Gyarados 7/130 · Base Set 2

Gyarados is Pokédex #130, generation 1 (Kanto). Gyarados is a Stage 1 Water Pokémon with 100 HP. The card lists level 41. The card says it evolves from Magikarp. In this catalog that name is Magikarp (#129).

Gyarados sits at 7/130 in Base Set 2, position 7 of 130. Before it is 6 Clefairy, and after it is 8 Hitmonchan. The set belongs to the Base series. It was released on February 24, 2000. The printed size is 130, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

The attack Dragon Rage lists 50 damage. The cost is Water, Water, Water. Bubblebeam is another attack lists 40 damage. The cost is Water, Water, Water, Water. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Weakness is Grass ×2. Resistance is Fighting -30. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "Rarely seen in the wild. Huge and vicious, it is capable of destroying entire cities in a rage."

Gyarados (#130) has 56 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 38 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2025. The earliest other card is Gyarados 6/102 in Base (1999). Both list 100 HP. Both list the rarity Rare Holo. 51 other cards of Gyarados list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Mitsuhiro Arita. I count 721 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Base Set 2 set binder is where a full Base Set 2 set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Gyarados can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Mitsuhiro Arita cards. I still need this card.