Voltorb

Voltorb on cards: a Common staple since Base Set

Voltorb's first card is Base Set #67 (1999), a Common illustrated by Keiji Kinebuchi. Gym Heroes and Gym Challenge each printed a Lt. Surge's Voltorb in 2000, drawn by Ken Sugimori and Atsuko Nishida, and Aquapolis (2003) printed it as both a Common and an Uncommon. Stormfront (2008) included a shiny Voltorb as SH3, part of the set's secret Shiny Pokémon subset.

Hisuian Voltorb reached cards in Astral Radiance (2022), and Crown Zenith's Galarian Gallery (2023) gave it a gallery card. Voltorb also has Shiny rare printings in Hidden Fates' Shiny Vault (2019) and Paldean Fates (2024), and Journey Together (2025) printed Iono's Voltorb. Ascended Heroes (2026) gave it its first ex card, a Double rare. Ken Sugimori has the most Voltorb credits in our catalog (6), ahead of Keiji Kinebuchi (5).

Why collectors follow Voltorb

Common is Voltorb's rarity for 34 of its 41 printings, so the cards that stand out are the exceptions: the Gym-series Lt. Surge's Voltorb, the Stormfront shiny, the two Shiny rares, the Galarian Gallery Hisuian Voltorb and the Ascended Heroes ex.

Cards to know

• Voltorb (Base Set #67)

  Voltorb's first card, a 1999 Common illustrated by Keiji Kinebuchi.

• Lt. Surge's Voltorb (Gym Heroes #84)

  A 2000 Common tying Voltorb to the Vermilion City Gym Leader.

• Voltorb (Stormfront #SH3)

  A 2008 shiny Voltorb from Stormfront's secret SH subset of Shiny Pokémon.

• Voltorb (Hidden Fates Shiny Vault #SV13)

  A 2019 Shiny rare from the Shiny Vault subset of Hidden Fates.

• Hisuian Voltorb (Crown Zenith Galarian Gallery #GG01)

  Hisuian Voltorb in Crown Zenith's Galarian Gallery subset (2023).

• Voltorb ex (Ascended Heroes #058)

  Voltorb's first ex card, a 2026 Double rare.