Scarlet & Violet Energies · #12 · 2023

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.
$0.15
up114% · 27dvia TCGplayer, updated Oct 10, 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 Scarlet & Violet Energies

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Basic Lightning Energy sits at $0.15 on TCGplayer today for the Normal printing.
Inside Scarlet & Violet Energies, that ranks 4th out of 16 priced cards. The set's top card is Basic Darkness Energy at $0.20. We've logged its price daily since Aug 14, 2025: $0.02 then, $0.15 now (up 650%). A year ago it sat around $0.04; today's $0.15 is 275% higher. Over the last 90 days it's up 25%, from $0.12. Since August 2025 it's run as high as $0.15 (October 2026) and as low as $0.02 (August 2025). Right now it's the priciest it's been since August 2025. Its 30-day range runs from $0.07 up to $0.15. The Normal printing is the headline number here; the Holofoil at $0.20 prices separately.
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. $0.15 · Holo: The artwork shines with a foil pattern. A separate printing from the plain card, and in vintage sets often worth many times more. $0.20
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.
About $0.15 for an ungraded copy. That's the TCGplayer market price for the Normal printing, updated Oct 10, 2026. Graded copies in great shape usually sell for more. What grading means →
Up about 25% over the last 3 months — from $0.12 to $0.15 (TCGplayer market price). Zoom out a whole year and it's up 275%. Prices move a little every day, so the chart on this page has the freshest line.
The highest market price we've logged is $0.15 — that was October 2026. We've been writing this card's price down since August 2025, so that's the record on our watch, not an all-time record.
eBay is the easiest place — this page links straight to the live listings for Basic Lightning Energy (Scarlet & Violet Energies #12). Check the photos and the seller's rating first. That's the rule.
Cards trading near $0.15 today.