Lightning Energy
Gym Challenge · #130 · Unknown · Vintage · 2000
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Lightning Energy market value
Lightning Energy (Gym Challenge #130) has a live market value of 231 Sparks, about $2.31 at the latest market price. That market price for Lightning Energy was last updated on October 19, 2026. On PackLab one Spark equals one cent of card value, so 231 Sparks is the figure shown for Lightning Energy in the set browser, on this page and in your vault after you pull it. If you pull Lightning Energy, you can sell it back instantly at 85% of market value, which comes to 196 Sparks at the current price. Sparks have no cash value and are only used on PackLab. A Gym Challenge pack is 21,300 Sparks; this card's market value is 231 Sparks. Among the 132 priced cards in Gym Challenge, Lightning Energy is the 120th most valuable. The median priced card in the set is 665 Sparks, and the most valuable card is Erika's Venusaur at 77,945 Sparks.
Rarity and era
Lightning Energy is an Unknown card, number 130 in Gym Challenge. Gym Challenge lists 6 Unknown cards out of 132 cards in total, about 5% of the set list. Among the 6 priced Unknown cards, market values run from 131 Sparks to 371 Sparks, and Lightning Energy ranks 2nd of them. Gym Challenge is part of the Gym series and sits in the Vintage era of the PackLab catalog. Vintage sets come from the early years of the hobby, when holographic rares were the main chase and sealed packs were far fewer.
About Gym Challenge
Gym Challenge was released on October 16, 2000 and lists 132 cards on PackLab, 132 of them with a live market price. Together, the priced cards in Gym Challenge carry a combined market value of 733,069 Sparks. By market value, Lightning Energy sits just below Lt. Surge's Rattata (247 Sparks) and just above Lt. Surge's Voltorb (226 Sparks).
