Zapdos ex 116 — what does this card actually do?

Name: Zapdos ex 116
Brand: Pokémon
Author: Ryo Ueda

This card has 110 HP, a top attack printed at 50 damage and a Lightning weakness.

Lightning · Basic ex · FireRed & LeafGreen · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026

What does Zapdos ex 116 do in a game?

Zapdos ex 116 is a Lightning Pokémon card with 110 HP, printed as Basic ex.

Its strongest attack, Electron Crush, is printed at 50 damage for 3 Energy — 17 damage per Energy card.

Because of the Lightning weakness, any Lightning attack printed at 55 damage or more removes it in a single turn.

Lightning Basic ex Rare Secret Unlimited #145 Zapdos

Zapdos ex 116FireRed & LeafGreen

110 HP · Lightning · Basic ex · retreat 2 · Lightning weakness ×2

Top printed damage5017 per Energy Electron Crush50 damage for 3 Energy
as of July 28, 2026

Hit points110 HP33.1% of 17,290 in the 80~120 band

Printed damage5022.0% of 16,246 in the 40~60 band

Retreat cost2 Energy28.6% of 17,240 in the 2 band

Energy efficiencyBelow typicalAboveTypicalBelowThis card 17 · typical 34.7
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 3

Price trackRare SecretFireRed & LeafGreen51 printsranked among ex cardsWhat it costs today, how it moved, and where to buy it

Card classBasic ex

RarityRare Secret

SetFireRed & LeafGreen

Card number116

AbilityLegendary Ascent

Card data readJuly 28, 2026

What it sells for now$269.97Opens the price page — daily prices, every print variant, where to buy · read August 14, 2026 Removed in one hit by55 damage110 HP against a Lightning ×2 weakness Turns of setup3 turnsEnergy attaches once a turn, so the top attack waits that long Cards that can do it639 cardsCounted across the whole card archive Other prints of this name51 printsPrinted HP and legality move from print to print Cards in the same line45 moreEvery print carrying Pokédex #145 Where it can be playedUnlimitedRead from the official format list

How Zapdos ex 116 is built, on five measures

Strongest on Hit points — top 38.4% of the archive. Weakest on Attack cost lightness — bottom 17.4%.

Each spoke is this card's place among every card in the archive that prints that figure. Further out is stronger — retreat and attack cost are shown as lightness, so a cheap card reaches outward. Counted July 28, 2026.

How Zapdos ex 116 is built, on five measures
Measure	Percentile	Printed value
Hit points	61.6%	110 HP
Top printed damage	49.6%	50 damage
Energy efficiency	41.4%	17 per Energy
Retreat lightness	45.3%	2 Energy
Attack cost lightness	17.4%	3 Energy

What it can do

Attack record

3EElectron Crush17 damage per Energy card · has printed text50damage

1 attack printed on the card. The badge is the Energy it asks for.

Where it stands

No. 5,859of 17,290 cards ranked by printed HP

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Among the 17,290 cards in every card in the archive that carry printed HP, this one is number 5,859 at 110 HP.

Lightning cardsNo. 497of 1,520 by printed HP ex cardsNo. 858of 942 by printed HP

This cardZapdos ex 116FireRed & LeafGreen110 HP

Printed HP

The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 270 HP above this card.

Highest printed HPMega Emboar ex 273Ascended Heroes380 HP

What stands out on Zapdos ex 116

Hit points 110 HP puts it in the 80~120 band, where 33.1% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
Energy It returns 17 damage per Energy card against 34.7 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 3.
Weakness A Lightning attack printed at 55 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Legality 6 of the 47 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.

Zapdos ex 116 at a glance

What it is. A Lightning Pokémon card with 110 HP printed as Basic ex, printed in FireRed & LeafGreen.
What it can do. 1 attack printed on the card, the strongest at 50 damage for 3 Energy.
What it fears. A Lightning weakness at ×2, which means 55 printed damage is enough to remove it.
What it costs to move. 2 Energy to retreat, discarded from the card itself.
Where it can be played. Unlimited only.
What this page does not claim. Deck lists, tournament results and win rates are not published here, because the card files this site reads do not contain them.

