Zapdos

Wizards Black Star Promos · #23/53 · Promo

Type

Lightning

Supertype

Pokémon

Artist

Toshinao Aoki

Basic

Market Prices

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Updated: 9/5/2026

normal

Low

$11.50

Mid

$21.31

High

$9999.00

Market

$22.00

Live listings

Sample data

Low ask: $204.21 · 7 active · refreshed just now

Market Signals

Updated 44 days ago

Raw NM

$16.26

TCGPlayer market

PSA 10

$152.20

9.4× raw

CGC 10

$55.00

TAG 10

$250.00

PSA Population

5,688 total

3,140 at 10

Gem rate 55.2%

CGC Population

2,636 total

1,215 at 10

Gem rate 46.1%

BGS Population

1 total

1 at 10

Gem rate 100.0% low sample (n=1)

CGC full grade distribution

CGC · 0d

CGC 3

CGC 3.5

CGC 4

CGC 4.5

CGC 5

CGC 5.5

CGC 6

CGC 6.5

CGC 7

CGC 7.5

109

CGC 8

196

CGC 8.5

281

CGC 9

547

CGC 9.5

CGC 10

877

CGC 10 Pristine

322

CGC 10 Perfect

CGC Auth

10 = Gem Mint 10. Real counts from CGC; grades with no copies are omitted.

Beckett (BGS) full grade distribution

BGS · 0d

BGS 10

10 = BGS 10, 10 Black = Black Label. Real counts from Beckett; grades with no copies are omitted.

Per-grade ladder

real prices · 44 days ago

White = real market price. Blue = estimate (no real sale for that grade) — hover for how it was derived.

PSA

PSA 2

$10.00

PSA 3

$11.00

PSA 4

$13.00

PSA 5

$15.00

PSA 6

$18.59

PSA 7

$20.00

PSA 8

$27.01

PSA 9

$60.00

PSA 9.5

$66.00

PSA 10

$152.20

CGC

CGC 2

$3.61

est.

CGC 3

$3.98

est.

CGC 4

$4.70

est.

CGC 5

$5.42

est.

CGC 6

$6.72

est.

CGC 7

$7.23

est.

CGC 8

$9.76

est.

CGC 9

$21.68

est.

CGC 9.5

$23.85

est.

CGC 10

$55.00

CGC 10 Pristine

$104.74

BGS

BGS 2

$13.01

est.

BGS 3

$14.31

est.

BGS 4

$16.91

est.

BGS 5

$19.51

est.

BGS 6

$24.18

est.

BGS 7

$26.02

est.

BGS 8

$35.14

est.

BGS 9

$78.06

est.

BGS 9.5

$85.86

est.

BGS 10

$198.00

BGS 10 Black

$990.00

TAG · prices estimated; real TAG counts are in the distribution above

TAG 2

$16.43

est.

TAG 3

$18.07

est.

TAG 4

$21.35

est.

TAG 5

$24.64

est.

TAG 6

$30.54

est.

TAG 7

$32.85

est.

TAG 8

$44.37

est.

TAG 9

$98.55

est.

TAG 9.5

$108.41

est.

TAG 10

$250.00

Real prices from PriceCharting's per-grade table — its generic “Grade N” reflects PSA-graded sales. CGC / BGS / TAG sub-10 grades are estimated from this card's real PSA price at that grade × that grader's 10-to-PSA-10 ratio (this card's own real pair when available, else a ratio calibrated from real catalog cards in the same era and rarity). Grades with no real anchor and low-confidence estimates are omitted — a blank beats a bad number.

PSA 10 looks cheap

-52%

This card's PSA 10 sells at 9.4× raw. Typical for Promo in Vintage (pre-2003) is 19.6× (across 44 indexed cards).

Grading ROI (PSA)

Value · $25.99

Realistic

$49.05

using gem rate

If it 10s

$109.95

upside cap

Break-even

19%

gem rate needed

Grading ROI (CGC)

Economy · $18

Realistic

$-0.14

using gem rate

If it 10s

$20.74

upside cap

Break-even

46%

gem rate needed

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Discovery Scores

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Gem difficulty

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Grade ROI

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Price History

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Card details — attacks, stats, Pokédex, evolution

Attacks

LLL

Lightning Burn

Flip a coin. If heads, and if your opponent has any Benched Pokémon, choose 1 of them. This attack does 30 damage to that Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) If tails, Zapdos does 30 damage to itself.

Weakness

None

Resistance

Fighting -30

Retreat Cost

Pokédex Data

National Dex #

#145

Species

Electric Pokémon

Types

electricflying

Height

1.6m

Weight

52.6kg

"A legendary bird POKéMON that is said to appear from clouds while dropping enormous lightning bolts."