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Zapdos Fossil #30 Pokémon card
Rare

Zapdos Fossil #30

Card #30 · Illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita
80 HPLightningPokémonBasic
Ungraded · blended
$23.92
3.0% · 30d
PSA 10
$947
40× raw
Range $20 → $24
Recently sold raw ~$7 (mixed cond.)
3 grading companies tracked
Confidence high · How we price →
See live listings on TCGplayer →

Zapdos is a Rare Pokémon card from Fossil (#30), illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita. It's a Basic Lightning-type Pokémon with 80 HP. Its current blended market value is $23.92 ungraded, with a PSA 10 worth around $947 — a gem-mint grading premium of roughly 40× the raw value. Prices are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.

Prices last updated 2 July 2026.

Raw price by condition
1st Edition · live market via TCGplayer
NMNear Mint$23.92
LPLightly Played$16.52
MPModerately Played$9.28
HPHeavily Played$6.91
DMGDamaged$5.13
7-day 0.7%
30-day 2.4%
90-day 5.6%
All-time high$24
All-time low$17
Other printingsUnlimited · $9.52

Price by variant

1st Edition$24
Unlimited$9

TCGplayer market price per printing — reverse holo, 1st edition and unlimited often differ sharply.

Graded prices
Ungraded (raw)$23.92
PSA graded price estimates by grade
GradeRelative valuePrice
PSA 103 sold$947$805$1,089
PSA 921 sold$160$136$184
PSA 816 sold$82$70$94
PSA 75 sold$34$29$39
PSA 64 sold$33$28$38
PSA 4$8$8$9
“Sold” = median of real recent eBay sold listings at that grade. Other figures are blended marketplace estimates. Confidence reflects the price spread — not PSA-official values.

Price history · raw near-mint

3 Apr 20262 Jul 2026
Current
$23.92
Period high
$24.08
Period low
$22.46
Change
6.5%

Recent sold prices

Last sold
$6
Raw · 28 Jun 2026
Typical Raw
$7
Sales · last 90 days
11
Liquidity
Very liquid
11 in last 30 days

Real completed eBay sales, refreshed periodically. Grade read from the listing title. Implausibly priced listings (lots, proxies, empty slabs) and wrong-variant sales are filtered out. Links to eBay are affiliate links — we may earn a commission.

Last hammer price
$12
CGC (ungraded lot) · 29 Jun 2026
Typical PSA 10
$600
Auction lots · last 90 days
25
Liquidity
Liquid
7 in last 30 days

Real completed hammer prices from Fanatics Collect weekly and premier auctions, refreshed periodically. Grade read from the listing title.

Population across graders

PSA2,358 gradedPSA 10 · 384 · 16% gem rate
10384
9859
8.54
8562
7.51
7219
6152
599
443
318
27
19
CGC2,608 gradedCGC 10 · 284 · 11% gem rate
10284
9.552
9572
8.5504
8310
Real graded population from PSA, CGC & BGS — a lower gem rate means a Zapdos 10 is harder to pull.

Should you grade it?

+$833
Raw $23.92 → graded PSA 10$946.54
after ~$89.46 grading fee → 39.6× the raw value
Target gradeEst. valueGrading feeNet vs rawMultiple
PSA 10$946.54$89.46+$83339.6×
PSA 9$159.72$71.59+$646.7×
PSA 8$81.84$70.81$133.4×

⚖️ Risk-adjusted return

Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 2,358 PSA-graded copies:

Gem rate (est.)
16.3%
hit PSA 10
Expected return
+$110
net, all grades
PSA 10 best case
+$833
Break-even
PSA 9+
Likely outcomeChanceValue
PSA 1016.3%$947.00
PSA 936.4%$160.00
PSA ≤847.3%$24.00

Net = graded value − raw value − grading cost (tier fee + ~$20 round-trip shipping), using PSA fees as of 2026-06-28; the paused PSA Value tier is excluded so this isn't overstated. Gem rate is estimated from cumulative PSA population, which skews toward nicer, resubmitted copies — so it overstates the true grade rate. Treat it as a guide, not a guarantee.

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Where to buy

Available to buy nowLive on eBay
PSA 10 slabs — buy nowLive on eBay
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Cross-market prices

20% spread
Cardmarket · cheapest$20
PriceCharting$22
TCGplayer · dearest$24

Currently 20% cheaper on Cardmarket than TCGplayer. These are independent market prices for the same card — a wide gap can mean a buying opportunity. Informational only, not arbitrage advice.

Market signal

Momentum · 30dFlat +3%
Volatility · 90dStable ±2%
Cross-marketSome gap 20% gap
90d low $22near its high$24 high

Derived from this card's 90-day price history, recent trend and cross-market price gap. Informational, not advice.

🇪🇺 Cardmarket price · Europe

17% cheaper than the US
Cardmarket · Europe's largest card market$20

Card text

Thunderstorm40
Lightning · Lightning · Lightning · Lightning
For each of your opponent's Benched Pokémon, flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 damage to that Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Then, Zapdos does 10 damage times the number of tails to itself.
Resistance Fighting -30Retreat 2

A legendary thunderbird Pokémon whose anger is said to cause storms. Some say it has lived above the clouds for thousands of years.

About the Pokémon

Electric PokémonGEN ILegendary

A legendary bird POKéMON that is said to appear from clouds while dropping enormous lightning bolts.

Card details

Number#30
RarityRare
SupertypePokémon
SubtypesBasic
TypeLightning
HP80
ResistanceFighting -30
Retreat cost2
National Pokédex#145
Card IDbase3-30
SourceAggregated marketplaces

Other Zapdos cards

There are 9 different Zapdos printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Fossil #30 (Rare).

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Frequently asked questions

How much is Zapdos (Fossil #30) worth?

As of 2 July 2026, Zapdos from Fossil is worth approximately $23.92 ungraded (near-mint), and around $947 in PSA 10 gem mint. Values are blended from real Cardmarket, eBay sold and TCGplayer prices and update daily.

What is the PSA 10 price for Zapdos?

A PSA 10 (gem mint) Zapdos from Fossil is worth around $947 — roughly 40× the raw ungraded value of $23.92.

Should I grade my Zapdos?

A PSA 10 sells for about $947 versus $23.92 raw — roughly a 40× uplift. Grading is worth it when that premium comfortably beats the grading fee and the card is clean enough to have a real shot at a 10. See the "Should you grade it?" estimate above for net profit per grade.

Is Zapdos rare?

Zapdos is a Rare card from Fossil (card #30), illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita. Its current blended market value is $23.92 ungraded.