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Zapdos

Base Set 2 路 #20 路 Rare Holo
馃帹 Illustrated by Ken Sugimori
Pok茅monLightning
$40.83
1 in 59packs. How often it turns up in a booster
#8 of 130most valuable in the set
$531as a PSA 10, about 13.0脳 raw
POP 1 opennobody has graded one on Holobrook yet
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All Zapdos cards (47)

Zapdos is card #20 of 130 in Base Set 2 (2000), a Rare Holo illustrated by Ken Sugimori. At about $40.83 it is the #8 most valuable card in the set. In a Base Set 2 booster it turns up about once every 59 packs. It is one of 47 Zapdos cards printed so far.

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In the Base Set 2 set

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What it's worth graded

Ungraded
$40.83
PSA 8 路 NM-Mint
$73.49
PSA 9 路 Mint
$163
PSA 9.5 路 Mint+
$286
PSA 10 路 Gem Mint
$531
Estimates: the ungraded market price times the typical premium a slab of that grade gets for a card from this era. Real sales vary, especially for PSA 10s. How grading adds value

Card text

HP 90路LLightning路Basic
LLLCThunder60
Flip a coin. If tails, Zapdos does 30 damage to itself.
LLLLThunderbolt100
Discard all Energy cards attached to Zapdos in order to use this attack.
Resistance F -30Retreat CCC
A legendary bird Pok茅mon said to appear from clouds while wielding enormous lightning bolts.

Zapdos through the years

Zapdos1999Base SetRocket's Zapdos2000Gym ChallengeZapdos2003AquapolisZapdos2008Majestic DawnZapdos-EX2013Plasma StormZapdos2017SM Black Star PromosGalarian Zapdos V2021Chilling ReignZapdos ex2023151
See Zapdos in all 20 years

More by Ken Sugimori

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Pikachu
#86$1,575
Mudkip
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#5$1,500
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#65$793
Typhlosion
Typhlosion
#18$700
Blaine's Charizard
Blaine's Charizard
#2$700
Erika's Venusaur
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#4$650

All 1116 cards by Ken Sugimori

Top cards in Base Set 2

Charizard
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#4$418
Blastoise
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#2$171
Mewtwo
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#10$130
Venusaur
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#18$116
Raichu
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#16$64.05
Gyarados
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#7$57.44
Alakazam
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#1$53.94
Nidoking
Nidoking
#11$40.47
Nidoqueen
Nidoqueen
#12$40.13
Pidgeot
Pidgeot
#14$39.08
Clefable
Clefable
#5$36.06
Ninetales
Ninetales
#13$34.41
Scyther
Scyther
#17$32.75
Snorlax
Snorlax
#30$31.63
Chansey
Chansey
#3$30.79
Clefairy
Clefairy
#6$27.34
Magneton
Magneton
#9$26.76
Hitmonchan
Hitmonchan
#8$25.68

See the full Base Set 2 card list

Questions

How much is Zapdos (Base Set 2) worth?

An ungraded Zapdos from Base Set 2 sells for about $40.83. A PSA 10 is worth more, roughly $531 by our estimate, and a PSA 9 around $163.

How rare is Zapdos?

It is a Rare Holo, and it shows up about once every 59 Base Set 2 packs.

Who illustrated Zapdos?

Ken Sugimori drew the art for this card.

Can I open Base Set 2 packs for free?

Yes, as a digital simulator. Holobrook lets you open Base Set 2 booster packs in your browser with the set's real pull rates and keep what you pull in a digital binder. No real cards, nothing to buy.

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