Source: Card facts are read once from openly published card files and change only when a source corrects them.

What do the attacks on Zapdos ex 116 cost, and what do they hit for?

The card prints 1 attack. The strongest asks for 3 Energy and returns 50 damage, which is 17 damage for every Energy card attached.

Zapdos ex 116 — every printed attack, its cost and its damage
Attack	Energy cost	Cards of Energy	Printed damage	Damage per Energy	Effect
Electron Crush	2 Lightning + 1 Colorless	3	50+	17	You may discard an Energy card attached to Zapdos ex. If you do, this attack does 50 damage plus 20 more damage.

Retreating costs a further 2 Energy, discarded from this card, and that cost is paid on top of anything in the table.

Electron Crush3 Energy cards

The Energy this attack asks a deck to attach before it can be used, drawn as the symbols printed on the card.

One Energy card attaches per turn, so the number of symbols is also the number of turns the attack waits.

Electron Crush 3 Energy50 damage for 3 Energy — 17 per Energy card50

Bars are printed damage against this card's own highest attack (50).

Why one of these damage figures carries a symbol

A number on a Pokémon card is not always the number that lands.

Electron Crush is printed as 50+, so the printed number is a floor — the attack deals at least that much, and the sentence beside it says what adds to it.

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How does Zapdos ex 116 compare with every other card?

Each bar below is the whole archive cut by one printed figure, with the band this card falls into marked. A number on its own says nothing about whether it is high or low — the shape of the archive does.

Zapdos ex 116 — FireRed & LeafGreen — Zapdos exFireRed & LeafGreen 116

No.5,859by HP in the archive

Zapdos ex 116 prints 110 HP, which puts it at number 5,859 of the 17,290 cards in this archive that print an HP figure at all. The tallest figure printed on any card is 380 HP (Mega Emboar ex).

50% on printed damage — it out-hits that share of the 16,246 cards that print damage

Top 34%Where it sits on printed HP

This card110 HP
Middle half of the archive60–130 HP
Strongest ex card380 HP
Strongest Zapdos ex printed200 HP

The ceiling of this archive is Mega Emboar ex at 380 HP — every bar here is measured against it.

This card prints 110 HP, which is 29% of that ceiling.

Every figure in this panel is counted the same way: from the card files this site reads, read July 28, 2026, over the 17,290 cards that print an HP figure. Each bar is measured against the tallest HP in the archive, 380 HP.

Hit points — where this card sits

~7038.6%6,669 cards

80~120 — this card33.1%5,725 cards

130~18015.5%2,679 cards

190~2306.6%1,148 cards

240~2803.3%567 cards

290~3302.4%412 cards

340+0.5%90 cards

17,290 cards in the archive carry a printed HP figure. This one has 110 HP.

Cards in the 80~120 band typically print 56 damage and ask 1 Energy to retreat.

Hit points — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
~70	38.6%	6,669 cards
80~120 — this card	33.1%	5,725 cards
130~180	15.5%	2,679 cards
190~230	6.6%	1,148 cards
240~280	3.3%	567 cards
290~330	2.4%	412 cards
340+	0.5%	90 cards

Top printed damage — where this card sits

~3042.7%6,938 cards

40~60 — this card22.0%3,566 cards

70~12021.8%3,535 cards

130~1809.0%1,461 cards

190~2503.8%621 cards

260+0.8%125 cards

16,246 cards print damage on at least one attack. The highest on this card is 50.

Cards in the 40~60 band typically have 101 HP and ask 1 Energy to retreat.

Top printed damage — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
~30	42.7%	6,938 cards
40~60 — this card	22.0%	3,566 cards
70~120	21.8%	3,535 cards
130~180	9.0%	1,461 cards
190~250	3.8%	621 cards
260+	0.8%	125 cards

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits

01.8%304 cards

154.4%9,392 cards

226.4%4,565 cards

3 — this card14.7%2,533 cards

42.4%421 cards

50.3%47 cards

17,262 cards have at least one attack with an Energy cost. The cheapest on this card asks 3 Energy.

