Magikarp 89/123 · Mysterious Treasures

Mysterious Treasures is a set in the Diamond & Pearl series. It was released on 1 August 2007. The printed size is 123. This checklist is longer, at 124 cards. Magikarp is 89/123, in position 89 of 124 on this checklist. Before it is 88 Magby, and after it is 90 Murkrow. The listed rarity is Common.

Magikarp is a Basic Water Pokémon with 30 HP. The card lists level 13. In the Pokédex this is Magikarp (#129), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists Gyarados, Gyarados (#130) under evolves to.

Yusuke Ohmura illustrated this card. The same name is on 60 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. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Common. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Yusuke Ohmura illustrated this one. 4 other cards of Magikarp list a different HP.

The attack Flail lists 10× damage. The cost is Colorless. Does 10 damage times the number of damage counters on Magikarp. Dragon Rage is another attack lists 60 damage. The cost is Water, Water. Flip 2 coins. If either of them is tails, this attack does nothing. Weakness is Lightning +10. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It is said to be the world's weakest Pokémon. No one knows why it has managed to survive."

I keep a set binder for Mysterious Treasures, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Mysterious Treasures 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.