Gyarados

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition): Skyridge
Rarity (source): Holo Rare
Illustrator: Kimiya Masago
Source reference: ecard3-H10

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The Pokémon’s story

The Gyarados described by the Pokédex usually lives in deep water. Seeing it rise into the shallows, however, offers no promise of a peaceful encounter: several entries describe its fury and the destruction that follows. Once it starts rampaging, it devastates its surroundings until everything around it is demolished. Its marine silhouette heralds a power that these accounts credit with the ability to raze entire cities.

Background on the species in the video games; its forms and card versions may have appeared later.

A detail worth noticing

An Ultra Moon entry offers an explanation for Gyarados's violence: the energy released during its evolution is said to have strongly stimulated certain brain cells. The Pokédex thus connects its temperament to the transformation following its life as Magikarp. This is the explanation given by that game, not a card effect.

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Card details

HP: 90
Type (source): Water
Stage (source): Stage1
Evolves from (printed name): Magikarp
Pokédex number: 130
Retreat cost: 2 Energy
Weakness (source): Lightning x2

Printed card text — English

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Abilities

Flame Vapor

Poke-POWER

When you play Gyarados from your hand to evolve your Active Pokémon, you may flip 2 coins. For each heads, discard an Energy card attached to the Defending Pokémon.

Attacks

Dragon's Vengeance

Cost: Water · Colorless · Colorless · Colorless

Damage: 50

If Gyarados has 7 or more damage counters on it, this attack's base damage is 100.

Documented variants

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Holographic
holo · standard

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