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Zapdos
Lightning Pokémon Rare Fossil
Card profile
Card year
1999
Oct 10, 1999
Set release
FO
Fossil · Base
Catalog appearances
25
21 sets · 1999-2024
Pokemon debut
Generation I
Kanto · 1996
Card details
Released
Oct 10, 1999
Year
1999
Series
Base
Set size
62
Card number
#30 of 62
Stage
Basic
National Dex
#145
Artist
Mitsuhiro Arita
Level
Lv.40
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Screen appearances
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Catalog appearances
Twilight Masquerade
May 24, 2024 · #65 · Rare
$0.36
Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos
Jan 1, 2023 · #157 · Promo
$1.01
Pokémon GO
Jul 1, 2022 · #29 · Rare Holo
$0.67
Vivid Voltage
Nov 13, 2020 · #48 · Rare Holo
$0.90
Hidden Fates
Aug 23, 2019 · #24 · Rare Holo
$0.97
Team Up
Feb 1, 2019 · #40 · Rare Holo
$4.86
SM Black Star Promos
Feb 3, 2017 · #SM159 · Promo
$17.75
SM Black Star Promos
Feb 3, 2017 · #SM145 · Promo
$9.91
Evolutions
Nov 2, 2016 · #42 · Rare Holo
$5.64
Generations
Feb 22, 2016 · #29 · Rare Holo
$36.14
Roaring Skies
May 6, 2015 · #23 · Rare
$1.75
Legendary Treasures
Nov 6, 2013 · #46 · Rare Holo
$7.43
Next Destinies
Feb 8, 2012 · #41 · Rare Holo
$6.03
Pokémon Rumble
Dec 2, 2009 · #8
$299.98
Supreme Victors
Aug 19, 2009 · #150 · Rare Secret
$211.27
Supreme Victors
Aug 19, 2009 · #48 · Rare
$11.68
Majestic Dawn
May 1, 2008 · #14 · Rare Holo
$35.50
Aquapolis
Jan 15, 2003 · #H32 · Rare Holo
$160.00
49 total CardsCloud cards share National Dex #145.
Attacks
Thunderstorm
LLLL
40 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.
Battle stats
Resistance
Fighting -30
Retreat cost
●●
Market value
Price history
Flavor text
A legendary thunderbird Pokémon whose anger is said to cause storms. Some say it has lived above the clouds for thousands of years.
Legality
Unlimited
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