Zapdos (Wizards Promo 23)

Zapdos LV.30
サンダー Thunder
Lightning
ZapdosWizardsPromo23.png
Wizards Black Star Promo print
Illus. Naoyo Kimura
Evolution stage Basic Pokémon
Card name Zapdos
Type Lightning
HP 70
weakness
None
resistance
Fighting-30
retreat cost
 
Japanese expansion Unnumbered Promotional cards
English expansion Wizards Black Star Promos
English card no. 23
Japanese expansion Pokémon Web
Japanese rarity Rare Holo
Japanese card no. 046/048
English expansion Supreme Victors
Rarity Rare Secret
English card no. 150/147
Japanese expansion Beat of the Frontier
Japanese rarity SuperRare Holo
Japanese card no. 100/100
For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Zapdos.

Zapdos (Japanese: サンダー Thunder) is a Lightning-type Basic Pokémon card. It was first released as one of the Wizards Black Star Promos.

Card text

Wizards Black Star Promo print

    Lightning Burn [create category]
ライトニングバーン
30
Flip a coin. If heads, and if your opponent has any Benched Pokémon, choose 1 of them. This attack does 30 damage to that Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) If tails, Zapdos does 30 damage to itself.


Pokédex data (Wizards Black Star Promo print)

Zapdos - Electric Pokémon
No. Height Weight
145 5'3" (1.6 m) 116 lbs. (52.6 kg)
Pokédex entry
This legendary Pokémon is said to be present wherever there is a lightning storm.
空が暗くなり、稲妻が連続しておちていくはてに、伝説のポケモンが現れる。


Supreme Victors print

    Lightning Burn [create category]
ライトニングバーン
30
Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 30 damage to 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) If tails, Zapdos does 30 damage to itself.


Pokédex data (Supreme Victors print)

Zapdos - Electric Pokémon
No. Height Weight
145 5'03" (1.6 m) 116.0 lbs. (52.6 kg)
Pokédex entry
This legendary Pokémon is said to be present wherever there is a lightning storm.
そらが くらくなり、 いなずまが れんぞくして おちていく はてに、 でんせつの ポケモンが あらわれる。


Release information

In Japan, this card was first released as an Unnumbered Promotional card with artwork by Toshinao Aoki and was distributed by All Nippon Airlines between August 1 and September 30, 1999. Passengers flying in conjunction with the "Everyone's Happy Campaign" could redeem two domestic boarding pass stubs for a two-card set that included Zapdos and Moltres. Stubs were required to be affixed to special postcards and mailed to Media Factory. The postcards could be obtained from airport counters or from the ANA branch office. The English version was one of the Wizards Black Star Promos given away in the first few weeks of the theatrical release of The Power of One, with then English-exclusive artwork by Naoyo Kimura. This artwork was used on a Japanese reprint released in Pokémon Web. The original Japanese artwork was eventually featured on English cards when reprinted in Supreme Victors as a retro card, having previously been released in the Japanese Beat of the Frontier expansion.

Gallery

Wizards Black Star Promo print
Illus. Naoyo Kimura
Unnumbered Promotional print
Illus. Toshinao Aoki
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Pokémon Web print
Illus. Naoyo Kimura
Supreme Victors print
Illus. Toshinao Aoki
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori


Trivia

  • The initial print of the Wizards promo erroneously credited Toshinao Aoki as the illustrator, who illustrated the Japanese promo. Wizards rectified the error, with subsequent prints correctly crediting Naoyo Kimura as the illustrator. However, the change was brought about close to or after the release of the film, so it is likely to assume fewer people received the correct version later into the campaign compared to those who received the misprint earlier.
  • The artwork used on the Japanese Unnumbered Promotional print and the Supreme Victors print is part of a combined illustration that includes Articuno and Moltres.

Origin

This card's Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Yellow, though it is reworded.


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