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Gyarados

Deoxys / #8/107

Gyarados

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Deoxys
Rarity (source)
Rare
Illustrator
Hisao Nakamura
Source reference
ex8-8

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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 ×2

Printed card text — English

Quoted source text is retained in the card’s printed language so this exact printing can be identified. The CarDex background above is translated into English.

Attacks

Dragon Spark

Cost: Water

This attack does 10 damage to each of your opponent's Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)

Full Retaliation

Cost: Colorless · Colorless

Damage: 20x

Does 20 damage times the number of damage counters on all of your Magikarp.

Pulverize

Cost: Water · Water · Colorless · Colorless

Damage: 20x

If the Defending Pokémon already has at least 2 damage counters on it, this attack does 50 damage plus 50 more damage.

Documented variants

Versions reported by the source; identification for sales still needs verification.

  • Reverse
  • Holographic
  • holo · standard
  • reverse · standard · set-logo

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