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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: $2.96 market, from $0.60 at the cheapest listing, Holofoil printing, updated Oct 18, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Holofoil · Oct 18, 2026
$2.96
−10.3% this week · −8.4% in 30 days
Buy on eBay →
1 day+0.7%
7 days−10.3%
30 days−8.4%
90 days−30.2%
1 year−26.6%
All time−38.3%

Sellers right now

$0.60lowest listing$96.84highest
Market price$2.96
Mid listing$4.00
Direct$3.22
30-day avg$3.27

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$2.96

One year

$2.9452-week low$4.8752-week high
In the range1%
All-time low$2.94
All-time high$6.95
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Holofoil · market price
$2.86$3.37$3.88$4.39
$2.96
Jul 20Aug 19Sep 18Oct 18
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 $2.96, down 38.3% since then. In the last year the price changed −26.6% 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 135% above the current price. The cheapest listing right now is $0.60, and the 30-day average market price is $3.27.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Holofoil$2.96$0.60$96.84−10.3%

The card in play

Type
Basic Lightning Energy

Other printings of Basic Lightning Energy

6 more · $0.25 – $2.96
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 −2.2% 7d Basic Lightning Energy (Cracked Ice Holo) SVE: Scarlet & Violet Energies · #012 $1.33 Basic Lightning Energy (034/034), Trading Card Game Classic — Pokémon card price −3.6% 7d Basic Lightning Energy Trading Card Game Classic · #034/034 $0.80 Basic Lightning Energy (Cosmos Holo) (004), Scarlet & Violet Energies — Pokémon card price −4.0% 7d Basic Lightning Energy (Cosmos Holo) SVE: Scarlet & Violet Energies · #004 $0.48 Basic Lightning Energy (4), Shrouded Fable — Pokémon card price +5.6% 7d Basic Lightning Energy SV: Shrouded Fable · #4 $0.38

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