Rocket's Zapdos (Gym Challenge 15)

Rocket's Zapdos LV.34 R団のサンダー Rocket's Thunder

Illus. Shin-ichi Yoshida

Evolution stage Basic Pokémon Card name Rocket's Zapdos Type Lightning HP 70 weakness None resistance -30 retreat cost English expansion Gym Challenge Rarity English card no. 15/132 Japanese expansion Challenge from the Darkness Japanese rarity English expansion Celebrations Rarity English card no. 15/132 Japanese expansion Promo Card Pack 25th Anniversary Edition Japanese card no. 008/025 For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Zapdos.

Rocket's Zapdos (Japanese: R団のサンダー Rocket's Thunder) is a Lightning-type Basic Pokémon card. It was first released as part of the Gym Challenge expansion.

Card text

Plasma プラズマ 20

If there are any Energy cards in your discard pile, attach 1 of them to Rocket's Zapdos.

Electroburn エレクトロバーン 70

Rocket's Zapdos does damage to itself equal to 10 times the number of Energy cards attached to it.

Pokédex data

Zapdos - Electric Pokémon
No.	Height	Weight
145	5'3" (1.6 m)	116 lbs. (52.6 kg)

Release information

This card was included in the Gym Challenge expansion, first released in the Japanese Challenge from the Darkness expansion. It was rereleased in the Celebrations expansion's Classic Collection for the Pokémon 25th Anniversary. This print features the 25th Anniversary logo in the bottom right corner of the artwork and lacks Wizards of the Coast from the copyright information. In Japan, it was reprinted as part of the Promo Card Pack 25th Anniversary Edition with a red and gold "25th" logo in the bottom right corner of the artwork. Both prints are Confetti Holofoil and have etching similar to Full Art cards.

Trivia

Origin

This article is part of Project TCG, a Bulbapedia project that aims to report on every aspect of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.