# Voltorb #SH3 — Stormfront

## Summary

Voltorb is a Kantō Pokéball impersonator whose prank value has kept it a quiet fan favorite since Red and Blue. This is a shiny-slot pull from Stormfront, a stray subset card outside the numbered main run, so it rarely turns up, while Kent Kanetsuna's name adds modest appeal for illustrator collectors. The modelled guide sits at $43 with 3 copies traded in 30 days; the slab is the real edge, with PSA 10s at $8,902 and a 3% observed gem rate putting about $120 of expected profit per submission, and the slabbed population is growing 2% a month, faster than 88% of tracked cards.

## Identity

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Set | Stormfront |
| Number | SH3 |
| Rarity | Rare Holo LV.X |
| Era | DP |
| Illustrator | Kent Kanetsuna |
| Release date | 2008-11-01 |
| Image | Unavailable |

## Card details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Card type | POKEMON |
| Stage | Basic |
| HP | 60 |
| Types | Lightning |
| Attack: Fastball | cost Colorless — Choose 1 of your opponent's Pokémon.  Flip a coin.  If heads, this attack does 20 damage to that Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) |
| Attack: Charge Beam | cost Lightning — damage 10 — Search your discard pile for a lightning Energy card and attach it to Voltorb. |
| Attack: Thundershock | cost Lightning/Colorless — damage 20 — Flip a coin.  If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. |
| Weakness | Fighting +10 |
| Resistance | Metal -20 |
| Retreat | 1 |
| Legal | Standard no · Expanded no |
| Pokédex entry | [Voltorb #100](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/pokedex/voltorb) |
| Finishes | Holo |
| Languages | EN |

## Current stats

- Headline price: **$43.43** (ITEM_MEDIAN; modelled guide price) — as of 2026-11-04
- 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 2026-11-04
- Floor delivered ask: unavailable (no depth coverage).
- Quant score: 34/100, regime ILLIQUID_UNKNOWN — as of 2026-11-05T05:02:23.921Z — 4 of 11 inputs · 33% weight · -34% confidence

## Provenance

- Catalog — observed 2008-11-01T00:00:00Z, confidence 98%
- Guide price (modelled) — observed 2026-11-04T00:00:00.000Z, confidence 90%
- Inventory count — observed 2026-09-12T03:37:45.978Z, confidence 70%
- Population census — observed 2026-10-14T01:37:25.627Z, confidence 60%

## Links

- [View on Cardboard Alpha](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/stormfront/voltorb-sh3)
- [JSON snapshot](https://cardboardalpha.com/api/terminal/raw~tcgdex%3Adp7-SH3%3AEN%3AHOLO~NM)