Basic Lightning EnergyScarlet & Violet 257/198 price & value
$4.19
up +16%4 weeks · Rising
High confidence
High confidence
How closely the price sources agree, and how often the card trades.
- 133 ungraded in the last 90 days, all conditions
- 127 sales on record listed as near mint
- Last sale Nov 9, 2026
High liquidity100/100
High liquidity
Trades often, at prices that agree. It counts sales, not how long a listing takes to sell.
About 44 ungraded copies sell a month across all conditions, the pace of the last 90 days.
How we measure liquidity →Near mint · UltraBall Market Value · 133 ungraded sales in the last 90 days, all conditions · as of Nov 12, 2026
Graded: PSA 9 $19.99PSA 10 $55.00
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Prices updated Nov 12, 2026 · How we calculate the UltraBall Market Value
People ask about this card
- What is Basic Lightning Energy 257/198 worth raw, in PSA 9 and in PSA 10?
- As of Nov 12, 2026, Basic Lightning Energy 257/198 is about $4.19 ungraded near mint (133 sales in 90 days); PSA 9 about $19.99 (3 sales); PSA 10 about $55.00 (11 sales). Every grade’s price.
- Why do two copies of Basic Lightning Energy 257/198 differ in price?
- As of Nov 12, 2026, there is one printing of Basic Lightning Energy 257/198, so the gap is condition: near mint is $4.19. Copies sold as LP went for about $3.99 (19 sales). Recent sales.
Basic Lightning Energy 257/198 price over time
- Recorded prices, joined day to day
Ungraded, 1 year: $3.49 on Nov 11, 2025, $4.19 on Nov 12, 2026. Lowest $3.10, highest $4.27.
- Now
- $4.19
- 4 weeks
- +16%
- 90 days
- +13%
- 1 year
- +12%
- Highest, 1Y
- $4.27
- Lowest, 1Y
- $3.10
Recorded history starts March 2023. Earlier history is monthly averages; from July 22, 2026 the line is a smoothed 7-day average of daily prices, so single-day swings don’t show. Between recorded prices, the line and its daily values are estimated from the prices either side.
Basic Lightning Energy 257/198 price by month
Ungraded, at the end of each month, newest first: the line above read off at each month’s last day. The latest month ends on today’s UltraBall Market Value.
| Month | Ungraded | Change on month |
|---|---|---|
| November 2026to Nov 12, 2026 | $4.19 | up +31% |
| October 2026 | $3.20 | down −3.9% |
| September 2026 | $3.33 | down −3.5% |
| August 2026 | $3.45 | down −14% |
| July 2026 | $4.03 | – |
| May 2026 | $4.21 | up +2.2% |
| April 2026 | $4.12 | up +1.2% |
| March 2026 | $4.07 | up +5.7% |
| February 2026 | $3.85 | down −3.3% |
| January 2026 | $3.98 | up +7.0% |
| December 2025 | $3.72 | up +6.6% |
| November 2025 | $3.49 | down −46% |
Recent verified sales
RawBasic Lightning Energy 257/198 Hyper Rare Scarlet & Violet Pokemon Holo NM/MNov 10, 2026 · eBay · Sold as near mint · Offers taken (asking price; paid may be lower) · View listing · Asking price, up to $5.94asking- RawThe Pokémon Company Basic Lightning Energy Gold Hyper Rare Holo 257/198 SV01Nov 9, 2026 · eBay · Condition not stated · Offers taken (asking price; paid may be lower) · View listing · Asking price, up to $4.75asking
- RawPokémon TCG Basic Lightning Energy 257/198 SV1 Hyper Rare Holo English 2023Nov 9, 2026 · eBay · Condition not stated · View listing · $2.63
- RawBasic Lightning Energy Holo Hyper Rare SV01: Scarlet & Violet Base Set 257/198 NNov 9, 2026 · eBay · Condition not stated · View listing · $5.99
- RawBasic Lightning Energy 257/198 Hyper Rare Holo SV01: Scarlet & Violet Base Set NNov 9, 2026 · eBay · Condition not stated · View listing · $4.08
- RawBasic Lightning Energy Holo Hyper Rare SV01: Scarlet & Violet Base Set 257/198 NNov 9, 2026 · eBay · Condition not stated · Offers taken (asking price; paid may be lower) · View listing · Asking price, up to $5.04asking
- RawBasic Lightning Energy 257/198 Scarlet Violet Gold Secret Rare NMNov 8, 2026 · eBay · Sold as near mint · View listing · $4.81
- RawBasic Lightning Energy 257/198 Hyper Rare Scarlet & Violet Pokemon NM HoloNov 7, 2026 · eBay · Sold as near mint · View listing · $7.55
