Zapdos (Promotional Card P10)

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Zapdos LV.68
フリーザー Thunder
Lightning
ZapdosGB1.jpg
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Evolution stage Basic Pokémon
Card name Zapdos
Type Lightning
HP 100
weakness
None
resistance
Fighting-30
retreat cost
  
TCG GB1 set Promotional Card
TCG GB1 ID P10
TCG GB2 set Promotional
TCG GB2 ID P18
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 is a card made exclusively for the Template:Card GB for the Game Boy Color.

Card text

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Pokémon Power:
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Peal of Thunder
カミングサンダー
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When you put Zapdos into play during your turn (not during set-up), do 30 damage to a Pokémon other than Zapdos chosen at random. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance.)


LightningLightningLightning
Big Thunder
ビッグサンダー
Choose a Pokémon other than Zapdos at random. This attack does 70 damage to that Pokémon. Don't apply Weakness or Resistance for this attack. (Any other effects that would happen after applying Weakness and Resistance still happen.)


Pokédex data

Lightning
Lightning
Zapdos - Electric Pokémon
No. Height Weight
145 5'3" (1.6 m) 116 lbs. (52.6 kg)
Pokédex entry
This legendary bird Pokémon is said to appear when the sky turns dark and lightning showers down.
雲の上から巨大な稲妻を落としながら現れる、伝説の鳥ポケモンである。


Release information

This card was made exclusively for the Template:Card GB for the Game Boy Color and was never printed as an actual card in any language.

Trivia

  • This card displays a 'GB' symbol in place of the Expansion symbol, indicating it was created exclusively for the Game Boy.
  • This is one of the four Legendary Cards, which are central to the plot of Template:Card GB, and its sequel Template:Card GB 2.
  • This card uses the same stock Sugimori art of Zapdos that was previously used on the promotional phone card print of Zapdos.

Origin

The card's English Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Yellow, wheras the Japanese entry comes from Pokémon Red and Blue.


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