SVP Black Star Promos

Zapdos SVP 157/225

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Zapdos SVP 157

We are not buying this printing at the moment.

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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 SVP 157/225 there. Its illustration is signed Nisota Niso.
Which set does it come from?
It comes from the SVP Black Star Promos set, released here on 31 March 2023.

When it came out

SVP Black Star Promos landed here on 31 March 2023.

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
1
Weakness
×2
Resistance
-30
Regulation mark
H
Number
157/225
Set
SVP Black Star PromosSVPSet guide
Illustrated by
Nisota Niso

Its attacks

Follow-Up BoltÉclair de Relance

20+

This attack does 10 more damage for each damage counter on your opponent's Active Pokémon.Cette attaque inflige 10 dégâts supplémentaires pour chaque marqueur de dégâts sur le Pokémon Actif de votre adversaire.

Drill PeckBec Vrille

80

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

    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.

  2. A strength

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

  3. A strength

    Mark H. It is one of the marks currently accepted in Standard: H, I, and J.

  4. Keep in mind

    None of the 5,427 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 5,427 tournament lists we have read, 441 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Standard format: source checked on September 28, 2026. TCGdex

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

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