Zapdos
Sold price movement
- 12 months ago
- $17.50£13.17€15.41
- Today
- $22.22£16.72€19.57
- Change
- +$4.72+£3.55+€4.16 (+27.0%)
Market activity
| Price type | Pop share | PopulationPop | Sold 90d | Median | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raw | – | 449 | $21.50£16.18€18.93 | $22.22£16.72€19.57 | |
| PSA 1 | 172 | 6 | $81£60.96€71.33 | $81£60.96€71.33 | |
| PSA 2 | 141 | 1 | – | $40£30.11€35.23 | |
| PSA 3 | 289 | – | – | $23.75£17.88€20.92 | |
| PSA 4 | 768 | 17 | $32£24.08€28.18 | $32£24.08€28.18 | |
| PSA 5 | 1,869 | 17 | $34.99£26.34€30.81 | $35.55£26.76€31.31 | |
| PSA 6 | 2,510 | 28 | $44.50£33.49€39.19 | $45£33.87€39.63 | |
| PSA 7 | 3,088 | 43 | $69.99£52.68€61.64 | $66.50£50.05€58.56 | |
| PSA 8 | 4,641 | 62 | $110.25£82.98€97.09 | $106.32£80.02€93.63 | |
| PSA 9 | 4,150 | 45 | $200£150.53€176.13 | $178.75£134.54€157.42 | |
| CGC/BGS 9.5 | – | – | – | $197£148.27€173.49 | |
| PSA 10 | 685 | 7 | $1,855£1,396€1,634 | $1,890£1,423€1,664 |
About these prices
3.7% of copies sent to PSA come back a 10. Sold and median are 90 days of PSA sales. The 9.5 is a CGC and BGS grade, so it carries no PSA population. A PSA 1 selling above a PSA 2 is the market, not a slip: the cheapest slabbed copy of a card people want is its own thing to want.
Priced from 5,714 completed sales, updated Sep 30, 2026.
Price history
Recent sales
5,714 completed listings on Fanatics Collect, eBay, Goldin AuctionsZapdos 16/102 - Base Set - Holo Foil - Vintage Pokemon TCG 1999 - Near Mint 016/102$35£26.34€30.82Wizards of the Coast Pokemon TCG Base Set Zapdos 16/102 Holo Rare Unlimited GER 016/102$22£16.56€19.37Pokemon TCG Zapdos 016/102 Base Set Holo Rare Unlimited HP 90 English 1999 016/102$14.50£10.91€12.77Show 288 more, the newest 300 of 5,714
Zapdos 16/102 Holo Rare Base Set Unlimited Pokemon Heavily Played 16/102$13.02£9.80€11.471999 POKEMON BASE SET UNLIMITED 16/102 ZAPDOS HOLO HEAVILY PLAYED 16/102$13£9.78€11.45Zapdos 16/102 Base Set Holo Rare English Pokemon 1999 Wizards of the Coast 16/102$50£37.63€44.03Wizards of the Coast Pokemon TCG Zapdos Base Set Holo Rare 16/102 016/102$44.99£33.86€39.62Pokemon TCG Zapdos 16/102 Base Set Holo Rare Unlimited 1999 90HP 16/102$25£18.82€22.02Pokémon TCG Base Set Zapdos 16/102 Holo English 1999 90HP WOTC 016/102$20£15.05€17.61POKEMON! Zapdos - Base Set Unlimited Edition - 16/102 Holo Rare - NM 016/102$20£15.05€17.61Zapdos 16/102 Holo Base Set Unlimited Pokemon Moderately Played 16/102$9.26£6.97€8.15Pokemon TCG Zapdos 16/102 Base Set Holo Rare Unlimited 90 HP EN 1999 016/102$22£16.56€19.37Pokemon TCG - Zapdos 16/102 Base Set Holo Rare WOTC - HP (16) 16/102$11.99£9.02€10.56Zapdos Base Set 16/102 Holo WOTC Vintage Pokémon TCG card HEAVILY PLAYED 016/102$10£7.53€8.8191999 WOTC POKEMON BASE SET ZAPDOS 16/102 RARE HOLO FOIL CGC 9 MINT 16/102$179.99£135.47€158.518Pokémon Game TCG 1999 Zapdos Base Set Holo Unlimited Rare 16/102 PSA 8 16/102$114.99£86.55€101.277Pokemon Card - PSA 7 Zapdos 16/102 - Base Set Holo Unlimited - NM 016/102$89.26£67.18€78.61
7ZAPDOS Holo #20 PSA 7 • 2000 Pokemon Base Set II 20/130 Near Mint 020/130$50£37.63€44.038Pokémon TCG 1999 Zapdos Base Set Holo Unlimited Rare 16/102 PSA 8 NO RESERVE 16/102$110£82.79€96.878Pokemon - CGC 8.5 - Zapdos - 16/102 - Base Set - Unlimited - Holo 16/102$99.99£75.26€88.0671999 POKEMON BASE SET UNLIMITED #16 ZAPDOS-HOLO PSA 7 NEWLY GRADED / FRESH SLAB$67£50.43€598The Pokémon Company Zapdos Base Set 1999 Unlimited Holo 016/102 CGC 8.5 90HP 016/102$80£60.21€70.458Pokémon Game TCG 1999 Zapdos Base Set Holo Unlimited Rare 16/102 PSA 8 16/102$115.50£86.93€101.729Pokemon Base Set Zapdos 016/102 Holo Rare English PSA 9, 1999 016/102$143.50£108€126.389Pokemon Cards PSA 9 MINT Zapdos Holo Base Set Unlimited WotC 1999 16/102$232.80£175.22€205.0281999 Pokemon Base Set Unlimited Zapdos Holo Rare 16 TCG Card PSA 8 NM-MT$120£90.32€105.689Zapdos 16/102 - CGC Mint 9 - Base Set Unlimited - Pokemon TCG 1999 Vintage WoTC 16/102$78.77£59.29€69.378Zapdos Base set 1999 HOLO #16 / 102 PSA 8 English Pokemon TCG Perfect Centering #16$100£75.26€88.07More from Base Set
