Pokémon · Sword & Shield
Zapdos
Vivid Voltage · #48 · Rare Holo · 2020
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$0.48
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 48 / 203
- Release year
- 2020
- Rarity
- Rare Holo
- HP
- 110
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Regulation mark
- D
- Illustrator
- AKIRA EGAWA
- Pokédex #
- 145
- Series
- Sword & Shield
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Bench Damage
- Damage efficiency
- 20 damage
- 20 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.
- Needs Lightning Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Lightning type, weak to Lightning ×2 — a Lightning attacker doing ≥55 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 — ≥55 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 1.07 copies on average · 14 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.
More by AKIRA EGAWA
This card was illustrated by AKIRA EGAWA.
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."
CDrill Peck — 20
LLCThunder Snipe
Discard all Energy from this Pokémon, and this attack does 160 damage to 1 of your opponent's Pokémon V or Pokémon-GX. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
Weakness:L×2
Resistance:F-30
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
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 2026/07/16| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $0.09 | $0.48 | $999.99 | $0.48 | $0.59 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.17 | $0.82 | $19.98 | $0.78 | $0.94 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/19| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.30 |
| 7-day average | €0.91 |
| 30-day average | €0.86 |
| Low | €0.05 |
| Trend price | €1.11 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.05 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.10 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €1.50 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.60 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.55 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.69 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.63 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.49 |
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 $0.48; 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 "Vivid Voltage" in the Sword & Shield series, released in 2020.
What rarity is Zapdos?
Zapdos is a Rare Holo card in the Vivid Voltage set.
Other Zapdos printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
