Pokémon · Diamond & Pearl
Electabuzz
Secret Wonders · #87 · Common · 2007
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$0.31
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 87 / 132
- Release year
- 2007
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 70
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Electivire
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- Masakazu Fukuda
- Pokédex #
- 125
- Series
- Diamond & Pearl
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Damage efficiency
- 60 damage
- 20 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.
- Inflicts Paralysis — the Defending Pokémon can’t attack or retreat for a turn. A reliable one-turn lock; chain it to stall the opponent out.
- Its main attack (Thunder) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Needs Lightning Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Lightning type, weak to Fighting ×2 — a Fighting attacker doing ≥35 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 — ≥35 damage one-shots it.
- On the receiving end of a condition? Retreat, switch, or evolve to wipe it — conditions only stick to the Active.
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 Masakazu Fukuda
This card was illustrated by Masakazu Fukuda.
Building around Electabuzz?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"Half of all blackouts occur when this Pokémon appears at power plants and eats electricity."
LThundershock — 10
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.
LLCThunder — 60
Flip a coin. If tails, Electabuzz does 30 damage to itself.
Weakness:F+20
Resistance:M-20
Retreat cost:CC
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 | $0.05 | $0.33 | $25.00 | $0.31 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $3.99 | $6.39 | $53.10 | $5.56 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/01/19| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.13 |
| 7-day average | €0.18 |
| 30-day average | €0.16 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.18 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.03 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.20 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €2.30 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €1.60 |
| reverseHoloSell | €2.06 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.18 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.91 |
| Reverse holo trend | €1.47 |
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 $0.31; 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 "Secret Wonders" in the Diamond & Pearl series, released in 2007.
What rarity is Electabuzz?
Electabuzz is a Common card in the Secret Wonders set.
Other Electabuzz printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
