Revision as of 22:57, 3 August 2017 by CycloneGU(talk | contribs)(This is not actually an error (Japanese rarity is Common, elsewhere Uncommon), but it doesn't hurt to note it.)
Search your deck for an Evolution card named Gyarados or Dark Gyarados and put it on Magikarp. (This counts as evolving Magikarp.) Shuffle your deck afterward.
Japanese release
Flop はねまわる
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Rapid Evolution たきのぼりしんか
Search your deck for a card that evolves from Magikarp and put it on this Pokémon. (This counts as evolving this Pokémon.) Shuffle your deck afterward.
Recent research has revealed the presence of dragon DNA in this species of Pokémon.
最新の研究で、コイキングの体から竜のＤＮＡが検出されることが判明したらしい。
Release information
This card was included in the Team Rocket expansion, first released in the Rocket Gang expansion in Japan. In an attempt to be helpful by adding a reference of what cards evolve from Magikarp, the English release of this card's Rapid Evolution attack actually limits which cards can be selected when using this attack. A more precise translation would have allowed players to search their deck for cards that evolve from Magikarp, such as Gyarados ex, that are not named Gyarados or Dark Gyarados.
Trivia
The Rapid Evolution attack once allowed players to combo it with cards such as Recall to stack on as many of any combination of Gyarados and Dark Gyarados cards as he or she wished. A rule change was made in time for the Neo Genesis set that specifically forbade this kind of combo, deemed an "illegal evolution".
This is the only Magikarp print released both in Japan and internationally to have different rarity symbols, with a "Common" rarity in Japan and an "Uncommon" rarity internationally. This also means this is the last Magikarp to be given an Uncommon rarity.
