Pokémon · Scarlet & Violet
Team Rocket's Zapdos
Destined Rivals · #70 · Rare · 2025
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Market reference
$0.23
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 70 / 244
- Release year
- 2025
- Rarity
- Rare
- HP
- 120
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Regulation mark
- I
- Illustrator
- Nurikabe
- Pokédex #
- 145
- Series
- Scarlet & Violet
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 60 damage
- 20 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Strategy & play
How Team Rocket's Zapdos plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- A Basic — hits the board turn 1 with no evolution tax.
- Its main attack (Wicked Thunder) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Needs Lightning Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Lightning type, weak to Lightning ×2 — a Lightning attacker doing ≥60 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Currently Standard-legal — usable in the main rotating format.
How to beat Team Rocket's Zapdos
- Exploit its Lightning weakness — ≥60 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 1.13 copies on average · 8 decks
More by Nurikabe
This card was illustrated by Nurikabe.
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About this card
"Zapdos is a legendary bird Pokémon. It's said that when Zapdos rubs its feathers together, lightning will fall immediately after."
CCJamming Wing — 30
You may move an Energy from your opponent's Active Pokémon to 1 of their Benched Pokémon.
LCCWicked Thunder — 60+
If this Pokémon has any Team Rocket's Energy attached, this attack does 60 more damage.
Weakness:L×2
Resistance:F-30
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
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Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Team Rocket's Zapdos was legal.
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Tournament play
Decklist data from the past 30 days of competitive Pokémon TCG tournaments (sourced from Limitless TCG).
Recent decks
5
ran Team Rocket's Zapdos
Tournaments scanned
289
past 30 days
Competitive note
Occasional competitive appearance.
1 top-cut deck · best finish 4th
Top decks running Team Rocket's Zapdos
Pricing reference
Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.
TCGPlayer (USD)
Updated 2026/07/10| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $0.01 | $0.23 | $24.00 | $0.23 | $0.10 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.05 | $0.39 | $19.98 | $0.35 | $0.43 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/01/19| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.16 |
| 7-day average | €0.09 |
| 30-day average | €0.11 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.08 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.02 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.25 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.24 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.25 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.13 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.25 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.25 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Team Rocket's Zapdos is real?
Team Rocket's Zapdos is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the back-light test (real cards have a black inner layer that blocks light; counterfeits glow through), the rosette dot pattern on the back under magnification, font weight and kerning on the card name, and the holofoil pattern if applicable. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.
What is Team Rocket's Zapdos worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Team Rocket's Zapdos is $0.23; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.
What set is Team Rocket's Zapdos from?
Team Rocket's Zapdos is from the Pokémon set "Destined Rivals" in the Scarlet & Violet series, released in 2025.
What rarity is Team Rocket's Zapdos?
Team Rocket's Zapdos is a Rare card in the Destined Rivals set.
