Base · #20 · 1999
Market price: The going rate for an ungraded copy of this exact printing, from actual sales data — TCGplayer for USD, Cardmarket for EUR. Updated daily. · Normal (non-holo): The plain printing — no foil anywhere. Price trackers say “Normal,” collectors say “non-holo”; usually the cheapest version of the card.
$9.66
down6% · 28dvia TCGplayer, updated Oct 6, 2026
Set rank: Where this card's market price ranks among the priced cards in its set — #1 is the set's most valuable card. in Base
We're checking eBay for live listings of this card — counts and asking prices land here within a day.
Browse eBay now →What it actually sells for
Our chart tracks TCGplayer's market price and the asking prices of live eBay listings — what sellers want, not what buyers paid. Completed sale prices live on eBay itself: see recent sold listings for this card →
Today's TCGplayer market price for Electabuzz is $9.66 for the Normal printing.
Among the 101 priced cards in Base, it sits 19th. (Charizard leads the set at $911.) Since we started tracking it on Feb 8, 2024, it's risen 60.7% — from $6.01 to $9.66. Over the last year it's climbed 33.6%, from $7.23 to $9.66. The 90-day move: down 17.4%, $11.69 to $9.66. Its highest point since we started tracking (February 2024) was $18.00 in May 2026; its lowest, $4.87 in May 2024. Over the last 30 days it's touched $10.25 at the top and $9.65 at the bottom. That's the Normal printing — the same card also trades as the Shadowless 1st Edition at $153 and the Shadowless Unlimited at $29.43. On Cardmarket, the European printings of this card go for about €10.90.
By Printing
By printing: Normal (non-holo): The plain printing — no foil anywhere. Price trackers say “Normal,” collectors say “non-holo”; usually the cheapest version of the card. $9.66 · Shadowless: An early Base Set print run with no drop shadow beside the art frame. Scarcer than Unlimited, and priced on its own. $153 · Shadowless: An early Base Set print run with no drop shadow beside the art frame. Scarcer than Unlimited, and priced on its own. $29.43
TCGplayer prices each printing on its own — the Normal printing is the headline number on this page. Same card, same number — the print run or foil treatment is what changes.
Thundershock10
Cost: Lightning
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.
Thunderpunch30+
Cost: Lightning, Colorless
Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 30 damage plus 10 more damage; if tails, this attack does 30 damage plus Electabuzz does 10 damage to itself.
“Normally found near power plants, it can wander away and cause major blackouts in cities.”
About $9.66 for an ungraded copy. That's the TCGplayer market price for the Normal printing, updated Oct 6, 2026. Graded copies in great shape usually sell for more. What grading means →
Down about 17% over the last 3 months — from $11.69 to $9.66 (TCGplayer market price). Zoom out a whole year and it's up 34%. Prices move a little every day, so the chart on this page has the freshest line.
The highest market price we've logged is $18.00 — that was May 2026. We've been writing this card's price down since February 2024, so that's the record on our watch, not an all-time record.
The European printings list around €10.90 on Cardmarket — they share one price there, because Cardmarket prices the physical card across languages. This English print trades at $9.66 on TCGplayer. Two marketplaces, two currencies — so watch both numbers instead of converting one into the other.
eBay is the easiest place — this page links straight to the live listings for Electabuzz (Base #20). Check the photos and the seller's rating first. That's the rule.
Cards trading near $9.66 today.
Base
