# Basic Lightning Energy #257/198 — Scarlet & Violet

## Summary

Energy cards are the one slot nobody ever opened packs hoping to find, which is exactly why a hyper rare treatment on a Basic Lightning Energy turns heads. Players use plain Energy by the dozen, but only a few chase the gold-foil version, so demand comes from set completionists and Pikachu-deck loyalists. The modelled guide sits at $3.66, up 14% over 30 days on 67 copies traded, with only 28 days of inventory on the board; a PSA 10 brings $53, 14 times raw, but a 36% gem rate against $85 of fees makes grading a losing trade, and the slabbed population has not grown in 30 days, slower than 86% of tracked cards.

## Identity

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Set | Scarlet & Violet |
| Number | 257/198 |
| Rarity | Hyper rare |
| Era | SV |
| Illustrator | Unknown |
| Release date | 2023-03-31 |
| Image | Unavailable |

## Card details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Card type | ENERGY |
| Types | Lightning |
| Energy type | Normal |
| Legal | Standard yes · Expanded yes |
| Finishes | Holo |
| Languages | EN |

## Current stats

- Headline price: **$3.66** (ITEM_MEDIAN; modelled guide price) — as of 2026-11-02T00:40:45.145Z
- 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 2026-11-02T00:40:45.145Z
- Floor delivered ask: $3.49 — as of 2026-11-02T00:40:45.145Z
- Quant score: 64/100, regime MARKUP — as of 2026-11-02T00:40:45.145Z — 9 of 11 inputs · 90% weight · -5% confidence

## Provenance

- Catalog — observed 2023-03-31T00:00:00Z, confidence 98%
- Live ask — observed 2026-11-02T16:19:36.314Z, confidence 90%
- Guide price (modelled) — observed 2026-11-01T00:00:00.000Z, confidence 90%
- Price statistic — observed 2026-10-13T17:57:43.341Z, confidence 90%
- Confirmed sale — observed 2026-10-13T14:02:04.733Z, confidence 85%
- Inventory count — observed 2026-10-13T17:57:43.340Z, confidence 70%
- Population census — observed 2026-10-17T20:01:46.256Z, confidence 60%

## Links

- [View on Cardboard Alpha](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/scarlet-violet/basic-lightning-energy-257)
- [JSON snapshot](https://cardboardalpha.com/api/terminal/raw~tcgdex%3Asv01-257%3AEN%3AHOLO~NM)