Pokémon · Gym
Giovanni's Magikarp
Gym Challenge · #73 · Common · 2000
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Market reference
$3.73
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 73 / 132
- Release year
- 2000
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 30
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Gyarados
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Ken Sugimori
- Pokédex #
- 129
- Series
- Gym
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 40 damage
- 40 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Strategy & play
How Giovanni's Magikarp plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- A Basic — hits the board turn 1 with no evolution tax.
- Needs Water Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Water type, weak to Lightning ×2 — a Lightning attacker doing ≥15 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
How to beat Giovanni's Magikarp
- Exploit its Lightning weakness — ≥15 damage one-shots it.
More by Ken Sugimori
This card was illustrated by Ken Sugimori.
Building around Giovanni's Magikarp?
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About this card
WAncestral Memory — 40
Flip a coin. If tails, this attack does nothing. Either way, you can't use this attack again as long as Giovanni's Magikarp stays in play (even putting Giovanni's Magikarp on the Bench won't let you use it again).
WCFlail Around — 10×
Flip 3 coins. This attack does 10 damage times the number of heads.
Weakness:L×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Pricing reference
Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.
TCGPlayer (USD)
Updated 2026/07/07| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unlimited | $1.36 | $3.57 | $37.36 | $3.73 | — |
| 1st Edition | $8.99 | $20.99 | $9,999.00 | $17.51 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €7.36 |
| 7-day average | €3.83 |
| 30-day average | €3.88 |
| Low | €0.20 |
| Trend price | €4.12 |
| Low (excellent+) | €1.19 |
| averageSellPrice | €4.00 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Giovanni's Magikarp is real?
Giovanni's Magikarp is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the back-light test (real cards have a black inner layer that blocks light; counterfeits glow through), the rosette dot pattern on the back under magnification, font weight and kerning on the card name, and the holofoil pattern if applicable. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.
What is Giovanni's Magikarp worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Giovanni's Magikarp is $3.73; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.
What set is Giovanni's Magikarp from?
Giovanni's Magikarp is from the Pokémon set "Gym Challenge" in the Gym series, released in 2000.
What rarity is Giovanni's Magikarp?
Giovanni's Magikarp is a Common card in the Gym Challenge set.