Cards whose cheapest attack costs 3 typically have 153 HP and print 104 damage.

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
0	1.8%	304 cards
1	54.4%	9,392 cards
2	26.4%	4,565 cards
3 — this card	14.7%	2,533 cards
4	2.4%	421 cards
5	0.3%	47 cards

Retreat cost — where this card sits

05.3%914 cards

149.3%8,503 cards

2 — this card28.6%4,926 cards

312.6%2,168 cards

44.2%729 cards

17,240 cards carry a retreat cost. This one costs 2 Energy to retreat.

Cards with a retreat cost of 2 typically have 132 HP and print 79 damage.

Retreat cost — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
0	5.3%	914 cards
1	49.3%	8,503 cards
2 — this card	28.6%	4,926 cards
3	12.6%	2,168 cards
4	4.2%	729 cards

No. 9of 99

That is where Zapdos ex 116 stands highest on HP — number 9 of 99 cards in FireRed & LeafGreen. Cut the archive a different way and the answer moves, which is what the bars below are for.

Every card in the archive — 20,444 cards No. 5,859 of 17,290 by HP · No. 6,925 of 16,246 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 43% on damage
Lightning cards — 1,520 cards No. 497 of 1,520 by HP · No. 638 of 1,461 by damage · top by HP: Mega Eelektross ex, 350

top 44% on damage
ex cards — 942 cards No. 858 of 942 by HP · No. 787 of 906 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 87% on damage
FireRed & LeafGreen — 116 cards No. 9 of 99 by HP · No. 9 of 90 by damage · top by HP: Charizard ex, 160

top 9% on damage

Each bar is how far up this card sits when the archive is cut a different way. The bar is its place on HP; the tick is its place on printed damage. Counted from the card files this site reads, read July 28, 2026.

Hit points 110 HP~~middle half 60–130 HP~~
this card 110
Top printed damage 50 damage~~middle half 20–90 damage~~
this card 50

Lowest to highest printed in the archive
Middle half of the archive
This card

Each row is stretched from the lowest printed figure to the highest, so the two rows are not on one shared scale — read each row on its own.

Read from the card files this site reads, July 28, 2026. The archive tops out at 380 HP and 350 printed damage.

Cards printed as ex

942 on record

Cards in the same HP band

5,725 of 17,290 (33.1%)

Cards with this much printed damage

3,566 of 16,246 (22.0%)

Counted from the card files this site reads, one card at a time.

Open the group this card falls into

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What Zapdos ex 116 does without attacking

Zapdos ex 116 carries 1 printed effect that work outside the attack step, so it can matter on a turn the card never attacks.

Printed effects

Capped at once a turn

1 of 1

Read from the printed text quoted below, not counted anywhere else.

Legendary Ascent — Poké-Power · once a turn

Once during your turn, when you put Zapdos ex from your hand onto your Bench, you may switch 1 of your Active Pokémon with Zapdos ex. If you do, you may also move any number of basic Lightning Energy cards attached to your Pokémon to Zapdos ex.

Quoted from the card face. The label after the dash is how the card itself names the effect.

Why this sits apart from the attacks

An attack costs Energy and ends your turn. What is printed above does neither — it is available while the card is in play, so it is a different kind of cost to a deck. Attack costs are in the section above.

Legendary Ascent can only be used once a turn

The words once during your turn are printed in it, which caps it at one use per turn on that one card. Two copies of the card in play are two separate Pokémon, so each carries its own use.

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Is Zapdos ex 116 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 50 damage attack that needs 3 Energy and one that needs two are different cards. Dividing one by the other puts every attack on the same scale.

Damage per Energy card, across the whole archive

1 Energy9,392 cards49.049 damage typical

2 Energy4,565 cards32.565 damage typical

3 Energy2,533 cards34.7104 damage typical

4 Energy421 cards27.8111 damage typical

5 Energy47 cards41.8209 damage typical

Zapdos ex 116 — this card17.050 damage for 3 Energy

Each bar is what cards asking that much Energy typically print, divided by the Energy they ask for. The number beside the bar is that figure.

Cards whose cheapest attack costs 3 typically return 34.7 damage per Energy card. This card returns 17.

