Plasma Storm

Zapdos-EX PLS 48/135

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Zapdos-EX PLS 48

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What you might be wondering about this card

How can you tell your card is this one?
Look at the bottom of your card: you should read PLS 48/135 there. Its illustration is signed Eske Yoshinob.
Which set does it come from?
It comes from the Plasma Storm set, released here on 6 February 2013.

When it came out

Plasma Storm landed here on 6 February 2013.

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
170
Type
Lightning
Retreat cost
1
Weakness
×2
Resistance
-20
Number
48/135
Set
Plasma StormPLS
Illustrated by
Eske Yoshinob

The Japanese text is not available yet. Text shown: English.

Its attacks

Agility

30

Flip a coin. If heads, prevent all effects of attacks, including damage, done to this Pokémon during your opponent's next turn.

Powervolt

80

If this Pokémon has any Plasma Energy attached to it, this attack does 40 more damage.

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

    170 HP. Only 4 cards in Plasma Storm carry more.

  2. 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.

  3. Keep in mind

    None of the 5,461 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.

  4. 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.

  5. Keep in mind

    Weakness Lightning ×2. Against a Lightning Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 5,461 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.

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