Does the condition of the card change its price?

Yes. We check it when your card arrives, and here is what we pay in each condition. Like new: €460.00. Played a little: €170.00. Worn: €100.00.

How can you tell your card is this one?

Look at the bottom of your card: you should read TR 106/109 there. Its illustration is signed Ryo Ueda.

Which set does it come from?

It comes from the Team Rocket Returns set, released here on 1 November 2004.

We don’t yet have enough observations of this card to assess its pace. At least 3 copies have sold since 13 September. From the listings we track. Departures may be sales or withdrawals.

Team Rocket Returns

Rocket's Zapdos ex TR 106/109

Name: Rocket's Zapdos ex TR 106
Brand: Pokémon

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You receive

€460.00

Your offer depends on the card’s printing, edition and condition. We check its condition when it arrives.

How much is your Rocket's Zapdos ex worth?

A copy in Japanese, like new: we’ll buy it from you for €460.00 today.

Today · You get

€460.00

The same price as on 26 September

€460.00

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Market activity

Limited observations

We don’t yet have enough observations of this card to assess its pace.

Copies gone since 13 September: at least 3
For sale on 28 September: 6
For sale on 13 September: 7

From the listings we track. Departures may be sales or withdrawals.

Versions of this card

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What you might be wondering about this card

How much do we pay for Rocket's Zapdos ex TR 106/109?: A copy in Japanese, like new: we’ll buy it from you for €460.00 today.
Does the condition of the card change its price?: Yes. We check it when your card arrives, and here is what we pay in each condition. Like new: €460.00. Played a little: €170.00. Worn: €100.00.
How can you tell your card is this one?: Look at the bottom of your card: you should read TR 106/109 there. Its illustration is signed Ryo Ueda.
Which set does it come from?: It comes from the Team Rocket Returns set, released here on 1 November 2004.
Does it sell fast?: We don’t yet have enough observations of this card to assess its pace. At least 3 copies have sold since 13 September. From the listings we track. Departures may be sales or withdrawals.

When it came out

Team Rocket Returns landed here on 1 November 2004.

Every set, with both of its dates

What the card itself says

Its characteristics and effects in play, with the original text when available.

HP: 100
Type: Darkness
Retreat cost: 1
Weakness: ×2
Number: 106/109
Set: Team Rocket ReturnsTR
Illustrated by: Ryo Ueda

Its Ability

Darkness Guard闇のガード

As long as Rocket's Zapdos ex has any Darkness Energy attached to it, damage done to Rocket's Zapdos ex by an opponent's attack is reduced by 10 (after applying Weakness and Resistance)."RocketのZapdos Exがそれに付着した暗闇のエネルギーを持っている限り、RocketのZapdos Exに与えられたダメージは、相手の攻撃によって10削減されます（脱力と抵抗を適用した後）。

Its attacks

Plasmaプラズマ

Search your discard pile for a Lightning Energy card and attach it to Rocket's Zapdos ex."廃棄物のエネルギーカードを廃棄することを検索し、RocketのZapdos Exに取り付けます。

Raging Thunder荒れ狂う雷

This attack does 30 damage to 1 of your Pokémon.この攻撃は、ポケモンの1つに30ダメージを与えます。

What to make of it

Have a look at what it does well, then at what will get in your way. After that you'll know whether it belongs in your deck.

A strength
Retreat cost 1. One Energy to discard and it is back on the Bench, which matters a lot on the turn you need to swap attackers.
A strength
It has an Ability, Darkness Guard. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
Keep in mind
None of the 5,466 tournament lists we have read runs it. That does not make it a bad card — it means we have not seen it on a table yet.
Keep in mind
It is an ex card. The turn it goes down your opponent takes 2 Prizes instead of one, and games do turn on exactly that.
Keep in mind
Weakness Lightning ×2. Against a Lightning Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 5,466 tournament lists we have read, 444 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Who plays it

None of the tournament lists we have read mentions this card. That happens with a card that has just come out, or one players have not tried yet.

The other cards of this Pokémon

Two cards of the same Pokémon can be worth wildly different amounts — it depends on the set, the rarity and the artwork. We put all 44 Zapdos cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Zapdos card and its price