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Zapdos 16/102

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Set: Base Set Released: Jan 9, 1999
Pokémon: Zapdos Lightning Type Rare Holo Illustrator: Ken Sugimori Pull Rate:1 in 45 packs (2.2%)

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unlimited Holofoil

Found in Booster Packs
45.67 $11.02 (19.44%)

unlimited Shadowless Holofoil

Found in Booster Packs
185.00

first Edition Shadowless Holofoil

Found in Booster Packs
600.00
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Zapdos #16/102 FAQs: Price, Grading & Collecting

Answers about Zapdos #16/102 from Base Set — live market value, pull rates, PSA grading returns and tournament legality.

Over the last 30 days, an ungraded Zapdos has moved down 19.4% to $45.67. PSA 10 copies are up 10% over the same period.

Zapdos #16/102 appears roughly 1 in 45 packs, which works out at 2.2% per pack. That makes it one of the harder cards to pull from Base Set.

Zapdos #16/102 is a Rare, one of the higher rarity tiers in Base Set.

At $45.67 raw, you need a PSA 10 to profit. A PSA 10 sells for $2,221.27, giving a net return of +$1,858.83 after grading costs and selling fees. PSA 9 returns +$120.90 and PSA 8 returns +$27.69, so PSA 8, 9 and 10 can all return a profit on this card.

PSA have graded 19,376 copies of Zapdos #16/102, of which 685 came back as PSA 10. That is a gem rate of 3.5%, or roughly 1 in 28 graded copies.

Yes. At a 3.5% gem rate, Zapdos grades worse than the Base Set average by 14.2 points. Clean copies are harder to come by.

Zapdos #16/102 was illustrated by Ken Sugimori, who has illustrated 2072 Pokémon cards in total.

Zapdos #16/102 was released on 9 January 1999 as part of Base Set. It belongs to the Vintage era and features a Generation 1 Pokémon from the Kanto region.