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

This Pokémon is both type If this Baby Pokémon is your Active Pokémon and your opponent tries to attack, your opponent flips a coin (before doing anything else required in order to use that attack). If tails, your opponent's turn ends without an attack. If this Baby Pokémon is your Active Pokémon and your opponent tries to attack, your opponent flips a coin (before doing anything else required in order to use that attack). If tails, your opponent's turn ends without an attack. You may play a Pokémon card that evolves from Mysterious Fossil on top of Buried Fossil. (This counts as evolving Buried Fossil.) Buried Fossil can't be affected by Special Conditions. You may have up to 4 Basic Pokémon cards in your deck with Unown in their names. You may have as many of this card in your deck as you like. When Pokémon-ex has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards. Put this card onto your Active Magikarp. Magikarp LV. X can use any attack, Poké-Power, or Poké-Body from its previous Level. Put this card from your hand onto your Bench only with the other half of Magikarp . Put this card from your hand onto your Bench only with the other half of Magikarp & Missingno. . When this Pokémon has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards. Attach this card to 1 of your Pokémon in play. That Pokémon may use this card's attack instead of its own. At the end of your turn, discard Magikarp. Attach this card to 1 of your Pokémon in play. That Pokémon may use this card's attack instead of its own. You may attach this as an Energy card from your hand to 1 of your Pokémon. While attached, this card is a Special Energy card and provides Energy. You may attach this as an Energy card from your hand to 1 of your Pokémon that already has an Energy card attached to it. When you attach this card, return an Energy card attached to that Pokémon to your hand. While attached, this card is a Special Energy card and provides every type of Energy but 2 Energy at a time. (Has no effect other than providing Energy.) You can't have more than 1 Pokémon in your deck. You can't have more than 1 Shining Magikarp in your deck. This card can't evolve into Pikachu. If this Baby Pokémon is your Active Pokémon and your opponent tries to attack, your opponent flips a coin (before doing anything else required in order to use that attack). If tails, your opponent's turn ends without an attack. When a Pokémon-EX has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards. Team Plasma When 1 of your Pokémon becomes a Mega Evolution Pokémon, your turn ends.

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.	Height	Weight
129	2'11" (0.9 m)	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 differs from its 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, whereas 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.