Electrode

Electrode is card 18 of 64 in Jungle, released in June 1999, a Rare. It is a Stage 1 Lightning-type with 90 HP.

As a Stage 1, it evolves from Voltorb, which places Electrode deeper in its line and means most collectors hold it alongside the cards it evolves from.

Illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita. Arita painted the Base Set Charizard and much of the early holo run, and his work has a painterly weight that set the visual tone of the Wizards era.

The Pokédex entry printed on Electrode reads: "It stores electrical energy under very high pressure. It often explodes with little or no provocation."

The fully evolved Voltorb. Inverted color scheme. Jungle holo Electrode has thin demand outside set completionists.

Based on recent eBay sales, raw copies trade from $5.21 to $34 depending on the print and a PSA 10 runs from $150 to $325. The 1st Edition print is the most valuable, with a PSA 10 near $325. The table on this page breaks the price down by print and grade, updated 2026-05-31.

Jungle shipped in 1st Edition and Unlimited, with no Shadowless print. The Edition 1 stamp under the artwork separates the scarcer 1st Edition Electrode from the Unlimited copy. The set also has the famous No Symbol error from its first print run, which adds a premium when the lower-right set symbol is missing.

Non-holo Rares like Electrode are easier on surface but no kinder on centering. Wizards-era cards were less protected than the holos, so high-grade Electrode survivors can be scarcer than expected, with edge whitening the usual cap.

For Electrode, check centering by eye, edge whitening on all four sides, and surface under angled light. Non-holo Rares from this era are cheap enough that a PSA 10 submission on a clean Electrode can make sense.