FireRed & LeafGreen

Zapdos ex RG 116/112

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Zapdos ex RG 116

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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 RG 116/112 there. Its illustration is signed Ryo Ueda.
Which set does it come from?
It comes from the FireRed & LeafGreen set, released here on 1 September 2004.

When it came out

FireRed & LeafGreen landed here on 1 September 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
110
Type
Lightning
Stage
Basic
Retreat cost
2
Weakness
×2
Number
116/112
Set
FireRed & LeafGreenRG
Illustrated by
Ryo Ueda

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Its Ability

Legendary Ascent

Once during your turn, when you put Zapdos ex from your hand onto your Bench, you may switch 1 of your Active Pokémon with Zapdos ex. If you do, you may also move any number of basic Lightning Energy cards attached to your Pokémon to Zapdos ex.

Its attacks

Electron Crush

50+

You may discard an Energy card attached to Zapdos ex. If you do, this attack does 50 damage plus 20 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

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

  2. A strength

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

  3. 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.

  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 5,466 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