Aquapolis

Zapdos

AQ44· Rare
Zapdos AQ 44

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What the card itself says

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

HP
80
Type
Lightning
Stage
Basic
Retreat cost
2
Weakness
×2
Resistance
-30
Number
44/147
Set
AquapolisAQ
Illustrated by
Hajime Kusajima

Its Ability

Anti-Lightning

You can't attach Lightning Energy cards from your hand to Zapdos.

Its attacks

Plasma

10

If there are any Lightning Energy cards in your discard pile, flip a coin. If heads, attach 1 of them to Zapdos.

Lightning Storm

60

Flip a coin. If tails, put 2 damage counters on Zapdos.

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

    Lightning Storm hits for 60 on 4 Energy. Nothing in Aquapolis hits harder for that price.

  2. A strength

    It has an Ability, Anti-Lightning. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.

  3. A strength

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

  4. 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.

  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.

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

Aquapolis landed here on 15 January 2003.

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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