Zapdos ex (Nintendo Promo 33)

Zapdos ex サンダー ex Thunder ex

Illus. K. Hoshiba

Evolution stage Basic Pokémon Card name Zapdos ex Type Lightning HP 100 weakness ×2 resistance None retreat cost English expansion Nintendo Black Star Promos English card no. 033 Japanese expansion PLAY Promotional cards Japanese card no. 011/PLAY For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Zapdos.

Zapdos ex (Japanese: サンダー ex Thunder ex) is a Lightning-type Basic Pokémon-ex card. It is one of the Nintendo Black Star Promos.

Card text

This Pokémon is both type If this Baby Pokémon is your Active Pokémon and your opponent tries to attack, your opponent flips a coin (before doing anything else required in order to use that attack). If tails, your opponent's turn ends without an attack. If this Baby Pokémon is your Active Pokémon and your opponent tries to attack, your opponent flips a coin (before doing anything else required in order to use that attack). If tails, your opponent's turn ends without an attack. You may play a Pokémon card that evolves from Mysterious Fossil on top of Buried Fossil. (This counts as evolving Buried Fossil.) Buried Fossil can't be affected by Special Conditions. You may have up to 4 Basic Pokémon cards in your deck with Unown in their names. You may have as many of this card in your deck as you like. When Pokémon-ex has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards. Put this card onto your Active Missingno.. Missingno. LV. X can use any attack, Poké-Power, or Poké-Body from its previous Level. Put this card from your hand onto your Bench only with the other half of Missingno. . Put this card from your hand onto your Bench only with the other half of Missingno. & Missingno. . When this Pokémon has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards. Attach this card to 1 of your Pokémon in play. That Pokémon may use this card's attack instead of its own. At the end of your turn, discard this card. Attach this card to 1 of your Pokémon in play. That Pokémon may use this card's attack instead of its own. You may attach this as an Energy card from your hand to 1 of your Pokémon. While attached, this card is a Special Energy card and provides Energy. You may attach this as an Energy card from your hand to 1 of your Pokémon that already has an Energy card attached to it. When you attach this card, return an Energy card attached to that Pokémon to your hand. While attached, this card is a Special Energy card and provides every type of Energy but 2 Energy at a time. (Has no effect other than providing Energy.) You can't have more than 1 Pokémon in your deck. You can't have more than 1 Shining Missingno. in your deck. This card can't evolve into Pikachu. If this Baby Pokémon is your Active Pokémon and your opponent tries to attack, your opponent flips a coin (before doing anything else required in order to use that attack). If tails, your opponent's turn ends without an attack. When a Pokémon-EX has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards. Team Plasma When 1 of your Pokémon becomes a Mega Evolution Pokémon, your turn ends.

Synchronized Lift シンクロフロート

As long as you have Articuno ex and Moltres ex in play, the Retreat Cost for Zapdos ex is 0.

Thunder Gift エレクトロギフト 10

You may move a Energy card attached to Zapdos ex to 1 of your Pokémon.

Lightning Wing でんげきのつばさ 60

Does 10 damage to 1 of your Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)

Release information

This card was released as one of the English Nintendo Black Star Promos, first originating as one of the Japanese PLAY Promotional cards. The English print was included in the Template:Merch. In Japan, it was included in a Player's Club Starter Kit for new players who subscribed for a Player's Club membership in 2004.

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.