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Pokémon · SV01: Scarlet & Violet Base Set · #257/198 · Hyper Rare

Basic Lightning Energy - 257/198

Pokémon card price for Basic Lightning Energy - 257/198: $2.97 market, from $0.60 at the cheapest listing, Holofoil printing, updated Oct 19, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Holofoil · Oct 19, 2026
$2.97
−12.1% this week · −9.5% in 30 days
Buy on eBay →
1 day+0.3%
7 days−12.1%
30 days−9.5%
90 days−30.3%
1 year−25.6%
All time−38.1%

Sellers right now

$0.60lowest listing$96.84highest
Market price$2.97
Mid listing$4.00
Direct$3.70
30-day avg$3.26

Market price is what a near-mint copy actually sold for. The cheapest listing is what a seller asks today — on thin markets the two differ a lot.

Where to buy

TCGplayer$2.97

One year

$2.9452-week low$4.8752-week high
In the range2%
All-time low$2.94
All-time high$6.95
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Holofoil · market price
$2.85$3.58$4.32$5.06
$2.97
Oct 2025Feb 2026Jun 2026Oct 2026
TCGplayer market price · via tcgcsvtcgrate.com

Price story

Our price record for Basic Lightning Energy - 257/198 begins in February 2024 at $4.80; the market price today is $2.97, down 38.1% since then. In the last year the price changed −25.6% and ranged from $2.94 to $4.87, and it now trades near the bottom of that range. Its all-time high in our data is $6.95, still 134% above the current price. The cheapest listing right now is $0.60, and the 30-day average market price is $3.26.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Holofoil$2.97$0.60$96.84−12.1%

The card in play

Type
Basic Lightning Energy

Other printings of Basic Lightning Energy

6 more · $0.25 – $2.97
All printings
Basic Lightning Energy (Blue Border), My First Battle — Pokémon card price 0.0% 7d Basic Lightning Energy (Blue Border) My First Battle $1.48 Basic Lightning Energy (Cracked Ice Holo) (012), Scarlet & Violet Energies — Pokémon card price −3.7% 7d Basic Lightning Energy (Cracked Ice Holo) SVE: Scarlet & Violet Energies · #012 $1.31 Basic Lightning Energy (034/034), Trading Card Game Classic — Pokémon card price −2.4% 7d Basic Lightning Energy Trading Card Game Classic · #034/034 $0.80 Basic Lightning Energy (Cosmos Holo) (004), Scarlet & Violet Energies — Pokémon card price −2.0% 7d Basic Lightning Energy (Cosmos Holo) SVE: Scarlet & Violet Energies · #004 $0.48 Basic Lightning Energy (4), Shrouded Fable — Pokémon card price +2.8% 7d Basic Lightning Energy SV: Shrouded Fable · #4 $0.37

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