Shining Magikarp (Neo Revelation 66)

Shining Magikarp LV.11 ひかるコイキング Shining Koiking

Illus. Ken Sugimori

Evolution stage Basic Pokémon Card name Shining Magikarp Type Water HP 30 weakness ×2 resistance None retreat cost Japanese expansion Unnumbered Promotional cards English expansion Neo Revelation Rarity English card no. 66/64 Japanese expansion Awakening Legends Japanese rarity English expansion Celebrations Rarity English card no. 66/64 Japanese expansion Promo Card Pack 25th Anniversary Edition Japanese card no. 010/025 For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Magikarp.

Shining Magikarp (Japanese: ひかるコイキング Shining Koiking) is a Water-type Basic Pokémon card. It was first released as part of the Neo Revelation expansion.

Card text

You can't have more than 1 Shining Magikarp in your deck.

Gold Scale

きんいろのうろこ

Your opponent may draw 2 cards. Either way, you may draw 2 cards.

Dragon Bond

りゅうのきずな

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.

Pokédex data

Magikarp - Fish Pokémon

No.

129

Height

2'11" (0.9 m)

Weight

22 lbs. (10 kg)

Pokédex entry

An underpowered, pathetic Pokémon. It may jump high on rare occasions, but never more than seven feet.

力のないなさけないポケモン。たまに高く飛びはねても、２メートルを越すのがやっとだ。

Release information

This card was included in the Neo Revelation expansion, first released in the Japanese Awakening Legends expansion. It was reprinted as a Japanese Unnumbered Promotional card and was available through the Pokémon Card Fan Club from May 2001 up until the end of December 2002. In order to obtain it, members had to earn a total of 600 GET Points. This print lacks a rarity symbol and has the same embossed foil treatment that would later be featured on Shining Pokémon in the Neo Destiny expansion.

The Neo Revelation print was rereleased in the Celebrations expansion's Classic Collection for the Pokémon 25th Anniversary. This print features the 25th Anniversary logo in the bottom right corner of the artwork. In Japan, it was reprinted as part of the Promo Card Pack 25th Anniversary Edition with a red and gold "25th" logo in the bottom right corner of the artwork. Both prints are Confetti Holofoil and have etching similar to Full Art cards.

Trivia

Origin

This card's Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Gold. This card features the Shiny version of Magikarp.

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