Zapdos #16/102Base Set · Rare Holo
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Price history
First price recorded 2026-09-24. The price chart appears once we have at least two daily updates.
Card details
- Type
- Lightning
- HP
- 90
- Class
- Pokémon · Basic
- Rarity
- Rare Holo
- Card number
- 16/102
- Artist
- Ken Sugimori
- Resistance
- Fighting -30
- Retreat cost
- 3 Colorless
Card data from the community PokéAPI catalog (pokemontcg.io).
Attacks & rules
Flip a coin. If tails, Zapdos does 30 damage to itself.
Discard all Energy cards attached to Zapdos in order to use this attack.
Frequently asked questions
How much is Zapdos from Base Set worth?
Zapdos #16/102 is $9.30 in our price book as of 2026-09-24, from the daily TCGplayer listing sample. The card is a Rare Holo Basic Lightning with 90 HP, illustrated by Ken Sugimori.
Is Base Set Zapdos a good investment?
We do not make investment calls, and this page does not promise returns. What the data supports: Zapdos is a Rare Holo from the first Pokemon set, tracked at $9.30, and among the Base Set cards we cover its price sits between Poliwrath ($5.50) and Raichu ($19.00). We record this price daily since 2026-09-24, so there is no trend history in our book to judge it on yet.
Why is Zapdos worth more than most Base Set cards we track?
The Rare Holo tier drives it: in our snapshot, seven of the ten Base Set cards we track price below $9.30, and six of those seven are Uncommons or Basic Energy cards. Zapdos is also a Basic, so unlike Stage 2s such as Venusaur it needs no evolution line. Its flavor text logs it as a legendary bird Pokemon.
Is the Zapdos price going up?
Our record cannot answer that. We started recording this price daily on 2026-09-24 at $9.30, which leaves no earlier point to compare against, so we report no direction and no percent change. The history adds one listing-sample point per day.