Zapdos 23/108 · Roaring Skies

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

Zapdos sits at 23/108 in Roaring Skies, position 23 of 112. Before it is 22 Electrode, and after it is 24 Electrike. The set belongs to the XY series. It was released on May 6, 2015. The printed size is 108. This checklist is longer, at 112 cards. The listed rarity is Rare.

The attack Drill Peck lists 20 damage. The cost is Lightning. Raging Thunder is another attack lists 120 damage. The cost is Lightning, Lightning, Colorless. This attack does 40 damage to 1 of your Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Weakness is Lightning ×2. 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."

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 120 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Hitoshi Ariga illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 2. 39 other cards of Zapdos list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Hitoshi Ariga. I count 155 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Roaring Skies set binder is where a full Roaring Skies 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.