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8 other Zapdos printings exist — is this your card? Aquapolis 44/147 ↓
Zapdos — Aquapolis #44

RareAquapolis44/1472003Illustrated by Hajime Kusajima

Zapdos 44/147 · Aquapolis price & value

Raw · near mint

$77.26

Updated

GradedFull ladder ↓

  • PSA 10$77510×
  • PSA 9$1501.9×
  • PSA 8$1391.8×
Sales recorded
86
every grade, since 2023
Last 90 days
29 raw · 45 all
16 in the last 30, every grade
Confidence
Medium
29 sales in 90 days, but prices vary widely.
Latest sale
4d ago
raw · any grade 3d ago
ViewingRaw / ungradedReverse Holo →

Sold prices, not asking. Near Mint estimate from 54 completed sales of this exact card, each adjusted for the condition it sold in. An estimate, not an appraisal. How we price →

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The headline above is Near Mint. Most copies that actually change hands are not — pick the holder and condition you actually have. How the grades are judged → How we price played copies →

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And here is what an ungraded copy has actually done. The line ends on the Near Mint price above — the same number, not a second one.

Raw · latest

$77▲ 3%over 6 years

2021-01-01 → 2026-09-23

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Our recorded ungraded price for this card. The line closes on the Near Mint figure shown above — the chart and the headline are the same number by construction, never two.

Copies for sale right now

Asking prices, not sales — the headline above is what copies actually sold for. Stock as of 2026-09-19T08:50:31.248Z.

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Cheapest raw copy $18 — 77% below our near-mint estimate of $77 · 8 copies whose seller declares wear left out of that comparison

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What the sales actually show

The counts are in the hero; this is how the card trades — the range, the pace, where, and what each grade has actually fetched. Figures that name a grade cover that grade alone; the rest count every grade.

Range

$14 – $150

Raw — lowest to highest sale

Sales rate

14/mo

every grade, whole record

Momentum

+37%

Raw — 30d vs 90d median

Where it sells

100% eBay

Raw — last 90 days

Demand

80/100

Very liquid — sales rate, trend & buzz

Reverse holo

$190

2 sales, priced separately

What each grade sold for

  • Raw$4954 sales · 29 in 90d, sells often
  • PSA 9$1299 sales · 3 in 90d, occasional
  • PSA 8$757 sales · 4 in 90d, occasional
  • PSA 10$4656 sales · 4 in 90d, occasional
  • PSA 1$1182 sales · 1 in 90d, rare
  • CGC 9$792 sales · 1 in 90d, rare
  • CGC 10$1102 sales · 1 in 90d, rare
  • PSA 7$661 sale · 1 in 90d, rare

Medians of completed sales at that grade — not the ladder above, which prices every grade including the ones that have never traded here. Where the two differ, this one is what changed hands and the ladder is what it is worth.

Every sale we can show you

Completed sales from our own sold ledger, PSA’s certified-sale feed and the eBay comps, in one list, newest first — Fanatics, Goldin and eBay between them. Filter by grade: a raw copy and a graded slab are different objects, and averaging them is how a raw market comes to look wild. We hold 86 sales for this card going back to 2023; the ledger names its most recent eight per grade, which is what the table below can link to.

Item soldGradeVenueDateCertificatePrice
Pokemon PSA 8 Zapdos #44 Reverse Foil Aquapolis 2003 EnglishPSA 8eBay2026-09-20—$231
Zapdos - 44/147 - Pokemon Aquapolis Non-Holo Card LP-MPRaweBay2026-09-19—$49.99
2003 Pokémon Aquapolis Zapdos 44/147 · PSA 10PSA 10eBayBestOffer2026-09-1543205263$775
Pokemon Zapdos Aquapolis 44/147 PSA 10PSA 10eBay2026-09-15—$1,200
Pokemon TCG Card - Zapdos Aquapolis 44/147 Rare Regular MPRaweBay2026-09-14—$18.50
2003 Pokémon Aquapolis Zapdos 44/147 · PSA 10PSA 10eBayAuction2026-09-1329035617$620
2002 Pokemon Aquapolis Zapdos 44/147 Non-Holo Rare WOTC E-ReaderRaweBay2026-09-13—$99.00
Pokemon Aquapolis Zapdos 44/147 RareRaweBay2026-09-09—$62.78

1–8 of 55 sales · 23 carry a PSA certificate, checkable on psacard.com.

Every grade, priced

Each row is a blended value for that slab, from real completed sales where we have them.

  • PSA 10pop 71✓ 21 cert-verified$77510× raw
  • PSA 9pop 88✓ 13 cert-verified$1501.9× raw
  • PSA 8pop 68$1391.8× raw
  • Ungraded$77
  • PSA 7pop 22modelled$29

A badge says what is behind the number. cert-verified means PSA sales each tied to a specific slab you can check by serial; sold means completed eBay or Fanatics listings; modelled means no verified graded sale exists and the figure is derived from the raw price and reference guides — a ceiling to check, not a price to quote. reviewed was set by hand after reading the sales record.

