Magikarp 47/82 · Team Rocket

Team Rocket is a set in the Base series. It was released on April 24, 2000. The printed size is 82. This checklist is longer, at 83 cards. Magikarp is 47/82, in position 47 of 83 on this checklist. Before it is 46 Dark Wartortle, and after it is 48 Porygon. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Magikarp is a Basic Water Pokémon with 30 HP. The card lists level 6. In the Pokédex this is Magikarp (#129), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists Gyarados, Gyarados (#130) under evolves to.

Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this card. The same name is on 656 other cards in the catalog.

Magikarp (#129) has 44 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 39 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Magikarp 35/102 in Base (1999). Both list 30 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this one. 4 other cards of Magikarp list a different HP.

The attack Flop lists 10 damage. The cost is Colorless. Rapid Evolution is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Water, Water, Water. Search your deck for an Evolution card named Gyarados or Dark Gyarados and put it on Magikarp. (This counts as evolving Magikarp.) Shuffle your deck afterward. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Recent research has revealed the presence of dragon DNA in this species of Pokémon."

I keep a set binder for Team Rocket, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Team Rocket set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Magikarp can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.