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This article is about a Pokémon Trading Card Game card which has not yet been officially released in English. As such, this article may contain translated Japanese terms instead of English terms.
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Magikarp LV.10
コイキング Koiking
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| Japanese expansion
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Pokémon Web
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| Japanese rarity
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035/048
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| For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Magikarp.
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Magikarp (Japanese: コイキング Koiking) is a Water-type Basic Pokémon card. It was first released as one of the Unnumbered Promotional cards.
Card text
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Trickle
びちびち
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10×
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| Flip 2 coins. This attack does 10 damage times the number of heads.
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Dragon Rage
りゅうのいかり
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50
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| Flip 2 coins. If either of them is tails, this attack does nothing.
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Pokédex data
Release information
In Japan, this card was first available as an Unnumbered Promotional card and was awarded to people enrolled in the Shogakukan Celadon University campaign that became certified Hyper Pokémon Professors after completing the Hyper Professor Test. To become enrolled as a Celadon University student, people were required to complete an Entrance Test published in the May 1998 issues of six magazines: Elementary School 1st Grade, Elementary School 2nd Grade, Elementary School 3rd Grade, Elementary School 4th Grade, Elementary School 5th Grade, and Elementary School 6th Grade. Entrants could write their answers to the test on a postcard and mail it to the relevant Shogakukan department for grading. Three more tests were published in subsequent issues of the six magazines, each more difficult than the last, and each one offering different prizes. The Professor Test was featured in each of the August 1998 issues, a Super Professor Test was featured in each October 1998 issue, and a Hyper Professor Test was featured in each December 1998 issue. Students were required to mail their answers to Shogakukan on postcards for each test they participated in, and in return, would receive documentation with their grade and overall rank for that test once all entries had been assessed. The top 1,000 students across all six publications for each test became a certified Pokémon Professor.
The card was later reprinted in the Japanese Pokémon Web expansion using the e-Card Series layout.
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Trivia
This card is commonly known as the University Magikarp.
Origin
Dragon Rage is a move in the Pokémon games. Magikarp cannot learn it normally; however, an event Magikarp with access to the move was distributed via lottery to people who became certified Pokémon Professors following the first Professor Test.
