Zapdos 15/62 · Fossil

Zapdos is Pokédex #145, generation 1 (Kanto). Zapdos is a Basic Lightning Pokémon with 80 HP. The card lists level 40.

Zapdos sits at 15/62 in Fossil, position 15 of 62. Before it is 14 Raichu, and after it is 16 Aerodactyl. The set belongs to the Base series. It was released on October 10, 1999. The printed size is 62, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

The attack Thunderstorm lists 40 damage. The cost is Lightning, Lightning, Lightning, Lightning. 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. Resistance is Fighting -30. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "A legendary thunderbird Pokémon whose anger is said to cause storms. Some say it has lived above the clouds for thousands of years."

Zapdos (#145) has 49 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 35 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Zapdos 16/102 in Base (1999). That card lists 90 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. Both list the rarity Rare Holo. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 2. 46 other cards of Zapdos list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Mitsuhiro Arita. I count 721 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Fossil set binder is where a full Fossil set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Zapdos can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Mitsuhiro Arita cards. I still need this card.