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Zapdos

SetFossil

Year1999

RarityRare

LanguageEN

ArtistMitsuhiro Arita

SeriesBase

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Raw market reference$30.00Selected printing · condition-agnostic market referenceOlder market data · 12 days oldUpdated Oct 14, 2026Checked Oct 27, 2026

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Card information

Category: Pokemon
HP: 80
Type: Lightning
Stage: Basic
Pokédex: #145
Release date: 1999-10-10

Card description

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

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First edition · Normal

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Abilities & attacks

Thunderstorm

Energy: 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.

Weakness: None listed
Resistance: Fighting -30
Retreat cost: 2

Format status

Standard: Not legal · Expanded: Not legal

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