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PSA has graded 19,387 copies. Where they landed:
Why the verdict weights the odds
Only 3.6% of copies reach a 10, which is why the top price is the wrong number to plan around. Weighting each grade’s PSA price by these odds, a submission is worth $152.55£114.81€134.34 on average against $191.22£143.92€168.40 for the card plus $149£112.14€131.22 at Express, the cheapest level PSA will insure it at. That loses $38.67£29.11€34.06, so a copy is worth more raw.
What CGC copies sold for
Sold prices from listings that named the grader and the grade, not asking prices, and not a PSA figure converted across. A CGC 9 runs about 0.44x the PSA 9 on the cards where we hold both, but the spread is wide enough that it is only worth quoting where copies actually traded, which is what these are. The count beside each price is how many.
CGC 9 and 9.5 are one row on purpose. A CGC 9.5 sells for 3% more than a 9 across the corpus and is the cheaper of the two on nearly half of cards, so the market is not pricing them apart and splitting them here would invent a distinction. BGS is left split because there the same test says a 9.5 really is worth about 30% more.
| Grade | Median sold | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| CGC 9 or 9.5 | $135.74£102.16€119.54 | 24 |
| CGC 8.5 | $75.72£56.99€66.68 | 6 |
Card facts
- Card number
- 016/102
- Rarity
- Holo Rare
- Illustrator
- Ken Sugimori
- Set released
- Jan 9, 1999
- PSA population, all printings
- 19,387
- Printings priced
- 1
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The same card in other sets
Legendary Collection019/110$419.50£315.74€369.44
Base Set (Shadowless)016/102$293.35£220.79€258.34
AquapolisH32/H32$290£218.27€255.39
Rumble8$283.31£213.23€249.50
Supreme Victors150$241.99£182.13€213.11
Fossil15/62$172.40£129.76€151.83
SM PromosSM159$106.37£80.06€93.68
Majestic Dawn14/100$96.79£72.85€85.24What moves the price of this card
The Zapdos on this page is the Holofoil printing from Base Set, and it trades at $46.41£34.93€40.87 in near mint condition. Only one printing of this card was produced, so there is no cheaper version to confuse it with.
Graded, it runs PSA 1 $81£60.96€71.33, PSA 2 $40£30.11€35.23, PSA 3 $23.75£17.88€20.92, PSA 4 $32£24.08€28.18, PSA 5 $35.55£26.76€31.31, PSA 6 $45£33.87€39.63, PSA 7 $66.50£50.05€58.56, PSA 8 $106.32£80.02€93.63, PSA 9 $178.75£134.54€157.42, CGC/BGS 9.5 $197£148.27€173.49, PSA 10 $1,890£1,423€1,664. PSA has graded 19,387 copies of it. 5,714 completed sales are on file.
What is a PSA 10 Zapdos worth?
A PSA 10 Zapdos from Base Set sells for $1,890. 3.7% of the copies PSA has graded came back a 10, so that price is the best case rather than the one a submission should expect.
Is Zapdos from Base Set worth grading?
On the numbers, no. The average submission is worth $156.34 with every grade weighted by how often this card comes back at it, against $22.22 for a raw copy plus $169 to send it through PSA Express, so it loses $34.88.
Condition does most of the work below the surface. A copy with soft corners or a print line off centre trades well under the market price shown here, and a copy clean enough to grade trades well above it, which is why the PSA 10 sits at $1,890£1,423€1,664. Before you value your own copy, look at the corners under a light and check the centring on the back, where most cards give themselves away.
What Zapdos does
Basic · 90 HP · retreat 3
Thunder60Flip a coin. If tails, Zapdos does 30 damage to itself.
Thunderbolt100Discard all Energy cards attached to Zapdos in order to use this attack.
Tournament legal in neither standard nor expanded.