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Zapdos

Card number: #15 of 62
Rarity: Rare
Series: Base series

Card details

Illustrator: Mitsuhiro Arita
HP: 80 HP
Stage: Basic
Regulation: Unknown
Category: Pokemon
Pokemon species: Zapdos
Set release: Oct 10, 1999
Catalog data updated: May 23, 2026
TCG Online code: FO

Available variants

Holo First Edition

Set breakdown

35 holo cards 62 first edition cards

Card gameplay

Types: Lightning
Retreat Cost: 2

A legendary thunderbird Pokémon whose anger is said to cause storms. Some say it has lived above the clouds for thousands of years.

Attacks

Thunderstorm

Lightning Lightning Lightning Lightning

For each of your opponent's Benched Pokémon, flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 damage to that Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Then, Zapdos does 10 damage times the number of tails to itself.

Resistances

Fighting -30

Legalities

Standard: Not legal

Expanded: Not legal

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