Damage per Energy card, across the whole archive
Group	Share	Value
1 Energy	49.0	49 damage typical
2 Energy	32.5	65 damage typical
3 Energy	34.7	104 damage typical
4 Energy	27.8	111 damage typical
5 Energy	41.8	209 damage typical
Zapdos ex 116 — this card	17.0	50 damage for 3 Energy

2501250 damage

012345 Energy

Typical for that Energy cost 6 groupsElectron Crush 50 / 3

Further right is a costlier attack, further up is a harder-hitting one, so the cheap and heavy corner is top left. The size of a grey dot is how many cards sit at that Energy cost.

Energy cost against printed damage. Each grey dot is what cards asking that much Energy typically print; the coloured dots are the attacks on Zapdos ex 116.
Group	Typical printed damage	Damage per Energy card	Cards in this group
Cheapest attack costs 0 Energy	45	—	304
Cheapest attack costs 1 Energy	49	49	9,392
Cheapest attack costs 2 Energy	65	33	4,565
Cheapest attack costs 3 Energy	104	35	2,533
Cheapest attack costs 4 Energy	111	28	421
Cheapest attack costs 5 Energy	209	42	47
Electron Crush	—	17	—

This card, per Energy card

17 damage

Typical for a 3 Energy attack

34.7 damage

Difference

-17.7 damage

Both figures are damage divided by Energy cost, counted the same way.

Where this sits once the archive is cut by damage instead

The bars above cut the archive by what an attack asks for. Cut the same archive by what an attack prints and the groups come out differently — the damage ranges on record are gathered on one page, which is where a figure like 50 is read as high or low rather than merely large.

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Is Zapdos ex 116 strong for a ex card?

ex cards are built large to begin with, so measuring this one against the whole archive mixes up what the mechanic gives it with what the card itself gives it. Measured inside its own group, the two come apart.

Hit points110 HPtypical for the group is 243 HP — this card is 55% below

Top printed damage50 damagetypical for the group is 144 damage — this card is 65% below

Retreat cost2 Energytypical for the group is 2 Energy — this card is 0% above

The group is every ex card in the archive — 942 of them. Each figure is compared with what that group typically prints, not with the archive as a whole.

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What does being a Lightning card do for Zapdos ex 116?

Type decides two things at once — which cards take double damage from this one, and which cards deal double to it. Both are read from the weakness printed on each group, not from a rule of thumb.

Deals double to this card 1,520 Lightning cards carry that type A Lightning attack printed at 55 damage is enough to remove this card in one turn.

Zapdos ex 116 · Basic ex 110 HP Its hardest attack is printed at 50 damage.

Takes double from this card 2,435 cards in groups that print a Lightning weakness Against Water, printed damage from this card counts double.

How the archive splits by energy type

Psychicmost often weak to Psychic13.5%2,335 cards

Watermost often weak to Lightning14.1%2,435 cards

Colorlessmost often weak to Fighting12.6%2,173 cards

Firemost often weak to Water9.1%1,574 cards

Fightingmost often weak to Grass10.9%1,884 cards

Lightning — this cardmost often weak to Fighting8.8%1,520 cards

Grassmost often weak to Fire13.8%2,387 cards

Metalmost often weak to Fire5.4%925 cards

Darknessmost often weak to Fighting7.2%1,249 cards

Dragonmost often weak to Fairy3.1%530 cards

Fairymost often weak to Metal1.4%237 cards

17,249 cards carry an energy type. The note under each name is the weakness printed most often on that group.

How the archive splits by energy type
Group	Share	Value
Psychic	13.5%	2,335 cards
Water	14.1%	2,435 cards
Colorless	12.6%	2,173 cards
Fire	9.1%	1,574 cards
Fighting	10.9%	1,884 cards
Lightning — this card	8.8%	1,520 cards
Grass	13.8%	2,387 cards
Metal	5.4%	925 cards
Darkness	7.2%	1,249 cards
Dragon	3.1%	530 cards
Fairy	1.4%	237 cards

Lightningweak to Lightning

Waterweak to Lightning

Read from the weakness printed on each group. The first row is this card; the rest are groups that most often print a Lightning weakness.

