Scarlet & Violet BaseScarlet & Violet · 2023

Basic Lightning Energy

#257HolofoilUpdated Oct 27, 2026

TCGPlayer market

$3.21

Cardmarket: €3.59
PSA 10: $32.97
PSA 9: $15.38
PSA population: 698

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Market prices

Ungraded prices from each marketplace we track, with sales activity where available.

SourcePriceSalesLast salePer weekSignal

TCGPlayer Market USD

$3.21

TCGPlayer Market

USD

$3.21

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eBay Average USD

$3.75

0.0/weeklast sale May 9, 2026low confidence

eBay Average

USD

$3.75

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May 9, 2026

0.0

low confidence

eBay Sold USD

$5.10

57 sales

eBay Sold

USD

$5.10

57

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Cardmarket EUR

€3.59

Cardmarket

EUR

€3.59

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Graded prices

Average sold price by grading company and grade.

GradeAverage sold price

Grade 10: $32.973 sold▲
Grade 9: $15.382 sold
Grade 8: $5.451 sold
Grade 7: $34.511 sold

Grader	10	9	8	7.5	7
PSA	$32.973 sold▲	$15.382 sold	$5.451 sold	–	$34.511 sold
CGC	–	$6.46	–	$7.95	–
ACE	–	–	$18.591 sold	–	–
SGC	$14.501 sold	–	–	–	–

Population report

How many copies each grading company has graded, and at which grade.

PSA graded

698

35.8%

Gem rate

0

1

0

4

19

100

316

250

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Authentic 1Qualifiers 6Match confidence: medium

Price by condition

Ungraded market price for each printing, from Near Mint down to Damaged.

Holofoil

NM

Near Mint

$3.24

LP

Lightly Played

$3.27

MP

Moderately Played

$3.42

HP

Heavily Played

$2.70

DM

Damaged

$2.65

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About Basic Lightning Energy

Basic Lightning Energy is a Pokémon card (#257) from Scarlet & Violet Base, part of the Scarlet & Violet series, released in 2023.

An ungraded copy currently sells for about $3.21. A PSA 10 (Gem Mint) averages $32.97 — about 10.3× the raw price.

PSA has graded 698 copies, 250 of them at PSA 10 (a 35.8% gem rate). Fewer tens usually means a larger premium for a top-graded copy.

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Basic Lightning Energy — common questions

How much is Basic Lightning Energy worth?: Basic Lightning Energy from Scarlet & Violet Base has a market price of $3.21 for an ungraded copy, based on current TCGPlayer and eBay sales data. Condition, print variant and grading all move that number.
What is a PSA 10 Basic Lightning Energy worth?: Recent PSA 10 (Gem Mint) sales of Basic Lightning Energy averaged $32.97, about 10.3× the ungraded price. A PSA 9 averaged $15.38.
How many PSA 10 Basic Lightning Energy are there?: PSA has graded 698 copies of Basic Lightning Energy, and 250 of them received a PSA 10 — a gem rate of 35.8%.

Market

$0.13