# Water Energy #130/130 — Base Set 2

## Summary

Water Energy in Base Set 2 is the card every Water deck needed and nobody opened a pack hoping for, plain fuel that fills binder pages and playable lists alike. Kinebuchi's name is the only hook a completionist might find in an otherwise bulk common. A $0.44 modelled guide, down 2% over 30 days on 6 copies traded, says bulk, with 12,091 days of inventory sitting on the board, and the economics stop there: a PSA 10 brings $108, 245 times raw, but a 23% gem rate against $85 of fees makes grading a losing trade, and the same card plays for $0.15 out of Scarlet & Violet Energy.

## Identity

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Set | Base Set 2 |
| Number | 130/130 |
| Rarity | Common |
| Era | WOTC |
| Illustrator | Keiji Kinebuchi |
| Release date | 2000-02-24 |
| Image | Unavailable |

## Card details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Card type | ENERGY |
| Stage | Basic |
| Energy type | Normal |
| Legal | Standard yes · Expanded yes |
| Finishes | Normal |
| Languages | EN |

## Current stats

- Headline price: **$0.44** (ITEM_MEDIAN; modelled guide price) — as of 2026-11-05
- 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 2026-11-05
- Floor delivered ask: $1.69 — as of 2026-11-04T07:39:56.956Z
- Quant score: 41/100, regime MARKUP — as of 2026-11-04T07:39:56.956Z — 5 of 11 inputs · 44% weight · -28% confidence

## Provenance

- Catalog — observed 2000-02-24T00:00:00Z, confidence 98%
- Live ask — observed 2026-10-21T10:03:27.135Z, confidence 90%
- Guide price (modelled) — observed 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z, confidence 90%
- Price statistic — observed 2026-10-21T10:03:27.137Z, confidence 90%
- Confirmed sale — observed 2026-10-19T23:38:26.880Z, confidence 85%
- Inventory count — observed 2026-10-21T10:03:27.135Z, confidence 70%
- Population census — observed 2026-10-13T12:58:08.486Z, confidence 60%

## Links

- [View on Cardboard Alpha](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/base-set-2/water-energy-130)
- [JSON snapshot](https://cardboardalpha.com/api/terminal/raw~tcgdex%3Abase4-130%3AEN%3ANORMAL~NM)