Zapdos 150/147 · Supreme Victors

Supreme Victors is a set in the Platinum series. It was released on August 19, 2009. The printed size is 147. This checklist is longer, at 153 cards. Zapdos is 150/147, in position 150 of 153 on this checklist. Before it is 149 Moltres, and after it is SH7 Milotic. The collector number is above the printed set size of 147. The listed rarity is Rare Secret.

Zapdos is a Basic Lightning Pokémon with 70 HP. The card lists level 30. In the Pokédex this is Zapdos (#145), generation 1 (Kanto).

Toshinao Aoki illustrated this card. The same name is on 57 other cards in the catalog.

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 70 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare Secret. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Toshinao Aoki illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 1. 47 other cards of Zapdos list a different HP.

The attack Lightning Burn lists 30 damage. The cost is Lightning, Lightning, Lightning. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 30 damage to 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) If tails, Zapdos does 30 damage to itself. Resistance is Fighting -30. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "This legendary Pokémon is said to be present wherever there is a lightning storm."

I keep a set binder for Supreme Victors, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Supreme Victors 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.