Zapdos 24/68 · Hidden Fates

Hidden Fates is a set in the Sun & Moon series. It was released on August 23, 2019. The printed size is 68. This checklist is longer, at 69 cards. Zapdos is 24/68, in position 24 of 69 on this checklist. Before it is 23 Jolteon, and after it is 25 Ekans. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Zapdos is a Basic Lightning Pokémon with 120 HP. In the Pokédex this is Zapdos (#145), generation 1 (Kanto).

Shin Nagasawa illustrated this card. The same name is on 303 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 120 HP. Both list the rarity Rare Holo. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Shin Nagasawa illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 2. 39 other cards of Zapdos list a different HP.

The attack Hurricane Call lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Flip 4 coins. For each heads, search your deck for a Lightning Energy card and attach it to 1 of your Pokémon-GX or Pokémon-EX. Then, shuffle your deck. Sky-High Claws is another attack lists 100 damage. The cost is Lightning, Lightning, Colorless. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -20. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "A legendary bird Pokémon that is said to appear from clouds while dropping enormous lightning bolts."

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