Gyarados-EX 26/122 · BREAKpoint

Gyarados is Pokédex #130, generation 1 (Kanto). Gyarados-EX is a Basic EX Water Pokémon with 180 HP. The card lists M Gyarados-EX, Gyarados (#130) under evolves to.

Gyarados-EX sits at 26/122 in BREAKpoint, position 26 of 126. Before it is 25 Staryu, and after it is 27 M Gyarados-EX. The set belongs to the XY series. It was released on 3 February 2016. The printed size is 122. This checklist is longer, at 126 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Holo EX.

The attack Stormy Seas lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Flip a coin until you get tails. For each heads, search your deck for a Water Energy card and attach it to this Pokémon. Shuffle your deck afterward. Splash Burn is another attack lists 130 damage. The cost is Water, Water, Colorless, Colorless. This attack does 10 damage to each of your Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 4. The card text says: Pokémon-EX rule: When a Pokémon-EX has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

Gyarados (#130) has 56 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 39 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2025. The earliest other card is Gyarados 6/102 in Base (1999). That card is named Gyarados, while this one is Gyarados-EX. That card lists 100 HP, and this one lists 180 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare Holo EX. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Eske Yoshinob illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 4. 50 other cards of Gyarados list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Eske Yoshinob. I count 177 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

BREAKpoint set binder is where a full BREAKpoint 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 Magikarp and Gyarados. I still need this card.