{"id":261125,"date":"2024-05-21T15:31:14","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T07:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/?p=261125"},"modified":"2024-05-21T15:31:16","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T07:31:16","slug":"pokemon-tcg-zapdos-ex-references-a-classic-from-1997-pokemon-card-151-sv2a-204-165","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/2024\/05\/21\/pokemon-tcg-zapdos-ex-references-a-classic-from-1997-pokemon-card-151-sv2a-204-165\/","title":{"rendered":"[Pok\u00e9mon TCG] Zapdos ex References a Classic From 1997 (Pok\u00e9mon Card 151 [SV2a] 204\/165)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"699\" src=\"https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/21144020\/Pokemon-Daily-Feat-IMG-Template-2-5.webp\" alt=\"Pok\u00e9mon TCG Zapdos ex\" class=\"wp-image-261135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/21144020\/Pokemon-Daily-Feat-IMG-Template-2-5.webp 1024w, https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/21144020\/Pokemon-Daily-Feat-IMG-Template-2-5-300x205.webp 300w, https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/21144020\/Pokemon-Daily-Feat-IMG-Template-2-5-768x524.webp 768w, https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/21144020\/Pokemon-Daily-Feat-IMG-Template-2-5-282x192.webp 282w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the years, many different trios of Legendary Pok\u00e9mon have had their time in the spotlight. However, despite not playing a significant role in the storyline of the Pok\u00e9mon Red and Blue video games in the way Legendary trios from future generations would, the Gen 1 Legendary Bird trio still remain among the most popular of these. Of this trio, Zapdos is the biggest fan-favorite\u2014leading to heightened demand for the Zapdos ex card from the Pok\u00e9mon TCG set <a href=\"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/2023\/06\/16\/japanese-pokemon-151-where-to-buy-full-card-set-list-and-pull-rate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pok\u00e9mon Card 151 [SV2a]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This Zapdos ex card of Special Art Rare (SAR) rarity has a Full Art illustration depicting Zapdos ex soaring through the clouds, electricity crackling around its wings. The imagery also shows streams of air surrounding Zapdos ex, highlighting the great speed at which it&#8217;s flying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those who are well-versed in Pok\u00e9mon TCG lore will also have noticed that on the left of the card, Moltres and Articuno\u2014the other two members of the Legendary Bird trio\u2014can be seen. On the surface, this is a reference to the Legendary Bird trio as a whole. However, there&#8217;s another layer to this in the context of the Pok\u00e9mon TCG.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On 15 September 1997, the October 1997 issue of CoroCoro was released. That issue came with a free promotional Pok\u00e9mon TCG card\u2014a jumbo Articuno, Moltres, and Zapdos card. That card went on to become among the most memorable and sought-after promotional Pok\u00e9mon TCG cards of all time. This card&#8217;s illustration is likely a call-back to that card.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The English translation of this card is card 202\/165 in the 151 [MEW] set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Zapdos ex (Pok\u00e9mon Card 151 [SV2a] 204\/165) currently goes for 5,500 JPY (~US$35).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In other TCG-related news, check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/2024\/05\/21\/one-piece-card-game-last-of-her-name-tama-500-years-in-the-future-op-07-op07-022\/?slide=right\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tama card from 500 Years in the Future [OP-07]<\/a>.&nbsp;Alternatively, you can also head over to the SNKRDUNK App via the banner below and find the top trending and latest single cards and boxes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/snkrdunkappen.page.link\/G4g7_PokemonTCG?slide=modal?slide=modal?slide=modal?slide=modal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/15110337\/TCG.webp\" alt=\"TCG on the SNKRDUNK App\" class=\"wp-image-151767\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the years, many different trios of Legendary Pok\u00e9mon have had their time in the spotlight. However, despite not playing a significant role in the storyline of the Pok\u00e9mon Red and Blue video games in the way Legendary trios from future generations would, the Gen 1 Legendary Bird trio still remain among the most popular [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":261134,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,43,18,19,49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-261125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-brands","category-collectibles","category-latest-news","category-releases","category-tcg"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261125"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261125"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":261316,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261125\/revisions\/261316"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}