Zapdos H32/147 · Aquapolis

Zapdos is Pokédex #145, generation 1 (Kanto). Zapdos is a Basic Lightning Pokémon with 80 HP.

Zapdos sits at H32/147 in Aquapolis, position 182 of 182. The card before it is H31 Vileplume. The set belongs to the E-Card series. It was released on January 15, 2003. The printed size is 147. This checklist is longer, at 182 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Anti-Lightning is listed as Poké-Body. You can't attach Lightning Energy cards from your hand to Zapdos. The attack Plasma lists 10 damage. The cost is Colorless. If there are any Lightning Energy cards in your discard pile, flip a coin. If heads, attach 1 of them to Zapdos. Lightning Storm is another attack lists 60 damage. The cost is Lightning, Lightning, Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If tails, put 2 damage counters on Zapdos. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -30. Retreat cost is 2.

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 Hajime Kusajima 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 Hajime Kusajima. I count 206 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Aquapolis set binder is where a full Aquapolis 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). I still need this card.