How many exist, and at what grade

PSA's cumulative census for this card — the same population behind the ladder above and the grading verdict below.

PSA 10 · gem mint

25.5%

71 of 278

PSA 9

31.7%

88 of 278

Total PSA graded

278

every grade, all time

  • PSA 278 graded
  • CGC 205 graded
  • BGS 22 graded
  • TAG 5 graded

The census is cumulative and counts resubmissions, so it skews toward nicer copies and overstates the gem rate a first submission should expect. Treat it as the ceiling.

The odds of pulling one

Zapdos is a Rare in Aquapolis— the pack’s hit slot lands on rare 67% of the time, split across 48 of them in the set, so pulling this exact card is roughly 1 in 72 packs.

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Is Zapdos worth grading?

Every grade weighted by how often this card actually earns it — not the PSA 10 outcome alone.

Verdict

Worth it

every grade weighted by its census share

Expected net

$136

after fees, all grades

Best case

$590

PSA 10 only

Grading cost

$81

tier fee + shipping

Best case is the PSA 10 outcome and the number to trust least — it assumes the gem rate the census above shows, which the census itself overstates. Expected net is the honest one.

That is the average submitted copy. Tell us about yours and the verdict re-prices — most cards stop being worth grading here. Not sure? Grade it from a photo →

These are set to a flawless copy — the answer above. Change any of them to re-price it for the card in your hand.

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Trader

Compare graders, and the live market

The verdict above is PSA's — the grader the population, the ROI table and the ladder on this page all use. Trader prices all three graders against each other and adds what the asking market is doing right now.

Trader plan and above →
  • PSA, CGC and Beckett side by side — each on its own population and fees, Beckett scored on the 9.5 its market 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.

Built on 32 graded sales and a population of 1,890,107 · fees as of 2026-09-22.

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Prices are raw near mint; PSA 10 shown where we have one.

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.

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The whole card

No foil anywhere — the non-holo printing.

Market data

Where else this card trades, where the markets disagree, and what the price series says about the last 90 days.

🇪🇺 Europe price · eBay sold

$68

Median of 16 raw sales, last 90 days (16 UK)

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Across the markets

35% apart
  • Our raw sold median$49
  • PriceCharting$66
  • TCGplayer$67

Vendor prices for the same printing beside our own raw sold median — the same figure as the Raw row in the by-grade table. A wide gap is usually thin data on one side rather than an arbitrage; the headline is blended from sales, not from the cheapest of these.

What the series says

Volatility

volatile

90-day band

$10 – $77

Today’s price sits 100% of the way up that band. These are readings of the raw price series above — not separate measurements, and not a forecast.

🔥 Trending in the community

#33 on the radar

Mentions this week

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About Zapdos

Which card this is — then the attacks and stats as printed, and the species behind them.

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.

#10 most valuable Zapdos of 50#47 most valuable in Aquapolis of 182

Card text

Anti-LightningPoké-Body

You can't attach Lightning Energy cards from your hand to Zapdos.

Plasma10

Colorless

If there are any Lightning Energy cards in your discard pile, flip a coin. If heads, attach 1 of them to Zapdos.

Lightning Storm60

Lightning · Lightning · Colorless · Colorless

Flip a coin. If tails, put 2 damage counters on Zapdos.

Weakness Lightning ×2Resistance Fighting -30Retreat 2

The Pokémon

Electric PokémonGEN ILegendary

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

Card details

Set
Aquapolis
Number
#44
Rarity
Rare
Released
2003
Pokémon
All Zapdos cards
Generation
Gen I · Kanto
Artist
Hajime Kusajima
Supertype
Pokémon
Subtypes
Basic
Type
Lightning
HP
80
National Pokédex
#145
Card ID
ecard2-44
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Frequently asked questions

How much is Zapdos (Aquapolis #44) worth?

As of 23 September 2026, Zapdos from Aquapolis is worth approximately $77 ungraded in near-mint condition, and around $775 in PSA 10 gem mint. Blended from real completed sales and live market prices, updated daily.

What is the PSA 10 price for Zapdos?

A PSA 10 (gem mint) Zapdos from Aquapolis is worth around $775 — roughly 10× the raw ungraded value of $77.

Should I grade my Zapdos?

Probably yes. Weighting every grade by how often this card actually earns it, the expected value after the $81 grading fee is about $136 — and a PSA 10 would net roughly $590. That assumes a copy clean enough to have a real shot at a high grade.

How often does Zapdos sell?

CardTrack recorded 45 completed sales of Zapdos (Aquapolis #44) across every grade in the last 90 days, 29 of them raw, the most recent on 2026-09-20. The headline price is a blend of those sales rather than an asking price.

Is Zapdos rare?

Zapdos is a Rare card from Aquapolis (card #44), released in 2003.