Roaring Skies

Zapdos

ROSFR23· Rare
Zapdos ROS 23

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
2
Weakness
×2
Resistance
-20
Number
23/108
Set
Roaring SkiesROS
Illustrated by
Hitoshi Ariga

Its attacks

Drill PeckBec Vrille

20

Raging ThunderTonnerre Déchaîné

120

This attack does 40 damage to 1 of your Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)Cette attaque inflige 40 dégâts à l'un de vos Pokémon de Banc. (N'appliquez ni la Faiblesse ni la Résistance aux Pokémon de Banc.)

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 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.

  3. 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

Roaring Skies landed here on 6 May 2015.

Every set, with both of its dates

The other cards of this Pokémon

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