PSA 10Pokemon Basic Lightning Energy Scarlet & Violet Hyper Rare #257 PSA 10 Gem MintSep 11, 2026 · eBay · Best offer accepted (asked $65.00) · View listing · $55.00
TAG 9Pokémon Basic Lightning Energy Hyper Rare TAG 9 Scarlet & Violet 257/198 2023Aug 17, 2026 · eBay · Best offer accepted (asked $14.99) · View listing · $13.00- PSA 10Sold via eBay · PSA cert #88183365Aug 13, 2026 · eBay · Best offer accepted · View listing$50.00
- PSA 9Sold via eBay · PSA cert #83032580Jul 22, 2026 · eBay · Auction · View listing$7.50
- PSA 92023 POKEMON SVI EN-SCARLET & VIOLET HYPER RARE BASIC LIGHTNING ENERGY PSA 9Jul 15, 2026 · eBay · View listing · $23.00
- PSA 92023 POKEMON SVI EN-SCARLET & VIOLET HYPER RARE BASIC LIGHTNING ENERGY PSA 9Jun 24, 2026 · eBay · View listing · $19.99
- CGC 9Pokemon Basic Lightning Energy Scarlet & Violet Hyper Rare #257 CGC 9 MintJun 21, 2026 · eBay · View listing · $8.50
- CGC 8.5Pokemon Basic Lightning Energy Scarlet & Violet Hyper Rare #257 CGC 8.5Jun 21, 2026 · eBay · View listing · $8.50
- PSA 10Pokemon Scarlet & Violet Basic Lightning Energy 257 PSA 10Jun 20, 2026 · eBay · View listing · $45.00
- PSA 9Sold via eBay · PSA cert #74582367May 26, 2026 · eBay · Buy It Now · View listing$12.00
- PSA 10Sold via eBay · PSA cert #77836588May 14, 2026 · eBay · Buy It Now · View listing$49.99
- PSA 92023 POKEMON SVI EN-SCARLET & VIOLET HYPER RARE BASIC LIGHTNING ENERGY PSA 9May 12, 2026 · eBay · View listing · $18.99
- PSA 10Pokemon Scarlet & Violet Basic Lightning Energy 257 PSA 10Apr 29, 2026 · eBay · View listing · $49.00
- PSA 9Sold via eBay · PSA cert #75711914Apr 27, 2026 · eBay · Auction · View listing$15.95
- PSA 9Sold via eBay · PSA cert #117366251Apr 27, 2026 · eBay · Auction · View listing$9.00
- PSA 10Sold via eBay · PSA cert #78950008Apr 3, 2026 · eBay · Best offer accepted · View listing$46.22
- PSA 10Sold via eBay · PSA cert #131394955Mar 30, 2026 · eBay · Auction · View listing$25.05
- PSA 10Sold via eBay · PSA cert #75510967Mar 13, 2026 · eBay · Buy It Now · View listing$44.99
- PSA 9Sold via eBay · PSA cert #96644990Mar 6, 2026 · eBay · Auction · View listing$12.50
PSA 72023 Pokemon SVI EN #257 Basic Lightning Energy - PSA NM 7Feb 2, 2026 · Goldin · View listing · $29.00
Graded values
Basic Lightning Energy 257/198 price by grade
| Grade | Market value | 4 wk | Sales/moSales a month | Last sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UngradedHigh. How closely the price sources agree, and how often the card trades. | $4.19Last $2.63 · Nov 9, 2026 | up +16% | 44High liquidity. High | $2.63Nov 9, 2026High. How closely the price sources agree, and how often the card trades. |
| PSA 1013.1× rawHigh. Many recent comparable sales that agree closely. | $55.00Last $55.00 · Sep 11, 2026 | 0.0% | 0.3Low liquidity. Low | $55.00Sep 11, 2026High. Many recent comparable sales that agree closely. |
| PSA 94.8× rawMedium. Some recent sales, or sales that vary more than usual. | $19.99Last $23.00 · Jul 15, 2026 | 0.0% | No recent sales | $23.00Jul 15, 2026Medium. Some recent sales, or sales that vary more than usual. |
| PSA 8Low. Few recent sales in this condition. Treat the figure as a rough guide. | $5.99 | 0.0% | No recent sales | –Low. Few recent sales in this condition. Treat the figure as a rough guide. |
| CGC 109.5× rawLow. Few recent sales in this condition. Treat the figure as a rough guide. | $39.95 | – | No recent sales | –Low. Few recent sales in this condition. Treat the figure as a rough guide. |
| SGC 103.4× rawLow. Few recent sales in this condition. Treat the figure as a rough guide. | $14.44 | – | No recent sales | –Low. Few recent sales in this condition. Treat the figure as a rough guide. |
Each graded row counts only that grade's sales; the ungraded row counts every condition. Sales a month is the 90-day pace. Last sale is the latest verified sale, never an asking price. How we calculate the UltraBall Market Value
Showing each company’s top grade. Choose a company above for every grade it has a price for.
