Rocket's Zapdos ex (EX Team Rocket Returns 106)

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Rocket's Zapdos ex
R団のサンダー ex Rocket's Thunder ex
Darkness
RocketZapdosexEXTeamRocketReturns106.jpg
Illus. Ryo Ueda
Evolution stage Basic Pokémon
Card name Rocket's Zapdos ex
Type Darkness
HP 100
weakness
Lightning×2
resistance
None
retreat cost
 
English expansion EX Team Rocket Returns
Rarity Rare Holo ex
English card no. 106/109
Japanese expansion Rocket Gang Strikes Back
Japanese rarity Rare Holo ex
Japanese card no. 063/084
For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Zapdos.

Rocket's Zapdos ex (Japanese: R団のサンダー ex Rocket's Thunder ex) is a Darkness-type Basic Pokémon-ex card. It is part of the EX Team Rocket Returns expansion.

Card text

145
When Pokémon-ex has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.
Poké-BODY
Darkness Guard
ダークガード
 
As long as Rocket's Zapdos ex has any Darkness Energy attached to it, damage done to Rocket's Zapdos ex by an opponent's attack is reduced by 10 (after applying Weakness and Resistance).
Colorless Plasma
プラズマ
10
Search your discard pile for a Lightning Energy card and attach it to Rocket's Zapdos ex.
LightningLightningColorless Raging Thunder
らくらい
60
This attack does 30 damage to 1 of your Pokémon.


Trivia

If this card were to follow the normal TCG type rules, its type would be either Lightning or Colorless.

Origin

Team Rocket captures a Zapdos in the Pokémon Adventures manga. Plasma is an attack that first appeared on Rocket's Zapdos from Gym Challenge. Raging Thunder is an attack that first appeared on Zapdos from Expansion Sheet 2.


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