What being a Lightning card is worth

Groups that most often print a Lightning weakness: Water (2,435 cards). Against those, this card's printed damage counts double. Going the other way, Lightning cards are themselves most exposed to Lightning.

Every energy type in the archive

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What knocks out Zapdos ex 116 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

Weakness doubles the damage a Lightning attack deals to this card, so the bar it has to clear is 55 printed damage rather than 110.

Cards that remove it in one attack

639

Cards it removes in one attack

1,469

Lightning damage needed to knock it out

Counted across the whole card archive. 110 HP against a Lightning weakness at ×2 decides all three figures.

Removes it in one attackPawmoPhantasmal Flames 3360 damage

×2Lightning weakness · 55 printed damage is enough
60 damage becomes 120 against this card

This cardZapdos ex 116FireRed & LeafGreen 116110 HP

Why this card was picked to stand opposite

Of the 635 cards in the archive that can remove Zapdos ex 116 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 60 printed damage against a bar of 55. Anything printed higher removes it just as surely, so this is where the line actually sits, and this print is legal in Standard play today.

Zapdos exweak to Lightning ×2

Read from the weakness printed in the lower-left corner of the card.

Lightning cards that remove Zapdos ex in one attack
Card	Set	HP	Printed damage	After weakness
Pikachu ex (57)	Ascended Heroes	200	300	600
Pikachu ex (277)	Ascended Heroes	200	300	600
Pikachu ex (57)	Surging Sparks	200	300	600
Pikachu ex (219)	Surging Sparks	200	300	600
Pikachu ex (238)	Surging Sparks	200	300	600
Pikachu ex (247)	Surging Sparks	200	300	600

110 HP against a Lightning ×2 weakness means any Lightning attack printed at 55 damage or more is enough. 639 cards in the archive clear that bar.

100 HP Blastoise [2]

100 HP Blastoise [2]

100 HP Alomomola [38]

100 HP Alomomola [39]

100 HP Tropius [5]

100 HP Braviary [88]

Cards this one removes in a single attack

1,469 cards in the archive are weak to Lightning and sit inside the damage this card can deal. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.

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What is Zapdos as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

Zapdos ex 116 is one print of Zapdos. The figures below are about the Pokémon rather than this single card — how many times it has been printed, how tough those prints run, and how many of them can still be played.

Zapdos has been printed 51 times, and the printed numbers move from one print to the next. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.

The three toughest Zapdos cards ever printedPokédex #145Prints on record 51Toughest print 300 HPThis card 110 HP

51prints

Legal in Standard6Older prints, not in Standard45

Every Zapdos print on record, split by whether it can still be entered in Standard play.

Legality is read from the print rather than from the Pokémon, so an older copy of the same Pokémon is a different card for tournament purposes.

The toughest Zapdos printed is 300 HP, and this card is 36.7% of it

Bars are printed HP, measured against the record for this Pokémon

Moltres & Zapdos & Articuno-GX SM210the toughest Zapdos ever printedSM Promos300 HP
Zapdos ex 116against that record36.7% of the record110 HP

Read from the printed card face of every Zapdos print on record. Printed HP does not change after a card is issued.

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What has to be in play before Zapdos ex 116 can be?

Zapdos ex evolves from an earlier stage, so the whole line has to be built before this card reaches the field.

The Zapdos line, oldest stage firstPokédex #145

Zapdos22 prints on record · Base Set (Shadowless)

+80 HP

Zapdos ex3 prints on record · EX FireRed & LeafGreen

Zapdos → Zapdos ex

The line runs 2 stages, so the first card has to be in play 1 turn before this one can be.
Every print in the line shares Pokédex number 145.

1ZapdosHardest attack printed at this stage: 190 damage120 HP
2Zapdos exHardest attack printed at this stage: 120 damage. Evolving here adds 80 HP over the stage before it200 HP

Bars are the highest HP ever printed on that stage, measured against the top of this line (200 HP). The note beside each bar is the hardest attack printed at that stage.

