Arceus

Zapdos G

ARFR12· Holo Rare
Zapdos G AR 12

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What the card itself says

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HP
90
Type
Lightning
Stage
Basic
Retreat cost
2
Weakness
×2
Resistance
-20
Number
12/99
Set
ArceusAR
Illustrated by
Ryota Saito

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Its attacks

Charge Beam

10

Flip a coin. If heads, search your discard pile for an Energy card and attach it to Zapdos G.

Lightning Strike

40

You may discard all Lightning attached to Zapdos G. If you do, this attack's base damage is 80 instead of 40.

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. Keep in mind

    None of the 4,868 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.

  3. Keep in mind

    Weakness Lightning ×2. Against a Lightning Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 4,868 tournament lists we have read, 413 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

Arceus landed here on 4 November 2009.

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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