Gyarados (Ancient Origins 21)

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

Gyarados
ギャラドス Gyarados

XY Promotional print
Illus. TOKIYA

Evolution stage

Stage 1 Pokémon
Evolves from Magikarp

Card name

130

weakness ×2	resistance None	retreat cost

English expansion	Ancient Origins
Rarity
English card no.	21/98
Japanese expansion	Bandit Ring
Japanese rarity
Japanese card no.	021/081

English expansion	XY Black Star Promos
English card no.	XY60
Japanese expansion	XY-P Promotional cards

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

Card text

θ Double
θダブル

This Pokémon may have up to 2 Pokémon Tool cards attached to it.

	Full Retaliation ぎゃくしゅう	30+

This attack does 30 more damage for each damage counter on each of your Benched Magikarp.

	Thrash あばれる	100+

Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 30 more damage. If tails, this Pokémon does 30 damage to itself.

Pokédex data

Water Water Gyarados - Atrocious Pokémon
No.	Height	Weight
130	21'04" (6.5 m)	518.1 lbs. (235.0 kg)
Pokédex entry
Rarely seen in the wild. Huge and vicious, it is capable of destroying entire cities in a rage.
めったに姿を現さないがひとたび暴れ出すと大きな都市が壊滅するときもある。

Release information

This card was included in the Ancient Origins expansion with artwork by TOKIYA, first released in the Japanese Bandit Ring expansion. An XY Black Star Promotional print of this card, with new artwork by the same illustrator, was the Prerelease promo for the Ancient Origins expansion. A print with a gold foil "Staff" stamp was given to those overseeing the event. In Japan, this print was released as an unnumbered XY-P Promotional card and given to players who participated in the Gyarados Battle, held at participating Pokémon Centers on August 22 and 23, 2015 in commemoration of the opening of Pokémon Center Hiroshima. The top players at each event were also awarded a Red Gyarados medal.

Gallery

Ancient Origins print
Illus. TOKIYA

XY Promotional print
Illus. TOKIYA

Trivia

Origin

Full Retaliation is an attack that first appeared on EX Deoxys Gyarados. Thrash is a move in the Pokémon games that Gyarados can learn. This card's Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Y.

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