this one. 24 other cards of Voltorb list a different HP.
The illustrator line reads Ken Sugimori. I count 1,112 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.
FireRed & LeafGreen set binder is where a full FireRed & LeafGreen 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.
Card facts
- Number
- 85/112
- Series
- EX
- Released
- 1 September 2004
- Rarity
- Common
- Supertype
- Pokémon
- Subtypes
- Basic
- HP
- 50
- Type
- Lightning
- Illustrator
- Ken Sugimori
- Pokédex
- Voltorb (#100)
- Evolves to
- Electrode
- Weakness
- Fighting ×2
- Retreat
- 1
Attacks and card text
AttackThundershock
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.
Binders this card belongs in
Other printings in the list
Next to it in the set
Questions about this card
What set does Voltorb belong to?
FireRed & LeafGreen, in the EX series. It was released on 1 September 2004. The printed size is 112.
Which number is printed on this card?
85/112. It is entry 85 of 116 in this checklist.
Who illustrated it?
Ken Sugimori. The catalog lists 1,112 other cards with that illustrator.
What rarity is listed?
Common.
What Pokédex number does the card use?
Voltorb #100, generation 1 (Kanto).
Which attacks are printed?
Thundershock (20).