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Zapdos ex
#33/40 in Nintendo Black Star Promos, Promo, 100 HP, Lightning, illustrated by K. Hoshiba.
- Card number
- #33/40
- Rarity
- Promo
- HP
- 100 HP
- Type
- Lightning
- Language
- English
- Release date
- October 1, 2003
- Illustrator
- K. Hoshiba
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Collector Notes
Zapdos ex
Zapdos ex appears in the English print of Nintendo Black Star Promos, released on October 1, 2003. Zapdos ex is a promo rarity and 100 HP. The Nintendo Black Star Promos set contains 40 cards.
Artist Info
This card's illustration was created by K. Hoshiba.
Collector Insights
Zapdos ex is a Lightning-type Pokémon with 100 HP, featuring a retreat cost of two Colorless energy. It possesses the ability Synchronized Lift, which reduces its retreat cost to zero when Articuno ex and Moltres ex are in play. The card includes two attacks: Thunder Gift, which costs one Colorless energy and deals 10 damage while allowing the transfer of a Lightning Energy card to another Pokémon, and Lightning Wing, requiring two Lightning and one Colorless energy to deal 60 damage to a Benched Pokémon. Its weakness to Lightning energy doubles its damage, making it vulnerable to such attacks. The card is part of the Nintendo Black Star Promos set, released in October 2003, and is classified as a promo rarity. It is numbered 33 in the set and has a dex number of 145. The artwork was created by artist K. Hoshiba, and the card includes a rule stating that the opponent takes two Prize cards when Zapdos ex is knocked out.
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