Gyarados

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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.

A detail worth noticing

On this printing, Gyarados deals 80 damage with an attack that gains 100 if its player has more Prize cards remaining than the opponent. The other attack hits for 200, but Gyarados also does 50 damage to itself. The card links two large damage amounts to very different conditions.