Zapdos
Fossil · #15 · Rare Holo · Vintage · 1999
Pulling Zapdos in a Fossil pack is about 33.3% (Rare slot). Published, provably-fair odds you can verify.
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Zapdos market value
Zapdos (Fossil #15) has a live market value of 20,837 Sparks, about $208.37 at the latest market price. That market price for Zapdos was last updated on October 26, 2026. On PackLab one Spark equals one cent of card value, so 20,837 Sparks is the figure shown for Zapdos in the set browser, on this page and in your vault after you pull it. If you pull Zapdos, you can sell it back instantly at 85% of market value, which comes to 17,711 Sparks at the current price. Sparks have no cash value and are only used on PackLab. A Fossil pack is 14,300 Sparks; this card's market value is 20,837 Sparks. Among the 62 priced cards in Fossil, Zapdos is the 5th most valuable. The median priced card in the set is 456 Sparks, and the most valuable card is Dragonite at 58,267 Sparks.
How to pull Zapdos
In a Fossil pack, the Rare slot shows a Rare Holo card about 33.3% of the time. In other words, about one Fossil pack in 3 lands a Rare Holo card in that slot. Zapdos is one of 15 priced Rare Holo cards in Fossil that can fill that result, so landing this exact card is less likely than the rarity figure. These are the published odds for Fossil: the full slot-by-slot table is on the Fossil page, and the odds page explains how each set's rates are built. Every Fossil box commits its card order before the first pack is sold, so each rip can be checked once the box sells out.
Rarity and era
Zapdos is a Rare Holo card, number 15 in Fossil. Fossil lists 15 Rare Holo cards out of 62 cards in total, about 24% of the set list. Among the 15 priced Rare Holo cards, market values run from 6,243 Sparks to 58,267 Sparks, and Zapdos ranks 5th of them. Fossil is part of the Base series and sits in the Vintage era of the PackLab catalog. Vintage sets come from the early years of the hobby, when holographic rares were the main chase and sealed packs were far fewer.
About Fossil
Fossil was released on October 10, 1999 and lists 62 cards on PackLab, 62 of them with a live market price. Together, the priced cards in Fossil carry a combined market value of 350,332 Sparks. By market value, Zapdos sits just below Raichu (21,370 Sparks) and just above Moltres (19,987 Sparks).
