Shiny
Card text
Basic
HP70
Lightning Burn 30
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
- —
- Resistance
- -30
- Retreat
This legendary Pokémon is said to be present wherever there is a lightning storm.
Wizards Black Star Promos · Base
Zapdos 23/53
illus. Naoyo Kimura
Prices refresh daily · how these numbers are made
Every printing
2 printingsSpecial printings · 1 — stamps, promo foils, jumbo cards and misprints, not part of a master set
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Aoki error EUnot priced apart USno price
Price history
EU Cardmarket trend · US TCGplayer market, each printing's own. Not priced apart: that market sells it on another printing's listing, so it has no price of its own.
Prices, with receipts
Medium
Medium confidence 53/100
- Last checked 13 weeks ago
- Only Europe has a price for it
- 96 days of price history
- Europe trend €26.50 Cardmarket's trend: what copies sell for across Europe, every language and condition
- US market — TCGplayer's market price: what copies recently sold for in the US
- NL price — One listing you can buy now, the cheapest that qualifies (see how these numbers are made)
Drawing the chart…
Tracking since 4 Aug 2026 (Europe), 4 Aug 2026 (US).
| Statistic | Europe | US |
|---|---|---|
| 30-day high | — | $21.42 |
| 30-day low | — | $21.42 |
| 90-day high | — | $21.93 |
| 90-day low | — | $21.42 |
| Highest since tracking | €26.504 Aug | $21.9324 Sep |
| Lowest since tracking | €26.504 Aug | $20.714 Aug |
| Price checks | 1since 4 Aug | 4since 4 Aug |
Medium confidence 53/100
Good enough to go on: check the notes.
- Last checked 13 weeks ago
- Only Europe has a price for it
- 96 days of price history
1 price check left out as a likely glitch: a jump to double or half the price before, with nothing backing it. How we check
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Every price check as a table
| Day | Europe | US | NL |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Oct 2026 | $21.42 | ||
| 9 Oct 2026 | $21.69 | ||
| 24 Sep 2026 | $21.93 | ||
| 4 Aug 2026 | €26.50 | $20.71 |
What happened around this price
- Europe check of €12.13 set aside as a likely glitch (kept €26.50)
Since price tracking began for this card (4 Aug 2026). Moves are check-to-check changes of 20% or more that the other market backed.
Delivered to you
Estimate · the Netherlands-
EuropeCardmarket trend · €12.13 €13.68 Cheapest delivered
- Card
- €12.13
- Postage, letter
- €1.55
- Delivered to the Netherlands
- €13.68
Cardmarket's average selling price, with postage from Germany, where most sellers are. Above €25.00 Cardmarket requires tracked postage.
Sell here
What you'd get-
Vintedat the Europe trend, €12.13 €12.13 Best payout
- Sells for
- €12.13
- Vinted fees
- −€0.00
- You get
- €12.13
No seller fee. The buyer pays Vinted's fee (5% + €0.70 in NL; called the 'Vinted fee' from 5 Oct 2026) and the postage.
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Cardmarketat the Europe trend, €12.13 €11.52 −€0.61 fees
- Sells for
- €12.13
- Cardmarket fees
- −€0.61
- You get
- €11.52
Private seller: 5% of the item price. The buyer pays the postage Cardmarket sets and you buy the stamp from it.
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eBayat the Europe trend, €12.13 €10.23 −€1.90 fees
- Sells for
- €12.13
- eBay fees
- −€1.90
- You get
- €10.23
Private seller on eBay.nl: 11% of the sale incl. postage + 0.42% regulatory fee + €0.35 an order (€0.05 under €10). eBay.de: free for private sales within Germany (5% abroad). eBay.be wasn't checked: eBay.nl's figures are used.
Estimates for the Netherlands, from postage, VAT, customs and fee figures checked 2026-09-25. Sign in to set your country (Belgium, Germany) and your own figures.
Europe price history
2 pointsCondition-adjusted value (from €12.13 NM)
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