Zapdos (Aquapolis H32)

Zapdos
サンダー Thunder

P promotional print
Illus. Hajime Kusajima

Evolution stage

Card name

HP

80

weakness ×2	resistance -30	retreat cost

English expansion	Aquapolis
Rarity
English card no.	H32/H32
Japanese expansion	The Town on No Map
Japanese rarity
Japanese card no.	038/092

English expansion	Aquapolis
Rarity
English card no.	44/147
Japanese expansion	The Town on No Map
Japanese rarity
Japanese card no.	037/092

Japanese expansion	P Promotional cards
Japanese card no.	024/P

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 part of the Aquapolis expansion.

Card text

Anti-Lightning
アンチライトニング

You can't attach Energy cards from your hand to Zapdos.

	Plasma プラズマ	10

If there are any Energy cards in your discard pile, flip a coin. If heads, attach 1 of them to Zapdos.

	Lightning Storm いかづち	60

Flip a coin. If tails, put 2 damage counters on Zapdos.

e-Reader data

This card has three prints. The card ID of the Holofoil Aquapolis print is C-68. The card ID of the Non Holofoil Aquapolis print and the P Promotional print is C-68-#. On the Non Holofoil Aquapolis print and the P Promotional print, the short strip contains Pokédex information and a brief card summary. There is no long strip for this card. The species, height, and weight are present on the Holofoil Aquapolis print.

Pokédex data

Zapdos - Electric Pokémon
No.	Height	Weight
145	5'3" (1.6 m)	116 lbs. (52.6 kg)
Pokédex entry
Legendary bird Pokémon. They say lightning caused by the flapping of its wings causes summer storms.
はばたくたびに　いかづちを　おとし　なつの　あらしを　まきおこす　でんせつの　とりポケモン。

Release information

This card was included as a Holofoil and Non Holofoil card in the Aquapolis expansion with artwork by Hajime Kusajima, first released in the Japanese The Town on No Map expansion. In Japan, this card was reprinted as a P Promotional card with different artwork by the same artist as part of a McDonald's promotion that ran between January 26 and February 24, 2002.

Gallery

Aquapolis print
Illus. Hajime Kusajima

P promotional print
Illus. Hajime Kusajima

Trivia

Origin

This card's e-Reader Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Crystal.

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