Character info
The character
Electrode is a Pokémon known as the Ball Pokémon, National Pokédex No. 0101, evolving from Voltorb. It resembles a Poké Ball and is famous for storing enormous amounts of electricity, making it both fast-moving and prone to violent explosions. It has appeared throughout the Pokémon games and anime as a volatile, energetic creature.
This card
This is Electrode from the 151 set, numbered 165/151 with the rarity marked S, a holo variant printed in 2025 in Simplified Chinese. The artwork, illustrated by Masakazu Fukuda, shows an angry-faced Electrode against a sparkling star-patterned holo background. The card displays its evolution line from Voltorb and its Pokédex data beneath the illustration.
How it plays
This Stage 1 Pokémon card has 90 HP and a Lightning typing. Its first attack, Thunderbolt Chain, costs one Lightning energy and deals 20+ damage, allowing the player to discard any number of Pokémon Tools attached to their Pokémon before damage to add 40 damage per card discarded. Its second attack, Electro Ball, costs one Lightning and one Colorless energy and deals 70 damage. It has a weakness to Fighting type (x2), no resistance listed, and a retreat cost of one Colorless energy.
Written with AI from the card and its catalogue entry, and checked by WinnTCG.
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Authenticity
WinnTCG authenticated this card in hand, on the bench, against genuine Pokémon cards. It was checked four ways: light shone through it to check the core, its weight on a scale, its thickness measured, and its print pattern and surface texture under magnification.
How this card was graded
WinnTCG graded this card in hand, on the bench. The card was in our hands, and we sealed the case ourselves. We photographed it here under controlled light to show which card is in the case and where anything we marked sits on it.
If you are buying this slab: the grade is WinnTCG’s judgement of the card that was in front of us, and WinnTCG sealed this case. The photographs above are of that card. Compare them against what you can see through the case, because a case can be opened by anyone who has held it since.
The working behind this grade
Every grade here is published with its reasoning. The report states what each measurement returned, what the model proposed on each axis, where the grader disagreed with it, and every defect marked on the photographs above.