Pokémon · Black & White
Zapdos
Next Destinies · #41 · Rare Holo · 2012
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$6.14
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Current listings on The Game Traders
No active listings for this card right now.
Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 41 / 103
- Release year
- 2012
- Rarity
- Rare Holo
- HP
- 120
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- Ryo Ueda
- Pokédex #
- 145
- Series
- Black & White
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Bench Damage
- Damage efficiency
- 50 damage
- 12.5 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Also does
Strategy & play
How 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 (Thundering Hurricane) needs 4 Energy — a turn-4 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.
How to beat 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
- 1.08 copies on average · 13 decks
Plays well with
Cards most often run alongside this one in tournament decks over the last 180 days — ranked by how distinctive the pairing is.
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by Ryo Ueda
This card was illustrated by Ryo Ueda.
Building around Zapdos?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"A legendary Pokémon that is said to live in thunderclouds. It freely controls lightning bolts."
LCCRandom Spark
This attack does 50 damage to 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
LCCCThundering Hurricane — 50×
Flip 4 coins. This attack does 50 damage times the number of heads.
Weakness:L×2
Resistance:F-20
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Zapdos or Next Destinies.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Zapdos was legal.
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 2026/06/30| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $2.65 | $4.57 | $185.93 | $6.14 | $185.93 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $3.49 | $7.75 | $91.88 | $6.30 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/03/11| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.90 |
| 7-day average | €5.07 |
| 30-day average | €2.84 |
| Low | €0.20 |
| Trend price | €4.35 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.90 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.72 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €4.85 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €2.91 |
| reverseHoloSell | €3.49 |
| averageSellPrice | €4.47 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €3.03 |
| Reverse holo trend | €3.24 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Zapdos is real?
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 Zapdos worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Zapdos is $6.14; 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 Zapdos from?
Zapdos is from the Pokémon set "Next Destinies" in the Black & White series, released in 2012.
What rarity is Zapdos?
Zapdos is a Rare Holo card in the Next Destinies set.
Other Zapdos printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
