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Zapdos
#16/102 in Base, Rare Holo, 90 HP, Lightning, illustrated by Ken Sugimori.
- Set
- Base
- Card number
- #16/102
- Rarity
- Rare Holo
- HP
- 90 HP
- Type
- Lightning
- Language
- English
- Release date
- January 9, 1999
- Illustrator
- Ken Sugimori
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Collector Notes
Zapdos
Zapdos appears in the English print of Base, released on January 9, 1999. Zapdos is a rare holo rarity and 90 HP. The Base set contains 102 cards.
Artist Info
This card's illustration was created by Ken Sugimori.
Collector Insights
Zapdos is a Pokémon TCG card featuring the Lightning type, with 90 HP and a retreat cost of three Colorless energy. It includes two attacks: Thunder, which costs three Lightning and one Colorless energy to deal 60 damage, and Thunderbolt, requiring four Lightning energy to deal 100 damage. The Thunder attack involves flipping a coin, inflicting 30 damage to Zapdos if tails, while Thunderbolt mandates discarding all attached Energy cards to activate. The card resists Fighting-type attacks by 30 damage but has no listed weaknesses. Designed by artist Ken Sugimori, the card reflects a legendary bird Pokémon associated with powerful lightning strikes. It belongs to the Base set, released in 1999, and is classified as a Rare Holo. The card’s number is 16, with a Pokédex entry listing it as number 145.
A legendary bird Pokémon said to appear from clouds while wielding enormous lightning bolts.
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