Zapdos 48/147 · 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 48/147, in position 48 of 153 on this checklist. Before it is 47 Wailord, and after it is 49 Altaria C. The listed rarity is Rare.

Zapdos is a Basic Lightning Pokémon with 100 HP. The card lists level 40. In the Pokédex this is Zapdos (#145), generation 1 (Kanto).

Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this card. The same name is on 656 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 100 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 2. 45 other cards of Zapdos list a different HP.

The attack Drill Peck lists 30 damage. The cost is Lightning, Colorless, Colorless. Lightning Wing is another attack lists 50+ damage. The cost is Lightning, Lightning, Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 50 damage plus 20 more damage. Weakness is Lightning +30. Resistance is Fighting -20. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "A legendary Pokémon that is said to live in thunderclouds. It freely controls lightning bolts."

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.