Every print of a stage is counted, not just the one shown in the chain above, so the bar is the ceiling that stage has reached rather than one card from it.

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Is this the strongest Zapdos print, and can the older ones still be played?

51 prints carry this name in the archive, and 47 of them are laid out below. They share a Pokémon but not a card — printed HP, printed damage and tournament legality all move from one print to the next.

Bar height and the number above each bar = highest HP that year; the two digits below = the year.

Rows run from the toughest print down. Bars are printed HP, measured against the toughest print of this name shown here (300 HP), and the highlighted row is the card this page is about.

47 rows are shown of the 51 prints counted under this name.

Zapdos prints — can each one still be played?
Print	Set	Regulation mark	Standard
Moltres & Zapdos & Articuno-GX SM210	SM Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Moltres & Zapdos & Articuno-GX 44/68	Hidden Fates	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Moltres & Zapdos & Articuno-GX 66/68	Hidden Fates	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Moltres & Zapdos & Articuno-GX 69/68	Hidden Fates	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Zapdos ex 202/165	SV: Scarlet & Violet 151	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Galarian Zapdos V 174/198	SWSH06: Chilling Reign	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Galarian Zapdos V 080/198	Prize Pack Series Cards	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Galarian Zapdos V 182/172	SWSH09: Brilliant Stars	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Galarian Zapdos V TG19/TG30	SWSH10: Astral Radiance Trainer Gallery	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Zapdos ex 192/165	SV: Scarlet & Violet 151	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Galarian Zapdos V 173/198	SWSH06: Chilling Reign	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Zapdos ex 145/165	SV: Scarlet & Violet 151	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Zapdos-EX 48/135	Plasma Storm	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Team Rocket's Zapdos 070/182	Miscellaneous Cards & Products	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Zapdos 29/83	Generations	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Zapdos SM145	SM Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Zapdos 46/113	Legendary Treasures	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Zapdos 041/099	Blister Exclusives	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Zapdos 023/108	Deck Exclusives	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Zapdos 24/68	Hidden Fates	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Zapdos 065/167	SV06: Twilight Masquerade	Mark H	Legal in Standard
Zapdos ex 116/112	EX FireRed & LeafGreen	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Zapdos SM159	SM Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Galarian Zapdos SWSH124	SWSH: Sword & Shield Promo Cards	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Galarian Zapdos 082/203	Prize Pack Series Cards	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Zapdos 42/108	XY - Evolutions	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Zapdos 40/181	SM - Team Up	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Galarian Zapdos SWSH283	SWSH: Sword & Shield Promo Cards	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Zapdos 157	SV: Scarlet & Violet Promo Cards	Mark H	Legal in Standard
Zapdos 048/185	Miscellaneous Cards & Products	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Rocket's Zapdos ex 106/109	EX Team Rocket Returns	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Zapdos ex 033	Nintendo Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Zapdos 8	Rumble	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Zapdos 14/100	Majestic Dawn	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Zapdos 48	Supreme Victors	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Zapdos 016/102	Base Set (Shadowless)	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Zapdos 019/110	Legendary Collection	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Zapdos 020/130	Base Set 2	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Zapdos G 12/99	Arceus	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Zapdos 15/62	Fossil	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Zapdos 044/147	Aquapolis	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Zapdos 30/62	Fossil	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Rocket's Zapdos 015/132	Gym Challenge	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Zapdos 150	Supreme Victors	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Zapdos 23/53	WoTC Promo	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Rocket's Zapdos 15/132	Celebrations: Classic Collection	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Team Magma's Aron 012/034	Trading Card Game Classic	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard

6 of the 47 prints listed here are legal in Standard play. An older print of the same Pokémon is a different card for legality, because legality is read from the print rather than from the name — so owning the cheap old copy does not always mean you can enter with it.

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What can you use instead of Zapdos ex 116?

Every card below asks a deck for the same kind of slot, so the comparison is between what they print, not what they cost.

