Giovanni's Magikarp (Gym Challenge 73)

Giovanni's Magikarp LV.9 サカキのコイキング Sakaki's Koiking

Illus. Ken Sugimori

Evolution stage Basic Pokémon Card name Giovanni's Magikarp Type Water Hit Points 30 weakness ×2 resistance None retreat cost Expansion Gym Challenge Rarity English card no. 73/132 For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Magikarp.

Giovanni's Magikarp (Japanese: サカキのコイキング Sakaki's Koiking) is a Water-type basic Pokémon card. It is part of the Gym Challenge set.

Card text

Attacks

	Ancestral Memory りゅうのきおく	40
Flip a coin. If tails, this attack does nothing. Either way, you can't use this attack again as long as Giovanni's Magikarp stays in play (even putting Giovanni's Magikarp on the Bench won't let you use it again).

	Flail Around はねまくる	10×
Flip 3 coins. This attack does 10 damage times the number of heads.

Pokédex data

Trivia

Flail Around is similar to Flail, a move introduced in Generation II that Magikarp can learn.

Origin

Ancestral Memory is possibly a reference to Magikarp's Pokédex entry from Pokémon Red and Blue, which states that Magikarp's ancestors were "somewhat stronger than the horribly weak descendants that exist today".

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