Zapdos44/147 · Aquapolis Price & Value
Market value · Near Mint
- PSA 8$903 sold · 90d · pop 66
- PSA 9$1253 sold · 90d · pop 87
- PSA 10$3532 sold · 90d · pop 71
Make sure you have the right card
Every price on this page is for Aquapolis #44/147, 2003. Check yours against the tells below before you buy, sell or grade.
No foil anywhere — the non-holo printing.
What's your copy worth?
✨ Is it worth it?
An AI market read of this card — value, momentum, grading economics, liquidity. It lays out the data; you decide.
Zapdos is a Rare Pokémon card from Aquapolis (#44, released 2003), illustrated by Hajime Kusajima. It's a Basic Lightning-type Pokémon with 80 HP, weak to Lightning ×2. Prices below are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.
Prices last updated 7 September 2026.
Zapdos price history & recent sales
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Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history
Medium confidence28 sales in 90 days, but prices vary widely. · Very liquid — Sells often
5 of 10 verified sales were competitive auctions — this price reflects real bidding, not asking prices. A graded copy trades roughly every 7 days (median gap between cert-verified sales).
By grade
- Raw$47.5147 sales · 28 in 90d, sells often
- PSA 9$1299 sales · 3 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 8$75.006 sales · 3 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 10$3984 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- PSA 1$1182 sales · 1 in 90d, rare
- CGC 9$79.002 sales · 1 in 90d, rare
- CGC 10$1102 sales
- PSA 7$66.001 sale
Is Zapdos worth grading?
Most copies come back PSA 9 — worth $125 against the $146 you put in, a $21 loss. The money is in the 1 in 2 that reach PSA 9 or 10 and sell for $125–$353. Averaged over every outcome that is +$16 a card.
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Compare graders, and the live market
The verdict above is PSA's — the grader the population report, the ROI table and the price ladder on this page all use. Trader prices all three graders against each other and adds what the asking market is doing right now.
- PSA, CGC and Beckett side by side — each on its own population and its own fees, with Beckett scored on the 9.5 its market actually pays for.
- Lightly and moderately played — the same expected return for a copy that cannot gem.
- Ask vs sold — what the live listings want, against what copies have really closed at.
- Momentum — the 30-day median against the 90-day, per grade.
- Where it sells higher — the Fanatics-versus-eBay premium, with the sale counts behind it.
- Population history — the weekly PSA census, so you can see how fast 10s are arriving before you post the card.
The odds
Zapdos is a Rare in Aquapolis — the pack's hit slot lands on Rare 67% of the time, split across 48 rare cards in the set, so pulling this exact card is roughly 1 in 72 packs.
Estimates only. Pack odds come from CardTrack's pack model (the same one behind the pack simulator) — not an official rate. Grading odds are the real cumulative PSA population, which skews toward nicer, resubmitted copies, so it overstates the true first-submission gem rate. Full grade-by-grade breakdown below.
Grade-by-grade ROI & risk-adjusted outcomesNet vs raw per target grade, plus the probability-weighted distribution
| Target grade | Est. value | Grading fee | Net vs raw | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | $352.50 | $74 | +$205 | 4.8× |
| PSA 9 | $125.00 | $71 | −$20 | 1.7× |
| PSA 8 | $90.00 | $71 | −$55 | 1.2× |
⚖️ Risk-adjusted return
Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 266 PSA-graded copies:
| Outcome | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | 26.7% | $352.50 |
| PSA 9 — typical | 32.7% | $125.00 |
| PSA 8 | 24.1% | $90.00 |
| PSA 7 | 7.5% | $29.26 |
| PSA 6 | 3% | $29.26 |
| PSA 5 | 3% | $29.26 |
| PSA 4 | 1.1% | $29.26 |
| PSA 3 | 1.1% | $29.26 |
| PSA 2 | 0.4% | $29.26 |
| PSA 1 | 0.4% | $29.26 |
Net = graded value − raw value − grading cost (tier fee + ~$20 round-trip shipping), using PSA fees as of 2026-08-26; 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.
Population across gradersPSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — every grade, with gem rates
71 of the 272 PSA-graded Zapdos copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 26%. The rest graded lower.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 272.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 204.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 22.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 5.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Zapdos 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
Pokemon Zapdos - Aquapolis (AQ) 44/147Raw · eBay$17.99
Zapdos 44/147 Aquapolis Non-Holo Rare Heavily Played WOTC 2002Raw · eBay$20.08
Zapdos - 44/147 - Pokemon Aquapolis Non-Holo Card HPRaw · eBay$33.95
Zapdos 44/147 - Aquapolis Non-Holo Rare eReader Pokemon TCG HP/DMGRaw · eBay$36.13
Zapdos 044/147 Aquapolis RegularRaw · eBay$37.48
Pokémon Zapdos Aquapolis 44/147 MP ConditionRaw · eBay$39.99Cheapest raw copy $17.99 — 76% below our near-mint estimate of $74
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10pop 71 | $353$300–$405 | |
| PSA 9pop 87 | ✓ 14 cert-verified$125$125–$195 | |
| PSA 8pop 66 | ✓ 9 cert-verified$90$63–$90 | |
| PSA 7pop 20 | modelled$29$25–$34 |
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
For context: a graded PSA 7 slab of this card sells for about $66 (cert-verified) — a heavily-played raw copy shouldn't cost much more than that.
Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz
Cross-market prices
22% spreadCurrently 22% cheaper on PriceCharting 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
Derived from this card's 90-day price history, recent trend and cross-market price gap. Informational, not advice.
🔥 Trending in the community
#150 on the radarZapdos is one of the most-talked-about Pokémon right now across the Pokémon investing & TCG subreddits. See the hype radar →
Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat
You can't attach Lightning Energy cards from your hand to Zapdos.
If there are any Lightning Energy cards in your discard pile, flip a coin. If heads, attach 1 of them to Zapdos.
Flip a coin. If tails, put 2 damage counters on Zapdos.
About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
A legendary bird POKéMON that is said to appear from clouds while dropping enormous lightning bolts.
Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Other Zapdos cards
There are 26 different Zapdos printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Aquapolis #44 (Rare). The most valuable 7 are below.
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Zapdos (Aquapolis #44) worth?
As of 7 September 2026, Zapdos from Aquapolis is worth approximately $74.10 ungraded (near-mint), and around $353 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 Aquapolis is worth around $353 — roughly 5× the raw ungraded value of $74.10.
Should I grade my Zapdos?
Grading is worth it when the PSA 10 premium comfortably beats the grading fee and the card is clean enough to have a real shot at a 10 — the "Should you grade it?" estimate above works that out per grade, net of the current fee.
Is Zapdos rare?
Zapdos is a Rare card from Aquapolis (card #44).
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