Destined Rivals

Team Rocket's Zapdos

DRIFR70· Rare
Team Rocket's Zapdos DRI 70

We are not buying this printing at the moment.

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What the card itself says

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

HP
120
Type
Lightning
Stage
Basic
Retreat cost
1
Weakness
×2
Resistance
-30
Regulation mark
I
Number
70/182
Set
Destined RivalsDRISet guide
Illustrated by
Nurikabe

Its attacks

Jamming WingAile Encombrante

30

You may move an Energy from your opponent's Active Pokémon to 1 of their Benched Pokémon.Vous pouvez déplacer une Énergie du Pokémon Actif de votre adversaire vers l'un de ses Pokémon de Banc.

Wicked ThunderTonnerre Malveillant

60+

If this Pokémon has any Team Rocket's Energy attached, this attack does 60 more damage.Si au moins une Énergie de la Team Rocket est attachée à ce Pokémon, cette attaque inflige 60 dégâts supplémentaires.

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

    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.

  2. A strength

    Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex runs it in 1 of the 54 lists we have read, seen across 1 different tournaments.

  3. A strength

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

  4. A strength

    Mark I. It is one of the marks currently accepted in Standard: H, I, and J.

  5. Keep in mind

    Weakness Lightning ×2. Against a Lightning Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,811 tournament lists we have read, 336 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Standard format: source checked on September 22, 2026. TCGdex

Who plays it

These decks really played this card at a tournament. We spot it by the little set code printed at the bottom, the one players copy onto their list — two cards sometimes share a name, the code never lies.

The decks that list this card, with how many lists and how many tournaments
DeckListsTournamentsPrinting listed
Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex1 of 541DRI 70

When it came out

Destined Rivals landed here on 30 May 2025.

In Japan these cards were already in shops on 18 April 2025, under the code SV10. That is 42 days ahead of us.

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.

See every Zapdos card and its price