Electrode 1st Edition #18 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 15 Aug 2026Related Electrode & chase cards
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Electrode 1st Edition #18 comes from the Japanese Thunder Knuckle set, a 1999 release that still turns heads thanks to Mitsuhiro Arita's artwork on the card. As a Rare 1st edition pull from that era, it carries the kind of vintage charm that keeps collectors circling back, and if you're checking Electrode value today, the raw price sits at $4 with real upside once you look at graded copies. It's not a card that makes headlines, but it's a solid, honest piece of early Pokemon history.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $4.44, up 48% over the past year, with an all-time high of $5.10 in February 2026.
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Electrode price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 111 graded, only 68 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $85 | 68 | 38 / 30 |
| PSA 9 | $31 | 25 | 16 / 9 |
| PSA 8 | - | 8 | 3 / 5 |
| PSA 7 | - | 8 | 2 / 6 |
| PSA 6 | - | 1 | 1 / - |
| PSA 5 | - | 1 | - / 1 |
| PSA 4 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 3 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 2 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 1 | - | - | - / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $4.44 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
Card details
- Card number
- 18
- Rarity
- Rare
- Type
- Lightning
- HP
- 90
- Stage
- Stage1
- Weakness
- Fighting ×2
- Retreat cost
- 1
- Illustrator
- Mitsuhiro Arita
Attacks
- Tackle20Colorless · Colorless
- Chain Lightning20Lightning · Lightning · Lightning
If the Defending Pokémon isn't Colorless, this attack does 10 damage to each Benched Pokémon of the same type as the Defending Pokémon (including your own).
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The collector's take on Electrode
Is Electrode worth grading?
Here's the honest answer on whether Electrode is worth grading: a raw copy runs about $4, but a PSA 10 sells for $94, which works out to roughly 22.0x the ungraded price. That's a real jump, and a Grade 9 still lands at $31, so there's money in the middle tiers too. The catch is that gem mint 10s are genuinely tough to land, especially on a 1999 card where corners, centering, and surface wear have had two decades to creep in. Grading costs money and time, and there's no guarantee your copy comes back a 10, so if you're sending one in, do it because you believe in the specific card in your hand, not just because the math looks good on paper.
How rare is Electrode?
Thunder Knuckle is a set that doesn't get talked about as much as some of its flashier siblings, and Electrode's Rare status within it means supply was never huge to begin with. We don't have exact population figures to lean on here, but the price gap between raw, Grade 9, and PSA 10 tells its own story: clean, high-grade copies are meaningfully harder to find than played ones. That scarcity at the top end is exactly why a PSA 10 commands $94 while a raw copy sits at $4, the further up the grading scale you go, the fewer survivors there are.
Where can you pull Electrode?
This is where PackSpy's tracking actually earns its keep. We've recorded Electrode pulled 200 or more times across sites like collector-crypt, packs, courtyard, and mnstr, so it's not a card that's vanished from circulation entirely. It's shown up in packs like Elite Pokemon Gacha Pack, XY Evolutions, Pokemon Starter Pack, Legendary Pokemon Gacha Pack, and Pokemon Master Pack, and the biggest recorded pull value we've logged on this card hit $1,700. That said, remember that opening packs is a gamble, most rips don't come close to that number, so treat any pack pull as a bonus rather than a plan.
Questions people ask
How much is Electrode worth?+
A raw, ungraded Electrode 1st Edition #18 is worth about $4 right now. Grade it up and a PSA 10 jumps to $94, with a Grade 9 sitting in between at $31. So the real answer depends heavily on condition and whether it's graded.
Is Electrode worth grading?+
It can be, since a PSA 10 sells for 22.0x what a raw copy goes for. But gem mint 10s are hard to pull off on a 1999 card, and grading isn't free, so it's worth it if you genuinely think your copy is sharp, not as a guaranteed flip.
What set is Electrode from?+
Electrode 1st Edition #18 is from the Japanese Thunder Knuckle set, released back in 1999. It's a Rare card illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita, which gives it that classic vintage Pokemon look collectors love.
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