Grade it with PSA?
Grade yours from photos →Change the costs, or add your own odds →- If it gets a PSA 10
- −$41.01
- If it gets a PSA 9
- −$71.38
- PSA fee for a PSA 10
- $59.99 Standard
- Slab sale price to break even
- $102at Standard, $59.99
- Grading pays, at today’s prices
- No priced grade
- Historical PSA 10 rate
- 36%
Against selling raw at $4.19, after the PSA fee for what the slab is worth (a 10 goes in at Standard, $59.99; a 9 at the same level), $25.00 shipping and insurance, and eBay US selling fees, as the selling calculator works them out, with its usual $5 postage and $1 packing on each sale: the same sum as the selling calculator. Each grade is charged the fee level its own slab price needs, so the break-even price carries the fee for a slab at that price, not the PSA 10 fee. These are outcomes if the card gets each grade, not the chance that it will. PSA has graded 697 copies; 252 got a 10.
Population
- PSA graded
- 697
- +8 in 4 weeks
- PSA 10
- 252
- +2 in 4 weeks
- PSA 9
- 317
- +2 in 4 weeks
- Historical PSA 10 rate
- 36%
- PSA 10s of all graded
A higher historical PSA 10 rate than 62% of the Scarlet & Violet cards PSA has graded enough of.
| Grader | Graded | 10s | 9s | 10s share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 697 | 252 | 317 | 36% |
| CGC | 225 | 102 | 62 | 45% |
| BGS | 24 | 1 | 8 | 4.2% |
| SGC | 39 | 20 | 4 | 51% |
- PSA graded
- 699
- 10s
- 253
- 10s share
- 36%
- Historical PSA 10 rate
- 36%
Every PSA grade (8)
| Grade | Copies | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | 253 | 36% |
| 9 | 318 | 45% |
| 8.5 | 1 | 0.14% |
| 8 | 103 | 15% |
| 7 | 19 | 2.7% |
| 6 | 4 | 0.57% |
| 4 | 1 | 0.14% |
| 2 | 1 | 0.14% |
PSA’s count of Nov 9, 2026. The rate is PSA 10s over every copy PSA has graded.
- CGC graded
- 225
- 10s
- 102
- 10s share
- 45%
- Historical CGC gem rate
- 45%
- Gem: 10s, Pristine and Perfect 10s
Every CGC grade (8)
| Grade | Copies | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | 102 | 45% |
| 9.5 | 19 | 8.4% |
| 9 | 62 | 28% |
| 8.5 | 25 | 11% |
| 8 | 8 | 3.6% |
| 7.5 | 4 | 1.8% |
| 6 | 2 | 0.89% |
| Authentic | 3 | 1.3% |
CGC’s count of Nov 10, 2026. 10s share counts every 10 label; CGC’s own gem is 10s, Pristine and Perfect 10s.
- Beckett graded
- 24
- 10s
- 1
- 10s share
- 4.2%
- Historical Beckett gem rate
- 29%
- Gem: 9.5s, Pristine and Black Label 10s
Every Beckett grade (7)
| Grade | Copies | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | 1 | 4.2% |
| 9.5 | 6 | 25% |
| 9 | 8 | 33% |
| 8.5 | 6 | 25% |
| 8 | 1 | 4.2% |
| 7.5 | 1 | 4.2% |
| 7 | 1 | 4.2% |
Beckett’s count of Nov 10, 2026. 10s share counts every 10 label; Beckett’s own gem is 9.5s, Pristine and Black Label 10s.
