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Celebrate the New Year Again: Kingdra

Kingdra (Japanese: キングドラ Kingdra), the Dragon Pokémon, is the dual-type Water/Dragon Pokémon 230th in the National Pokédex.
Kingdra is the final evolutionary form of Horsea, evolving from Seadra when traded holding a Dragon Scale. It was introduced in Pokémon Gold and Silver, in a generation later than its previous stages.
Kingdra is said to be able to create whirlpools just by yawning, moving, and coming to the surface. It sleeps deep on the ocean floor, hides in underwater caves, and creates tornadoes just by waking up. When a storm arrives, it is said to be searching for prey.
Kingdra is most likely based on a weedy sea dragon, but it still shares many traits with regular seahorses. Its whirlpool-related traits may come from the mythical Charybdis.
Kingdra, along with Charizard, Flygon, and Salamence, is one of the mascots of Pokémon Ranger.
In the anime, Kingdra debuted in Dueling Heroes, where it lost to Ash's Totodile in the first match of the Whirl Cup. It later appeared in Better Eight than Never! under Blackthorn City Gym Leader Clair.
In Pokémon Adventures, Silver's Seadra evolved into Kingdra when he traded it to Gold for Poliwhirl, which also evolved. The two then traded back, so that each would have their original Pokémon, though fully evolved. Kingdra's name is often spelled "Kingora" in the Chuang-Yi translation of the manga.
While usually Water-type in the TCG, some cards of Kingdra are under the Colorless, Fire, Metal, and Fighting types.
To celebrate the Year of the Water Dragon, eggs containing Shiny Pokémon that are or will evolve into Dragon-type Pokémon are being given away in Pokémon Centers in Japan, and one of these Pokémon is Horsea. The Dragon type was introduced in the TCG for the same reason.