Zapdos 20/130

Set: Base Set 2 Released: Feb 24, 2000
Pokémon: Zapdos Lightning Type Rare Holo Illustrator: Ken Sugimori Pull Rate: 1 in 60 packs (1.7%)

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Zapdos #20/130 FAQs: Price, Grading & Collecting

Answers about Zapdos #20/130 from Base Set 2 — live market value, pull rates, PSA grading returns and tournament legality.

Over the last 30 days, an ungraded Zapdos has moved up 5.7% to $44.01. PSA 10 copies are up 296.9% over the same period.

Zapdos #20/130 appears roughly 1 in 60 packs, which works out at 1.7% per pack. That makes it one of the harder cards to pull from Base Set 2.

Zapdos #20/130 is a Rare, one of the higher rarity tiers in Base Set 2.

At $44.01 raw, you need a PSA 10 to profit. A PSA 10 sells for $1,631.26, giving a net return of +$1,347.19 after grading costs and selling fees. PSA 9 returns +$55.59 and PSA 8 returns +$4.77, so PSA 8, 9 and 10 can all return a profit on this card.

PSA have graded 3,677 copies of Zapdos #20/130, of which 106 came back as PSA 10. That is a gem rate of 2.9%, or roughly 1 in 35 graded copies.

Yes. At a 2.9% gem rate, Zapdos grades worse than the Base Set 2 average by 18.6 points. Clean copies are harder to come by.

Zapdos #20/130 was illustrated by Ken Sugimori, who has illustrated 2072 Pokémon cards in total.

Zapdos #20/130 was released on 24 February 2000 as part of Base Set 2. It belongs to the Vintage era and features a Generation 1 Pokémon from the Kanto region.