- SGC graded
- 39
- 10s
- 20
- 10s share
- 51%
- Historical SGC gem rate
- 51%
- Gem: 10s and Pristine 10s
Every SGC grade (6)
| Grade | Copies | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | 20 | 51% |
| 9.5 | 8 | 21% |
| 9 | 4 | 10% |
| 8.5 | 3 | 7.7% |
| 8 | 3 | 7.7% |
| 7 | 1 | 2.6% |
SGC’s count of Nov 10, 2026. 10s share counts every 10 label; SGC’s own gem is 10s and Pristine 10s.
PSA’s population report of Nov 9, 2026; changes are since Sep 28, 2026. CGC, BGS and SGC as of Nov 10, 2026; their 10s include Pristine, Perfect and Black Label 10s. PSA counts the cards it has graded, not every copy that exists. Compare with the low pop cards and the hardest PSA 10s.
PSA 10 price against PSA’s population
The same 14 weeks, Jul 24, 2026 to Nov 9, 2026: the price on the day of each weekly PSA report, and the report’s counts. Side by side, not cause and effect.
Left: PSA 10 price, US$. Right: PSA graded copies.
About this card
Basic Lightning Energy is card 257 of 198 in the Scarlet & Violet price guide, a set released in March 2023 during the Scarlet & Violet era. Its number runs past the set’s printed 198, which marks it as a secret rare. In the checklist it sits after Rare Candy 256/198 and before Basic Fighting Energy 258/198.
It is the 40th most valuable of the 258 priced cards in Scarlet & Violet, behind Gardevoir ex 245/198 (see the most valuable Scarlet & Violet cards).
What the data says
The ungraded value is up 16% over four weeks on 7-day averages, with 50 ungraded sales in the last 30 days.
Ungraded copies are cheap, but graded ones are not: a PSA 10 is valued at $55.00.
PSA has graded 697 copies, 252 of them PSA 10 (36%). That describes the copies sent in, not the chance a given card grades 10.
From prices of Nov 12, 2026 and sales to Nov 9, 2026. Observations, not advice or a forecast. How we read the market
Market snapshot
How each figure is worked out- 4 weeks
- +16%ungraded, between 7-day averages
- 90 days
- +13%ungraded, between 7-day averages
- 1 year
- +12%ungraded; before Jul 22, 2026 from monthly averages
- Direction
- Risingthe ungraded 7-day average is up 10% or more on four weeks ago
- High since daily tracking
- 2% under$3.98 on Jul 29, 2026, 7-day average; daily prices since Jul 22, 2026
- Liquidity
- High44.3 ungraded sales a month over 90 days
- Price confidence
- High confidenceMany recent comparable sales that agree closely.
- Ungraded sold
- 50in 30 days; 133 in 90
- Sales pace
- 17×the typical Scarlet & Violet card with sales: 133 ungraded in 90 days against 8
- PSA 10 population
- 252of 697 PSA graded, count of Nov 9, 2026
- Population change
- +8graded, +2 PSA 10s, Sep 28, 2026 to Nov 9, 2026
- Number
- 257/198
- Set code
- SVI
- Rarity
- Hyper Rare
- Released
- Mar 31, 2023
- Printings
- Holofoil
- Scarlet & Violet checklistAll 258 cards with prices
- Most valuable Scarlet & Violet cardsRanked by ungraded value
- Scarlet & Violet chase cardsThe pulls collectors open packs for, with odds where we hold them
- Every Hyper Rare cardHyper Rare cards across every set, by value
- Scarlet & Violet eraSets and chase cards from March 2023 on
- 2023 Pokémon cardsEvery set released in 2023, with prices
Cite this price
Basic Lightning Energy 257/198 (Scarlet & Violet) is worth $4.19 ungraded as of Nov 12, 2026, according to UltraBall's Market Value (https://ultraball.com/cards/scarlet-and-violet/basic-lightning-energy-257).
Basic Lightning Energy 257/198 (Scarlet & Violet) is worth $4.19 ungraded as of Nov 12, 2026, according to UltraBall's Market Value (https://ultraball.com/cards/scarlet-and-violet/basic-lightning-energy-257).
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Questions collectors ask
As of Nov 12, 2026, Basic Lightning Energy 257/198 Scarlet & Violet is worth about $4.19 ungraded. A PSA 10 copy is worth about $55.00. How we price cards.
