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 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 is part of the Neo Revelation expansion.

Card text

129s s

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

In Japan, this card was originally released as a promotional card. It was available through the Pokémon Card Fan Club from April 2000 onwards. In order to obtain it, players had to earn a total of 600 GET Points. This version has the same embossed foil treatment that would later be featured on the Shining Pokémon in Neo Destiny and no rarity symbol. It was included in the Neo Revelation expansion, having been reprinted in the Japanese Awakening Legends expansion.

Trivia

Many sources, including the Japanese official Pokémon card database, list the promotional version of this card as being released in May 2001, whereas it was actually made available at or around the same time as the other Fan Club promotional cards.

Origin

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

This article is part of Project TCG, a Bulbapedia project that aims to report on every aspect of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.