Cards that fill the same slot as Zapdos ex 116
Card	Set	HP	Top damage	Retreat
Raichu ex	Sandstorm	100	120	1
Ampharos ex	Dragon	150	40	3
Raikou ex	Team Magma vs Team Aqua	100	70	2
Tyranitar ex δ	Dragon Frontiers	150	70	3
Raichu ex	Emerald	100	70	0
Electrode ex	FireRed & LeafGreen	90	30	1

This card itself is 110 HP, 50 top damage and 2 retreat, and every card here is Lightning like it.

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Every card below carries the same Pokédex number as this one, so they are the same Pokémon printed as different cards — different stages, different mechanics and different names all sit in this group.

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What was printed next to Zapdos ex 116 in FireRed & LeafGreen?

A card is met inside a set, not on its own, and the number on it is the order that set gave it. The cards either side are the ones a collector actually turns past to reach this one.

80 Mr. Mime ex [110]

80 Mr. Mime ex [111]

150 Venusaur ex [112]

50 Charmander [113]

110 Articuno ex [114]

110 Moltres ex [115]

Cards printed either side of this one

These are the cards numbered either side of #116 in FireRed & LeafGreen. The badge on each card is its printed HP. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.

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Which rules apply to Zapdos ex 116, and where can it be played?

Two kinds of rule meet on one card — the sentence printed on the card face, and the rulebook clauses that apply because of what the card carries.

The rule printed on this card

“When Pokémon-ex has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.”

Prize cards your opponent takes when it is knocked out

Every knockout carries the opponent 2 steps closer to winning, and that is the cost of putting this card on the field whatever it cost to buy.

Rulebook clauses that apply to Zapdos ex 116
Clause	What the rulebook says	Cards it applies to	Share of the archive
Weakness	Some Pokemon have Weakness or Resistance to Pokemon of certain types, marked in the lower-left corner of the card.	16,744 cards	81.9%
Retreat	Retreat your Active Pokemon (only once per turn).	17,244 cards	84.3%
Energy per turn	You can attach Energy just once each turn!	17,180 cards	84.0%

Counted across 20,444 English cards. A clause applies to this card because the card carries the property the clause names, not because we judged it to.

Zapdos ex 116 — tournament formats
Format	Status	What that means
Standard	Not listed	This card is not listed for this format
Expanded	Not listed	This card is not listed for this format
Unlimited	Legal	Can be played in this format

Read from the format list recorded with the card. Formats rotate on a schedule set by the organiser, and that schedule is not published on this page.

Where this card can be played

This card is legal in Unlimited play. It was released on September 1, 2004.

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Zapdos ex 116 in depth — what these figures add up to

Three readings of the same card, side by side: what it costs to get going, where it sits among the cards it will be compared with, and what takes it off the field.

What it asks a deck for

Its hardest attack, Electron Crush, needs 3 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 3 turns from an empty card.
That works out at 17 damage for every Energy card attached.
Moving it out of the active spot costs 2 more Energy, discarded from the card itself.

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

Every card in the archiveNo. 5,859 of 17,290

Lightning cardsNo. 497 of 1,520

ex cardsNo. 858 of 942

FireRed & LeafGreenNo. 9 of 99

What actually removes it

A Lightning attack printed at 55 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 110 HP.
639 cards in the archive clear that bar.
Going the other way, it removes 1,469 cards in one attack.

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Zapdos ex 116 card record

Zapdos ex 116 — the printed record, field by field
Hit points	110 HP	Type	Lightning
Weakness	Lightning ×2	Retreat cost	2 Energy
Card type	Basic ex	Pokédex number	#145
Set	FireRed & LeafGreen	Card number	116 of 112
Series	EX	Released	September 1, 2004
Rarity	Rare Secret	Illustrator	Ryo Ueda
Tournament legality	Unlimited only
Printed rule	When Pokémon-ex has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

Read from the printed card face, the set listing and the official format list.

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What does Zapdos ex 116 cost?

This page is about what the card does. The figure below is the one number worth carrying across, read on August 14, 2026.

Market price today

$269.97

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One figure only — the price record, the daily chart and the marketplaces live on the price page.

Zapdos ex 116 priceOne year of daily prices, every print variant, and where to buy it.Open the price page

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Zapdos ex 116 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Zapdos ex 116?

