Shining Magikarp 66/25 · Celebrations: Classic Collection

Magikarp is Pokédex #129, generation 1 (Kanto). Shining Magikarp is a Basic Water Pokémon with 30 HP. The card lists level 45. The card lists Gyarados, Gyarados (#130) under evolves to.

Shining Magikarp sits at 66/25 in Celebrations: Classic Collection, position 11 of 22. Before it is 60 Tapu Lele-GX, and after it is 73 Imposter Professor Oak. The set belongs to the Sword & Shield series. It was released on October 8, 2021. The printed size is 25. This checklist is longer, at 22 cards. The collector number is above the printed set size of 25. The listed rarity is Classic Collection.

The attack Gold Scale lists no damage number. The cost is Water. Your opponent may draw 2 cards. Either way, you may draw 2 cards. Dragon Bond is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Psychic. Search your deck for a card named Gyarados, Dark Gyarados, or Shining Gyarados. Show it to your opponent and put it into your hand. Shuffle your deck afterward. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The card text says: You can't have more than 1 Shining Magikarp in your deck. The flavor text reads "An underpowered, pathetic Pokémon. It may jump high on rare occasions, but never more than seven feet."

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). That card is named Magikarp, while this one is Shining Magikarp. Both list 30 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Classic Collection. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Ken Sugimori illustrated this one. 4 other cards of Magikarp list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Ken Sugimori. I count 1,112 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Celebrations: Classic Collection set binder is where a full Celebrations: Classic Collection set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Magikarp can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.