Gym Challenge · #86 · 2000

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. · Unlimited: The regular print run of an early set — no edition stamp, many more copies. The affordable way to own a vintage print.
$1.01
down4% · 27dvia 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 Gym Challenge

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Today's TCGplayer market price for Lt. Surge's Voltorb is $1.01 for the Unlimited printing.
Among the 132 priced cards in Gym Challenge, it sits 126th. (Blaine's Charizard leads the set at $585.) Since we started tracking it on Feb 8, 2024, it's risen 102% — from $0.50 to $1.01. Over the last year it's climbed 31.2%, from $0.77 to $1.01. The 90-day move: down 10.6%, $1.13 to $1.01. Its highest point since we started tracking (February 2024) was $1.15 in June 2026; its lowest, $0.46 in October 2024. Over the last 30 days it's touched $1.07 at the top and $1.01 at the bottom. That's the Unlimited printing — the same card also trades as the 1st Edition at $2.31.
By Printing
By printing: Unlimited: The regular print run of an early set — no edition stamp, many more copies. The affordable way to own a vintage print. $1.01 · First edition: The very first print run, marked with a small “Edition 1” stamp on the card's left side. Far scarcer than the Unlimited run, and priced on its own. $2.31
TCGplayer prices each printing on its own — the Unlimited printing is the headline number on this page. Same card, same number — the print run or foil treatment is what changes.
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Cost: Lightning, Colorless
Flip a coin. If tails, Lt. Surge's Voltorb does 10 damage to itself.
About $1.01 for an ungraded copy. That's the TCGplayer market price for the Unlimited printing, updated Oct 6, 2026. Graded copies in great shape usually sell for more. What grading means →
Down about 11% over the last 3 months — from $1.13 to $1.01 (TCGplayer market price). Zoom out a whole year and it's up 31%. Prices move a little every day, so the chart on this page has the freshest line.
The highest market price we've logged is $1.15 — that was June 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.
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