# Electrode #8/147 — Aquapolis

## Summary

Electrode is a Gen I Voltorb-line oddity that fans love for its Poké Ball disguise, and this late-WOTC printing leans on a Poke-POWER built around Lightning Energy recursion. A regular Rare in Aquapolis, it was a solid mid-tier pull, now mostly sought by nostalgic Lightning collectors and Shin-ichi Yoshida completists. The modelled guide sits at $17 with 2 copies traded in 30 days; a CGC 10 brings $110, 6.4 times raw, but PSA does not split this card’s population by finish, so no gem rate can be read for it, with original packs long past any pull-rate math.

## Identity

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Set | Aquapolis |
| Number | 8/147 |
| Rarity | Rare |
| Era | WOTC |
| Illustrator | Shin-ichi Yoshida |
| Release date | 2003-01-15 |
| Image | Unavailable |

## Card details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Card type | POKEMON |
| Stage | Stage1 |
| Evolves from | Voltorb |
| HP | 70 |
| Types | Lightning |
| Ability: Super Dynamo | Once during your turn (before your attack), if Electrode is your Active Pokémon, you may flip a coin. If heads, choose a Lightning Energy card from your discard pile and attach it to 1 of your Pokémon. This power can't be used if Electrode is affected by a Special Condition. |
| Attack: Swift | cost Lightning/Colorless — damage 30 — This attack's damage isn't affected by Weakness, Resistance, Poké-Powers, Poké-Bodies, or any other effects on the Defending Pokémon. |
| Weakness | Fighting x2 |
| Retreat | 1 |
| Legal | Standard no · Expanded no |
| Pokédex entry | [Electrode #101](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/pokedex/electrode) |
| Finishes | Normal, Reverse Holo |
| Languages | EN |

## Current stats

- Headline price: **$17.20** (ITEM_MEDIAN; modelled guide price) — as of 2026-11-06
- Headline basis: MODELLED_GUIDE — The venue’s published daily market guide, which the venue itself declares MODELLED. Nothing is confirmed to have traded at it, no copy is listed at it, and it is not our estimate — it is theirs.
- 24h change: n/a · 7d change: n/a — as of 2026-11-06
- Floor delivered ask: $15.58 — as of 2026-11-06T11:25:29.793Z
- Quant score: 48/100, regime ILLIQUID_UNKNOWN — as of 2026-11-06T11:25:29.793Z — 2 of 11 inputs · 16% weight · -35% confidence

## Provenance

- Catalog — observed 2003-01-15T00:00:00Z, confidence 98%
- Live ask — observed 2026-10-26T00:10:39.189Z, confidence 90%
- Guide price (modelled) — observed 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z, confidence 90%
- Price statistic — observed 2026-10-26T00:10:39.189Z, confidence 90%
- Confirmed sale — observed 2026-10-04T22:35:31.693Z, confidence 85%
- Inventory count — observed 2026-10-26T00:10:39.189Z, confidence 70%
- Population census — observed 2026-09-09T23:06:42.753Z, confidence 60%

## Links

- [View on Cardboard Alpha](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/aquapolis/electrode-8)
- [JSON snapshot](https://cardboardalpha.com/api/terminal/raw~tcgdex%3Aecard2-8%3AEN%3ANORMAL~NM)