Zapdos 16/102 · Base

Base is a set in the Base series. It was released on January 9, 1999. The printed size is 102, and the checklist is the same length. Zapdos is 16/102, in position 16 of 102 on this checklist. Before it is 15 Venusaur, and after it is 17 Beedrill. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Zapdos is a Basic Lightning Pokémon with 90 HP. The card lists level 64. In the Pokédex this is Zapdos (#145), generation 1 (Kanto).

Ken Sugimori illustrated this card. The same name is on 1,112 other cards in the catalog.

Zapdos (#145) has 49 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 34 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Zapdos 23/53 in Wizards Black Star Promos (1999). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare Holo. Toshinao Aoki illustrated that card, and Ken Sugimori illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 3. 46 other cards of Zapdos list a different HP.

The attack Thunder lists 60 damage. The cost is Lightning, Lightning, Lightning, Colorless. Flip a coin. If tails, Zapdos does 30 damage to itself. Thunderbolt is another attack lists 100 damage. The cost is Lightning, Lightning, Lightning, Lightning. Discard all Energy cards attached to Zapdos in order to use this attack. Resistance is Fighting -30. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "A legendary bird Pokémon said to appear from clouds while wielding enormous lightning bolts."

I keep a set binder for Base, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Base set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Zapdos can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.