# Zapdos #29/83 — Generations

## Summary

Zapdos is the Kanto bird that fans of Red and Blue never stop asking for, and Generations was a nostalgia set built to honor exactly that crowd. As an Ultra Rare in a celebration release, it sat near the top of the pull ladder, which is where collector demand tends to hold. The modelled guide sits at $54 with 85 copies traded in 30 days, and the tape reads as a floor forming near the lows; the slab is the real edge, with PSA 10s at $13,600 and a 5% observed gem rate putting about $500 of expected profit per submission.

## Identity

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Set | Generations |
| Number | 29/83 |
| Rarity | Ultra Rare |
| Era | XY |
| Illustrator | Ryo Ueda |
| Release date | 2016-02-22 |
| Image | Unavailable |

## Card details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Card type | POKEMON |
| Stage | Basic |
| HP | 120 |
| Types | Lightning |
| Attack: Drill Peck | cost Lightning — damage 20 |
| Attack: Raging Thunder | cost Lightning/Lightning/Colorless — damage 120 — This attack does 40 damage to 1 of your Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) |
| Weakness | Lightning ×2 |
| Resistance | Fighting -20 |
| Retreat | 2 |
| Legal | Standard no · Expanded yes |
| Pokédex entry | [Zapdos #145](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/pokedex/zapdos) |
| Finishes | Holo |
| Languages | EN |

## Current stats

- Headline price: **$53.52** (ITEM_MEDIAN; modelled guide price) — as of 2026-11-07
- Headline basis: MODELLED_GUIDE — The venue’s published daily market guide, which the venue itself declares MODELLED. Nothing is confirmed to have traded at it, no copy is listed at it, and it is not our estimate — it is theirs.
- 24h change: n/a · 7d change: n/a — as of 2026-11-07
- Floor delivered ask: $47.77 — as of 2026-11-03T16:12:03.300Z
- Quant score: 62/100, regime FLOOR_FORMING — as of 2026-11-03T16:12:03.300Z — 6 of 11 inputs · 53% weight · -24% confidence

## Provenance

- Catalog — observed 2016-02-22T00:00:00Z, confidence 98%
- Live ask — observed 2026-11-03T16:09:51.417Z, confidence 90%
- Guide price (modelled) — observed 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z, confidence 90%
- Price statistic — observed 2026-11-03T06:51:24.471Z, confidence 90%
- Confirmed sale — observed 2026-09-21T03:20:41.093Z, confidence 85%
- Inventory count — observed 2026-11-03T06:51:24.468Z, confidence 70%
- Population census — observed 2026-11-03T22:49:40.236Z, confidence 60%

## Links

- [View on Cardboard Alpha](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/generations/zapdos-29)
- [JSON snapshot](https://cardboardalpha.com/api/terminal/raw~tcgdex%3Ag1-29%3AEN%3AHOLO~NM)