Magikarp PAL 42/193

Printed name: Karpador

PALCommon

Card language

Seller location

Magikarp has appeared in several sets: 30th Celebration (30TH-C 30) and Paldea Evolved (PAL 42). It is the same card every time — it plays the same, only the artwork and the price change. Here is what it does once it is on the table.

The market for this printing

Finish unspecified

No quotation can be assigned to this reference until its finish is identified. Card language: German. Sellers: European Union. Asking prices, excluding shipping and import charges.

When it came out

Paldea Evolved landed here on 9 June 2023.

In Japan these cards were already in shops on 10 March 2023, under the code SV1a + SV2P + SV2D. That is 91 days ahead of us.

Every set, with both of its dates

What the card itself says

Its characteristics and effects in play, with the original text when available.

HP: 30
Type: Water
Stage: Basic
Retreat cost: 1
Weakness: ×2
Number: 42/193
Set: Paldea EvolvedPALSet guide
Illustrated by: HYOGONOSUKE

Its attacks

Expert SplasherPlatschexperte

10+

Flip 2 coins. If both of them are heads, this attack does 20 more damage.Wirf 2 Münzen. Zeigen beide Münzen Kopf, fügt diese Attacke 20 Schadenspunkte mehr zu.

What to make of it

Have a look at what it does well, then at what will get in your way. After that you'll know whether it belongs in your deck.

A strength
Retreat cost 1. One Energy to discard and it is back on the Bench, which matters a lot on the turn you need to swap attackers.
A strength
It is a Basic Pokémon. You can put it down on your very first turn, with nothing to evolve through.
Keep in mind
None of the 7,784 tournament lists we have read runs it. That does not make it a bad card — it means we have not seen it on a table yet.
Keep in mind
Weakness Lightning ×2. Against a Lightning Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 7,784 tournament lists we have read, 632 run at least one Pokémon of that type.