Electrode 1st Edition #21 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 25 Aug 2026Related Electrode & chase cards
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Electrode is one of those Base Set cards that quietly rewards patient collectors, a Rare pull from 1999 illustrated by Keiji Kinebuchi, and the 1st Edition #21 printing carries a bit more weight than most people expect. If you are trying to nail down Electrode value, the short answer is that raw copies sit around $40, but the story gets more interesting once grading enters the picture. It is not a flashy card, but it has held its place in Base Set collections for a reason.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $62, up 115% over the past year, with an all-time high of $62 in September 2026.
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Electrode price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 1,515 graded, only 184 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $1.6k | 184 | 179 / 5 |
| PSA 9 | $212 | 571 | 533 / 38 |
| PSA 8 | $119 | 342 | 255 / 87 |
| PSA 7 | $71 | 177 | 146 / 31 |
| PSA 6 | $45 | 108 | 75 / 33 |
| PSA 5 | $45 | 72 | 54 / 18 |
| PSA 4 | $25 | 32 | 24 / 8 |
| PSA 3 | $21 | 14 | 11 / 3 |
| PSA 2 | $19 | 7 | 6 / 1 |
| PSA 1 | - | 8 | 8 / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $62 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
Card details
- Set
- Base Set
- Card number
- 21 of 102
- Rarity
- Rare
- Type
- Lightning
- HP
- 80
- Stage
- Stage1
- Weakness
- Fighting ×2
- Retreat cost
- 1
- Illustrator
- Keiji Kinebuchi
- Released
- 1999
Attacks
- Electric Shock50Lightning · Lightning · Lightning
Flip a coin. If tails, Electrode does 10 damage to itself.
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The collector's take on Electrode
Is Electrode worth grading?
Here is the honest math: a raw Electrode runs about $40, while a PSA 10 sits at $179, which works out to roughly 4.4 times the ungraded price. That sounds like a clear win, but gem mint is genuinely hard to hit on a 1999 card that has been through decades of handling, shuffling, and storage that was not always kind to cardboard. Grading costs money and takes time, and there is no guarantee your copy comes back a 10 instead of a 9 or lower, so before you send one in, look closely at the corners, centering, and surface under good light. If it looks clean to your eye, grading can pay off, but if you are unsure, it is worth remembering that a lot of submissions do not land at the top grade.
How rare is Electrode?
Across all grading submissions, only 1,512 copies of this Electrode have been graded, and of those, just 184 have earned a PSA 10. That is a small population for a card this old, and it tells you gem mint copies are the exception rather than the rule. When a card has this few high grade copies floating around, it naturally supports the price gap you see between a Grade 9 and a PSA 10, and it is part of why serious Base Set collectors keep an eye on population reports before buying.
Where can you pull Electrode?
This is where PackSpy's own tracking comes in handy, because we do not just quote a price guide, we watch real pack openings across sites. Electrode has been pulled 200 or more times across collector-crypt, packs, courtyard, and mnstr, and we have recorded a top pull worth $1,700, which shows how much variance there can be depending on the copy's condition. If you are chasing this card specifically, it has turned up in packs like Elite Pokémon Gacha Pack, XY Evolutions, Pokémon Starter Pack, Pokémon Basic Pack, and Pokémon Pro Pack. Just go in with eyes open, opening packs is a gamble and most rips do not beat what you paid, so treat any pull as a bonus rather than a plan.
Questions people ask
How much is Electrode worth?+
A raw, ungraded Electrode is worth around $40. Graded copies climb from there, with a Grade 9 valued at $533 and a PSA 10 at $179, so condition and grading really do change the picture.
Is Electrode worth grading?+
It can be, since a PSA 10 sells for about 4.4 times the raw price. But with only 184 PSA 10s out of 1,512 total graded copies, gem mint is not easy to land, so weigh the grading cost and risk against your card's actual condition first.
Why is the Electrode 1st Edition #21 print worth more than the standard one?+
1st Edition Base Set cards were printed in a smaller initial run before the wider unlimited printing followed, which makes them scarcer and more sought after by collectors. That extra scarcity is part of why this specific 1st Edition Electrode carries the value it does today.
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