Pokémon · EX
Electabuzz
Sandstorm · #35 · Uncommon · 2003
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$2.24
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 35 / 100
- Release year
- 2003
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- HP
- 60
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Electivire
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Kouki Saitou
- Pokédex #
- 125
- Series
- EX
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Bench Damage
- Damage efficiency
- 10 damage
- 10 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Also does
Strategy & play
How Electabuzz plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- A Basic — hits the board turn 1 with no evolution tax.
- Needs Lightning Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Lightning type, weak to Fighting ×2 — a Fighting attacker doing ≥30 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
How to beat Electabuzz
- Exploit its Fighting weakness — ≥30 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 1.5 copies on average · 2 decks
More by Kouki Saitou
This card was illustrated by Kouki Saitou.
Building around Electabuzz?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
CPlasma — 10
Flip a coin. If heads, search your discard pile for a Lightning Energy card and attach it to Electabuzz.
LCCThunder Spear
Choose 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. This attack does 40 damage to that Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
Weakness:F×2
Resistance:M-30
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Pricing reference
Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.
TCGPlayer (USD)
Updated 2026/07/04| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $1.48 | $2.61 | $26.40 | $2.24 | $2.64 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $15.62 | $18.18 | $129.99 | $15.27 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/06/22| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €1.50 |
| 7-day average | €2.26 |
| 30-day average | €1.65 |
| Low | €0.10 |
| Trend price | €2.12 |
| Low (excellent+) | €1.00 |
| Reverse holo low | €2.90 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €8.48 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €5.20 |
| reverseHoloSell | €5.10 |
| averageSellPrice | €2.10 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €5.19 |
| Reverse holo trend | €6.53 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Electabuzz is real?
Electabuzz is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the back-light test (real cards have a black inner layer that blocks light; counterfeits glow through), the rosette dot pattern on the back under magnification, font weight and kerning on the card name, and the holofoil pattern if applicable. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.
What is Electabuzz worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Electabuzz is $2.24; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.
What set is Electabuzz from?
Electabuzz is from the Pokémon set "Sandstorm" in the EX series, released in 2003.
What rarity is Electabuzz?
Electabuzz is a Uncommon card in the Sandstorm set.
Other Electabuzz printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
