Basic Lightning Energy - 257/198

Shops and show vendors commonly offer about 70% of market in cash and 80% in store credit. At today's $3.09 market price that is roughly $2.16 cash or $2.47 trade for a near-mint copy. Selling it yourself on TCGplayer or eBay nets more after fees; see the seller-net answer below.

Basic Lightning Energy - 257/198 [Holofoil] has a TCGplayer market price of $3.09 as of 2026-10-29.

Basic Lightning Energy #257/198 is holding steady: $3.09 today, flat over 30 days and 56% below its high of $6.95 (2024-06-17), the highest since we began tracking (2024-02-08), but near its low of $2.94 (2026-10-17). TCGplayer market price as of 2026-10-29, tracked daily since 2024-02-08. Other windows: down 4.0% over 7 days, down 25.2% over 90 days, down 19.9% over a year.

TickerMint began tracking Pokemon prices on 2024-02-08, after Basic Lightning Energy - 257/198 came out, so these are the highest and lowest prices since we began tracking (2024-02-08), not all-time records. In TickerMint's daily data (since February 2024), the TCGplayer market price for Basic Lightning Energy - 257/198 [Holofoil] (all conditions) peaked at $6.95 (2024-06-17) and bottomed at $2.94 (2026-10-17).