Voltorb 1st Edition #69 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 21 Aug 2026Related Voltorb & chase cards
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Voltorb is one of those cards that quietly built the Team Rocket set's charm back in 2000, a common little Poke Ball with a grin, illustrated by Ken Sugimori and numbered #69 in 1st Edition. It's not flashy and it was never meant to be, but that's part of why collectors keep coming back to it. If you're checking the Voltorb value or wondering what a Voltorb price actually looks like today, the short answer is: modest raw, surprisingly strong at the top grade.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $1.99, down 8% over the past year, with an all-time high of $3.19 in July 2025.
Recent pulls of Voltorb
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Voltorb price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 3,374 graded, only 713 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $110 | 713 | 429 / 284 |
| PSA 9 | $29 | 1,451 | 832 / 619 |
| PSA 8 | $19 | 834 | 349 / 485 |
| PSA 7 | $10 | 221 | 103 / 118 |
| PSA 6 | $8.00 | 89 | 44 / 45 |
| PSA 5 | $6.00 | 46 | 29 / 17 |
| PSA 4 | $5.00 | 13 | 7 / 6 |
| PSA 3 | $4.00 | 5 | 2 / 3 |
| PSA 2 | $4.00 | 2 | 2 / - |
| PSA 1 | - | - | - / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $1.99 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
Card details
- Set
- Team Rocket
- Card number
- 69 of 83
- Rarity
- Common
- Type
- Lightning
- HP
- 40
- Stage
- Basic
- Weakness
- Fighting ×2
- Retreat cost
- 1
- Illustrator
- Ken Sugimori
- Released
- 2000
Attacks
- Speed Ball20Lightning
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The collector's take on Voltorb
Is Voltorb worth grading?
Right now a raw, ungraded Voltorb sits around $3, and a Grade 9 copy runs about $30, but a PSA 10 jumps all the way to $109, which works out to roughly 41.6 times the raw price. That's a real gap, and it's tempting to think grading is a no-brainer, but gem mint is genuinely hard to land on a common like this since surface and centering flaws show up easily under a grader's eye. Factor in grading fees and turnaround time before you send one in, and only do it if the copy in your hand already looks flawless to your own eye.
How rare is Voltorb?
Across all grading services, there are 3,374 graded copies of Voltorb on record, and only 713 of those have earned a PSA 10. That means gem mint sits at a fairly small slice of the total population, well under a quarter, which explains why the PSA 10 price holds up the way it does even though this is a common card. Scarcity at the top grade, not the card itself, is what really drives the value here.
Where can you pull Voltorb?
We've tracked Voltorb pulled 200 or more times across tilt-rips, packs, courtyard, and collector-crypt, with a biggest recorded pull hitting $176, which tells you it does show up when someone gets a bit lucky. It's turned up in the Pokemon Dime Pack, XY Evolutions, the Pokémon Starter Pack, the Legendary Pokémon Gacha Pack, and The Amazing Chase Encore. Just keep in mind that opening packs chasing a specific card is a gamble more than a strategy, most rips don't beat the retail price, so if you specifically want a Voltorb, buying one directly is usually the steadier route.
Questions people ask
How much is Voltorb worth?+
A raw, ungraded Voltorb from Team Rocket is worth about $3. Once graded, a Grade 9 sits around $30, and a PSA 10 climbs to $109, so condition makes a real difference for this common card.
Is Voltorb worth grading?+
It can be, since a PSA 10 is worth about 41.6 times the raw price, but gem mint is genuinely tough to hit, with only 713 out of 3,374 graded copies reaching that top grade. Grade it only if the card is already sharp in hand, since fees eat into a $3 card fast if it comes back lower.
Why is the Voltorb 1st Edition #69 print worth more than the standard one?+
The 1st Edition stamp marks it as part of the earlier print run from the Team Rocket set's 2000 release, and collectors have always valued that history and scarcity over later reprints. Even as a common card, that stamp keeps demand and pricing a notch above the base version.
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