Base · #16 · 1999
Market price: The going rate for an ungraded copy of this exact printing, from actual sales data — TCGplayer for USD, Cardmarket for EUR. Updated daily. · Holo: The artwork shines with a foil pattern. A separate printing from the plain card, and in vintage sets often worth many times more.
$47.94
down3% · 29dvia TCGplayer, updated Oct 15, 2026
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Right now Zapdos trades at $47.94 for the Holofoil printing (TCGplayer market price).
That makes it the 10th most valuable of Base's 101 priced cards. (Charizard leads the set at $955.) Since we started tracking it on Feb 8, 2024, it's risen 60.2% — from $29.92 to $47.94. Over the last year it's climbed 29%, from $37.15 to $47.94. The 90-day move: down 10.5%, $53.58 to $47.94. Its highest point since we started tracking (February 2024) was $57.98 in August 2026; its lowest, $29.33 in February 2024. Over the last 30 days it's touched $49.99 at the top and $45.12 at the bottom. That's the Holofoil printing — the same card also trades as the Shadowless 1st Edition Holofoil at $258 and the Shadowless Unlimited Holofoil at $137. On Cardmarket, the European printings of this card go for about €24.11.
By Printing
By printing: Holo: The artwork shines with a foil pattern. A separate printing from the plain card, and in vintage sets often worth many times more. $47.94 · Shadowless: An early Base Set print run with no drop shadow beside the art frame. Scarcer than Unlimited, and priced on its own. $258 · Shadowless: An early Base Set print run with no drop shadow beside the art frame. Scarcer than Unlimited, and priced on its own. $137
TCGplayer prices each printing on its own — the Holofoil printing is the headline number on this page. Same card, same number — the print run or foil treatment is what changes.
Thunder60
Cost: Lightning, Lightning, Lightning, Colorless
Flip a coin. If tails, Zapdos does 30 damage to itself.
Thunderbolt100
Cost: Lightning, Lightning, Lightning, Lightning
Discard all Energy cards attached to Zapdos in order to use this attack.
“A legendary bird Pokémon said to appear from clouds while wielding enormous lightning bolts.”
About $47.94 for an ungraded copy. That's the TCGplayer market price for the Holofoil printing, updated Oct 15, 2026. Graded copies in great shape usually sell for more. What grading means →
Down about 11% over the last 3 months — from $53.58 to $47.94 (TCGplayer market price). Zoom out a whole year and it's up 29%. Prices move a little every day, so the chart on this page has the freshest line.
The highest market price we've logged is $57.98 — that was August 2026. We've been writing this card's price down since February 2024, so that's the record on our watch, not an all-time record.
The European printings list around €24.11 on Cardmarket — they share one price there, because Cardmarket prices the physical card across languages. This English print trades at $47.94 on TCGplayer. Two marketplaces, two currencies — so watch both numbers instead of converting one into the other.
eBay is the easiest place — this page links straight to the live listings for Zapdos (Base #16). Check the photos and the seller's rating first. That's the rule.
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