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Voltorb

Celestial Storm / #47/168

Voltorb

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Celestial Storm
Rarity (source)
Common
Illustrator
Ken Sugimori
Source reference
sm7-47

CARDEX BACKGROUND

The Pokémon’s story

Voltorb first appeared in Pokédex accounts at the same place as Poké Balls: a factory that manufactured them. Its shape resembles the object so closely that nobody has been able to explain the connection. One hypothesis suggests that strong exposure to energy brought a Poké Ball to life. The text nevertheless leaves this origin unresolved. Voltorb thus remains a Pokémon that could be mistaken for a tool, with an industrial history that still cannot be confirmed.

Background on the species in the video games; its forms and card versions may have appeared later.

A detail worth noticing

Sometimes a light impact is enough to make Voltorb explode, according to Alpha Sapphire. This risk makes its resemblance to a Poké Ball particularly deceptive: an object someone might pick up without thinking could be a highly sensitive Pokémon. The Pokédex describes a real encounter hazard without giving it a certain origin.

Sources for this background

Card details

HP
50
Type (source)
Lightning
Stage (source)
Basic
Pokédex number
100
Retreat cost
1 Energy
Weakness (source)
Fighting ×2
Resistance (source)
Metal -20

Printed card text — English

Quoted source text is retained in the card’s printed language so this exact printing can be identified. The CarDex background above is translated into English.

Description from the source

Usually found in power plants. Easily mistaken for a Poké Ball, it has zapped many people.

Abilities

Floating Electrons

Ability

If this Pokémon has any Energy attached to it, it has no Retreat Cost.

Attacks

Thunder Shock

Cost: Lightning · Colorless

Damage: 20

Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent’s Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed.

Documented variants

Versions reported by the source; identification for sales still needs verification.

  • Normal
  • normal · standard

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