Every Zapdos card

The short version

Zapdos has eight printings in Pokémon TCG Pocket, across five expansions — the earliest in Genetic Apex and the most recent in Fantastical Parade. It is a Basic Lightning-type Pokémon printed at between 100 and 130 HP, weak to Lightning, with a retreat cost of 1. They run to six rarities — two Rares, two Double Rares, one Super Rare, one Special Art Rare, one Shiny and one Shiny Super Rare. The hardest to pull is the Shiny Super Rare from Eevee Grove, at about 1 in 240 packs, or 1,350 Pack Points to buy outright. Nine hunts in ten end inside 551 packs, which is about 9 months at the two free packs a day the game gives you. The printings come out of five different packs. The most recent is Zapdos #051, from an expansion that shipped in January 2026. That printing attacks with Heavy Thunder. The card’s own words: “Zapdos is a legendary bird Pokémon. It’s said that when Zapdos rubs its feathers together, lightning will fall immediately after.” It has been drawn by six artists, PLANETA CG Works more than anyone else with two cards.