Gyarados (Base Set 6)

Gyarados LV.41
ギャラドス Gyarados

Pokémon Snap Best Photo Contest print
Photo. Ryouichi Abe

Evolution stage

Stage 1 Pokémon
Evolves from Magikarp

Card name

Gyarados

Type

Water

HP

100

weakness ×2	resistance -30	retreat cost

English expansion	Base Set
Rarity
English card no.	6/102
Japanese expansion	Expansion Pack
Japanese rarity

Japanese expansion	Unnumbered Promotional cards

Expansion	Base Set 2
Rarity
English card no.	7/130

TCG GB1 set	Colosseum
TCG GB1 ID	A18
TCG GB2 set	Beginning Pokémon
TCG GB2 ID	A27

Expansion	Legendary Collection
Rarity
English card no.	12/110

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Gyarados.

Gyarados (Japanese: ギャラドス Gyarados) is a Water-type Stage 1 Pokémon card. It was first released as part of the Base Set.

Card text

Dragon Rage

りゅうのいかり

50

Bubblebeam

バブルこうせん

40

Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.

Pokédex data

Gyarados - Atrocious Pokémon

No.

130

Height

21'04" (6.5 m)

Weight

518 lbs. (235.0 kg)

Pokédex entry

Rarely seen in the wild. Huge and vicious, it is capable of destroying entire cities in a rage.

非常に狂暴な性格。「りゅうのいかり」は、全てのものを破壊しつくす。

Release information

This card was included in the Base Set with artwork by Mitsuhiro Arita, first released in the Japanese Expansion Pack. In Japan, this card was reprinted with artwork by Ryouichi Abe, one of five winning entries of the CoroCoro Pokémon Snap Best Photo Contest held in Spring 1999. This version is extremely rare and the exact number in existence is unknown. The Base Set print was reprinted in the Base Set 2 and Legendary Collection expansions.

Gallery

Base Set print
Illus. Mitsuhiro Arita

Pokémon Snap Best Photo Contest print
Photo. Ryouichi Abe

TCG GB1 Colosseum sprite

TCG GB2 Beginning Pokémon sprite

Trivia

The Japanese "Snap" print has a camera graphic where an expansion symbol would usually be.
The text on the bottom right of the "Snap" print reads: Best Photo Contest Winners Prize Card.
In print runs after the 1st edition and shadowless print runs the collection number "6/102" is printed too far to the left.

Origin

Dragon Rage and Bubble Beam are both moves in the Pokémon games that Gyarados can learn, the latter only in Generation I via TM11. This card's English Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Red and Blue, whereas the Japanese entry comes from Pokémon Red and Green.

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