# Guide to Understanding Fossil Zapdos 15/62 Variants

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Hello everyone,

This post serves to educate people on the many variants of Fossil Zapdos 15/62. I have seen a lot of confusion/mislabeling surrounding the variants of this card so I hope that this guide can set that straight for everyone.

There are a total of five variants of this card, outlined below.

Happy collecting  
😊

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[1st Edition Zapdos](https://www.psacard.com/auctionprices/tcg-cards/1999-pokemon-fossil/zapdos-holo/values/543999)  
Note: This card has the holo evolution box error. As you can see in the top left, the holofoil is missing as if this card had an evolution box. The 1st Edition print was never corrected, so every 1st Edition Zapdos has this error.

![](https://i.imgur.com/lJu3T77.jpg)

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[Zapdos](https://www.psacard.com/auctionprices/tcg-cards/1999-pokemon-fossil/zapdos-holo/values/1724847) - Evolution Box Error  
Note: This card has the holo evolution box error. As you can see in the top left, the holofoil is missing as if this card had an evolution box. The unlimited print was corrected late into the print run (making it more rare) so the corrected variant is more valuable.

![](https://i.imgur.com/zVGWBQP.jpg)

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[Zapdos](https://www.psacard.com/auctionprices/tcg-cards/1999-pokemon-fossil/zapdos-holo/values/1724847) - Corrected Evolution Box  
Note: This card does NOT have the holo evolution box error. The unlimited print was corrected late into the print run (making it more rare) so the corrected variant is more valuable.

![](https://i.imgur.com/MqS4W3a.jpg)

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[Zapdos - Thunderstorm Deck](https://www.psacard.com/auctionprices/tcg-cards/1999-pokemon-fossil/zapdos-holo/values/2583955)  
Note: This card has a Cosmos holofoil pattern instead of the standard Galaxy pattern. This card can be differentiated from the standard release by looking at the copyright date. The Thunderstorm Deck card reads “1999-2000”.

![](https://i.imgur.com/VT1U1aV.jpg)

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Zapdos - WOTC Employees-Only  
Note: This card has a Cosmos holofoil pattern instead of the standard Galaxy pattern. This card can be differentiated from the Thunderstorm Deck by looking at the copyright date. The WOTC Employees-Only card reads “1999” and was only given out to WOTC Employees at the time of its release.

![](https://i.imgur.com/V4i4l4t.jpg)

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