Zapdos 48/185 · Vivid Voltage

Vivid Voltage is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on November 13, 2020. The printed size is 185. This checklist is longer, at 203 cards. Zapdos is 48/185, in position 48 of 203 on this checklist. Before it is 47 Jolteon, and after it is 49 Ampharos V. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Zapdos is a Basic Lightning Pokémon with 110 HP. In the Pokédex this is Zapdos (#145), generation 1 (Kanto).

AKIRA EGAWA illustrated this card. The same name is on 83 other cards in the catalog.

Zapdos (#145) has 49 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 34 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 110 HP. Both list the rarity Rare Holo. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and AKIRA EGAWA illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 1. 41 other cards of Zapdos list a different HP.

The attack Drill Peck lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless. Thunder Snipe is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Lightning, Lightning, Colorless. Discard all Energy from this Pokémon, and this attack does 160 damage to 1 of your opponent's Pokémon V or Pokémon-GX. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -30. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "A legendary Pokémon that is said to live in thunderclouds. It freely controls lightning bolts." The regulation mark is D.

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