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A legendary bird Pokémon said to appear from clouds while wielding enormous lightning bolts.
Abilities, attacks, weakness & resistance
Flip a coin. If tails, Zapdos does 30 damage to itself.
Discard all Energy cards attached to Zapdos in order to use this attack.
Other cards from Base Set 2
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Zapdos (20/130, Rare Holo) is a Basic Lightning–type Pokémon from Base Set 2. It has two attacks: Thunder does 60 damage but requires a coin flip that, on tails, deals 30 damage to Zapdos itself, and Thunderbolt deals 100 damage but forces you to discard all Energy attached. The card has a Fighting resistance of -30 and a retreat cost of three Colorless.
Catalog pricing data as of 14 Apr 2026, 17:00
