Pooka
Zapdos
#20/130 in Base Set 2, Rare Holo, 90 HP, Lightning, illustrated by Ken Sugimori.
- Set
- Base Set 2
- Card number
- #20/130
- Rarity
- Rare Holo
- HP
- 90 HP
- Type
- Lightning
- Language
- English
- Release date
- February 24, 2000
- Illustrator
- Ken Sugimori
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Collector Notes
Zapdos
Zapdos appears in the English print of Base Set 2, released on February 24, 2000. Zapdos is a rare holo rarity and 90 HP. The Base Set 2 set contains 130 cards.
Artist Info
This card's illustration was created by Ken Sugimori.
Collector Insights
Zapdos is a Lightning-type Pokémon from the Base Set 2, released in February 2000. It has 90 HP and requires three Colorless Energy to retreat. The card resists Fighting-type attacks by 30 damage. Zapdos features two attacks: Thunder, which costs three Lightning and one Colorless Energy to deal 60 damage and has a 50% chance to harm itself, and Thunderbolt, which demands four Lightning Energy to deal 100 damage while discarding all attached Energy cards. Its design incorporates a legendary bird motif with lightning-themed artwork. The card is classified as a Rare Holo and is illustrated by Ken Sugimori. Flavor text describes it as a mythical Pokémon associated with powerful lightning strikes.
A legendary bird Pokémon said to appear from clouds while wielding enormous lightning bolts.
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