How can you tell your card is this one?

Look at the bottom of your card: you should read SVI 257/198 there.

Which set does it come from?

It comes from the Scarlet & Violet set, released here on 31 March 2023.

It leaves listings at an intermediate pace among the cards we buy in Japanese. Our pokoSCORE gives it 68 out of 100. At least 5 copies have sold since 8 September. From the listings we track. Departures may be sales or withdrawals.

Scarlet & Violet

Basic Lightning Energy SVI 257/198

SVIJPHyper rare

You receive

€4.50

Your offer depends on the card’s printing, edition and condition. We check its condition when it arrives.

How much is your Basic Lightning Energy worth?

A copy in Japanese, like new: we’ll buy it from you for €4.50 today.

Today · You get

€4.50

The same price as on 23 September

€4.50

23 SeptemberToday

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Day	Our offer
23 September	€4.50
24 September	€4.50
25 September	€4.50
26 September	€4.50
27 September	€4.50
28 September	€4.50

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pokoSCORE

Market activity

68out of 100

Intermediate pace

It leaves listings at an intermediate pace among the cards we buy in Japanese.

Copies gone since 8 September: at least 5
For sale on 27 September: 12
For sale on 8 September: 16

From the listings we track. Departures may be sales or withdrawals.

Versions of this card

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What you might be wondering about this card

How much do we pay for Basic Lightning Energy SVI 257/198?: A copy in Japanese, like new: we’ll buy it from you for €4.50 today.
How can you tell your card is this one?: Look at the bottom of your card: you should read SVI 257/198 there.
Which set does it come from?: It comes from the Scarlet & Violet set, released here on 31 March 2023.
Does it sell fast?: It leaves listings at an intermediate pace among the cards we buy in Japanese. Our pokoSCORE gives it 68 out of 100. At least 5 copies have sold since 8 September. From the listings we track. Departures may be sales or withdrawals.

When it came out

Scarlet & Violet landed here on 31 March 2023.

In Japan these cards were already in shops on 20 January 2023, under the code SV1S + SV1V. That is 70 days ahead of us.

Every set, with both of its dates

What the card itself says

Its characteristics and effects in play, with the original text when available.

Type: Lightning
Number: 257/198
Set: Scarlet & VioletSVISet guide

What to make of it

Have a look at what it does well, then at what will get in your way. After that you'll know whether it belongs in your deck.

A strength
Latias ex / Mega Kangaskhan ex runs it in 10 of the 83 lists we have read, seen across 8 different tournaments.
A strength
No Weakness printed on the card. Nothing doubles up the damage it takes.

Who plays it

Every printing of Basic Lightning Energy plays the same way at a tournament. So the decks below count them all together, and the last column shows the one players wrote on their list.

The decks that list this card, with how many lists and how many tournaments
Deck	Lists	Tournaments	Printing listed
Latias ex / Mega Kangaskhan ex	10 of 83	8	MEE 12
Mega Manectric ex / Eelektrik	10 of 67	8	MEE 12
Raging Bolt ex / Teal Mask Ogerpon ex	5 of 63	4	MEE 12
Eelektrik	4 of 37	4	MEE 12
Wellspring Mask Ogerpon ex / Fan Rotom	4 of 40	4	MEE 12
Joltik	3 of 36	3	MEE 12
Blissey ex	2 of 23	2	MEE 12
Flareon ex / Noctowl	2 of 38	2	MEE 12
Toucannon	2 of 52	2	MEE 12
Cinccino ex	1 of 49	1	MEE 12
Iono's Bellibolt ex	1 of 39	1	MEE 12
Iron Thorns ex	1 of 30	1	MEE 12
Mega Kangaskhan ex / Bouffalant	1 of 64	1	MEE 12
Raging Bolt ex / Iono's Bellibolt ex	1 of 16	1	MEE 12
Seaking	1 of 75	1	MEE 12