Gym Challenge

Rocket's Zapdos

G2FR15· Holo Rare
Rocket's Zapdos G2 15

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What the card itself says

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

HP
70
Type
Lightning
Stage
Basic
Retreat cost
2
Resistance
-30
Number
15/132
Set
Gym ChallengeG2
Illustrated by
Shin-ichi Yoshida

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Its attacks

Plasma

20

If there are any Lightning Energy cards in your discard pile, attach 1 of them to Rocket's Zapdos.

Electroburn

70

Rocket's Zapdos does damage to itself equal to 10 times the number of Lightning Energy cards attached to it.

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.

  1. A strength

    It is a Basic Pokémon. You can put it down on your very first turn, with nothing to evolve through.

  2. A strength

    No Weakness printed on the card. Nothing doubles up the damage it takes.

  3. Keep in mind

    None of the 3,811 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.

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.

When it came out

Gym Challenge landed here on 16 October 2000.

Every set, with both of its dates

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.

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