Zapdos ex 116 has 110 HP and a Lightning weakness at ×2, so a Lightning attack printed at 55 damage or more removes it in one turn. Any other type has to print the full 110.

What is the strongest attack on Zapdos ex 116?

Electron Crush, printed at 50 damage for 3 Energy — 17 damage per Energy card. You may discard an Energy card attached to Zapdos ex. If you do, this attack does 50 damage plus 20 more damage.

What is the retreat cost of Zapdos ex 116?

2 Energy, discarded from this card to move it out of the active spot. Retreating is allowed once per turn.

What does the + after the damage on Electron Crush mean?

It marks the damage as conditional: the printed figure is the least it can deal, and the sentence on the card says what is added to it. The full sentence is printed on the card and quoted in the attack table on this page — "You may discard an Energy card attached to Zapdos ex. If you do, this attack does 50 damage plus 20 more damage."

How often can you use Legendary Ascent?

Once during your turn. The limit is printed in the ability itself, and it is counted per Pokémon — a second copy of Zapdos ex in play carries its own use.

Can an older Zapdos print be played in a tournament?

Legality is read from the print, not from the Pokémon. Of the 47 prints listed on this page, 6 are legal in Standard play. The rest can still be played in formats that accept them, and the table on this page names the regulation mark each print carries.

Can Zapdos ex 116 be played in a tournament?

It is legal in Unlimited play. Standard events run on a rotating list of sets, so check the current rotation before entering one.

What does the rule on Zapdos ex 116 mean?

The card reads “When Pokémon-ex has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.” That sentence is printed on the card itself, so it applies wherever the card is played.

Does this page say how good Zapdos ex 116 is in a deck?

No. Every figure here is read from the printed card. Deck lists, tournament results and win rates are not published on this site, because the card files it reads do not contain them.

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Where these card facts come from

Card facts are read once from openly published card files and do not change between readings — a printed card cannot gain HP. The places below are where the same information can be checked. Last updated: July 28, 2026 — the counts and rankings on this page were taken from the card files read on that day.

Primary official source

First-party official sources — the body that issues the data itself, such as a government agency, a statutory register or a rights holder publishing its own records.

The Pokémon Company International — official rules, tournament format and rotation announcements www.pokemon.com

Industry source

Second-party sources — marketplaces, trade associations, research institutes and companies that compile data about the market.

Pokémon TCG Data — openly published card files (card text, HP, attacks, weakness, retreat cost, illustrator credits) github.com

TCGdex card database — openly licensed card files (set membership and card numbering) github.com

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Zapdos ex 116 — what does this card actually do?

What does Zapdos ex 116 do in a game?

Zapdos ex 116 performance summary

What it can do

Where it stands

Zapdos ex 116 at a glance

What do the attacks on Zapdos ex 116 cost, and what do they hit for?

How does Zapdos ex 116 compare with every other card?

What Zapdos ex 116 does without attacking

Is Zapdos ex 116 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Is Zapdos ex 116 strong for a ex card?

What does being a Lightning card do for Zapdos ex 116?

What knocks out Zapdos ex 116 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

What is Zapdos as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

What has to be in play before Zapdos ex 116 can be?

Is this the strongest Zapdos print, and can the older ones still be played?

What can you use instead of Zapdos ex 116?

Which other cards share the Pokémon behind Zapdos ex 116?

What was printed next to Zapdos ex 116 in FireRed & LeafGreen?

Which rules apply to Zapdos ex 116, and where can it be played?

Zapdos ex 116 in depth — what these figures add up to

What it asks a deck for

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

What actually removes it

Zapdos ex 116 card record

What does Zapdos ex 116 cost?

Zapdos ex 116 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Zapdos ex 116?

What is the strongest attack on Zapdos ex 116?

What is the retreat cost of Zapdos ex 116?

What does the + after the damage on Electron Crush mean?

How often can you use Legendary Ascent?

Can an older Zapdos print be played in a tournament?

Can Zapdos ex 116 be played in a tournament?

What does the rule on Zapdos ex 116 mean?

Does this page say how good Zapdos ex 116 is in a deck?

Where these card facts come from

Before you rely on these figures

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