Lt. Surge's Electabuzz #6 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 19 Oct 2026Related Lt. Surge's Electabuzz & chase cards
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Lt. Surge's Electabuzz #6 is one of the Rare Holo pulls from Gym Heroes, the 2000 set that brought Kanto's gym leaders into the spotlight with artwork from Ken Sugimori. It's the kind of card that gets people asking about Lt. Surge's Electabuzz value the moment they pull it, because that electric-blue holo pattern still looks great two decades later. Right now a raw copy runs about $25, but as you'll see below, grading changes that picture quite a bit.
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Card details
- Set
- Gym Heroes
- Card number
- 6 of 132
- Rarity
- Holo Rare
- Type
- Lightning
- HP
- 70
- Stage
- Basic
- Weakness
- Fighting x2
- Retreat cost
- 2
- Illustrator
- Ken Sugimori
- Released
- 2000
Attacks
- ChargeLightning
Take up to 2 Lightning Energy cards from your discard pile and attach them to Lt. Surge's Electabuzz.
- Discharge30xLightning
Discard all Lightning Energy cards attached to Lt. Surge's Electabuzz in order to use this attack. Flip a number of coins equal to the number of Lightning Energy cards you discarded. This attack does 30 damage times the number of heads.
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The collector's take on Lt. Surge's Electabuzz
Is Lt. Surge's Electabuzz worth grading?
Here's the honest answer on whether Lt. Surge's Electabuzz is worth grading: a raw copy sits at $25, a Grade 9 jumps to $110, and a PSA 10 commands $676, which works out to 27.0x the raw price. That's a real gap, but gem mint is genuinely hard to land on a card from this era, since Gym Heroes holos are prone to print lines and centering issues that keep copies out of that top grade. Factor in grading fees, turnaround time, and the chance your card comes back a 9 instead of a 10, and grading starts to look less like a guarantee and more like a calculated bet, one that can pay off nicely if the card comes back clean, but isn't free money either.
How rare is Lt. Surge's Electabuzz?
We don't have hard population numbers to point to here, but Gym Heroes as a set falls into that classic early Rare Holo tier where surviving copies in pristine condition are genuinely uncommon just from age and handling alone. Most of these cards spent years in binders, trade boxes, and kids' pockets long before grading was something people thought about, so a true gem mint Lt. Surge's Electabuzz is scarcer in practice than the print run alone would suggest. That gap between how many were made and how many survive untouched is exactly why the PSA 10 price sits so far above raw.
Where can you pull Lt. Surge's Electabuzz?
PackSpy has tracked this one pulled 200 or more times across packs, courtyard breaks, tilt-rips, and mnstr, with the biggest recorded hit coming in at $56. We've seen it turn up in spots like XY Evolutions, the Pokémon Starter Pack, Pokemon Dime Pack, Wildcard Starter Pack, and Pokémon Pro Pack, which tells you it still surfaces across a mix of both vintage-adjacent and modern-era pack products. That said, opening packs chasing a specific card is still a gamble and most rips don't cover their cost, so treat any pull as a bonus rather than a plan, and know that plenty of collectors just buy the card outright once they know what they're after.
Questions people ask
How much is Lt. Surge's Electabuzz worth?+
A raw, ungraded Lt. Surge's Electabuzz is valued at $25 right now. Graded copies are worth considerably more, with a Grade 9 sitting at $110, so condition makes a real difference to what this card is worth.
Is Lt. Surge's Electabuzz worth grading?+
It can be, since a PSA 10 sells for $676 compared to $25 raw, a 27.0x jump. Just know that gem mint copies aren't easy to pull off with this card, so weigh the grading cost and risk before sending one in.
How much is a PSA 10 Lt. Surge's Electabuzz worth?+
A PSA 10 Lt. Surge's Electabuzz is worth $676, which is 27.0x what the raw card sells for. That premium reflects just how tough true gem mint condition is to find on this Gym Heroes holo.
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