Shining Magikarp (Neo Revelation 66)

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

File:Shiningmagikarp2.jpg 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 Expansion Neo Revelation Rarity English card no. 66/64 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

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

Pokédex data

Magikarp - Fish Pokémon
No.	Height	Weight
129	2'11" (0.9 m)	22 lbs. (10.0 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 differs from it's Neo Revelation counterpart by having the same embossed foil treatment that would be later featured on the Shining Pokémon in Neo Destiny, and no rarity symbol.

Trivia

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

Origin

This card depicts Magikarp's Shiny form from the Pokémon games. 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.