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Magikarp

Team Up / #29/181

Magikarp

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Team Up
Rarity (source)
Common
Illustrator
sui
Source reference
sm9-29

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The Pokémon’s story

It is easy to see Magikarp as nothing more than a small Pokémon swept along by the current. Its reputation for weakness invites people to underestimate it, as though its future amounted only to its present difficulties. Yet it can evolve into Gyarados. This transformation casts its beginnings in a different light: behind the creature that barely attracts notice lies a far more impressive possibility, still invisible at first glance.

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

A detail worth noticing

The entries in Pokémon Platinum, Black and White relate that a Magikarp that has lived for many years can cross a mountain using Splash. This exceptional leap concerns older individuals; the same text nevertheless states that the move remains useless.

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Card details

HP
30
Type (source)
Water
Stage (source)
Basic
Pokédex number
129
Retreat cost
1 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.

Description from the source

In the distant past, they were fairly strong, but they have become gradually weaker over time.

Attacks

Enter the Dragon

Cost: Water

Flip a coin. If heads, put a card that evolves from this Pokémon from your discard pile onto this Pokémon to evolve it.

Documented variants

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

  • Normal
  • normal · standard

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