How many Magikarp cards are there?

There are 44 Magikarp cards, printed between 1999 and 2026 across 39 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.

Which Magikarp card has the best artwork?

That's how this page is ordered: the strongest Magikarp art first, however common or rare the card.

Who illustrates Magikarp cards?

29 illustrators have drawn Magikarp. Mitsuhiro Arita has done the most at 7, followed by Ken Sugimori and 5ban Graphics.

What was the first Magikarp card?

Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from Base Set, released in 1999. 31 of its 44 cards are Common.

No. 129 · Kanto · Water

Magikarpcards

Magikarp is a Water-type Pokémon introduced in Kanto, number 129 in the National Pokédex. Its cards run from 1999 to 2026. Its cards are ordered by the art, the best first, rather than by set.

Cards: 44
Sets: 39
Printed: 1999–2026
Illustrators: 29
Sightings: 9

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The strongest Magikarp art

01/06
Magikarp
Paldea Evolved · 2023
Drawn by Shinji Kanda
Illustration rare
02/06
Magikarp & Wailord GX
Team Up · 2019
Drawn by OOYAMA
Ultra Rare
03/06
Magikarp & Wailord GX
SM Black Star Promos · 2017
Drawn by Mitsuhiro Arita
Promo
04/06
Magikarp & Wailord GX
Team Up · 2019
Drawn by 5ban Graphics
Ultra Rare
05/06
Magikarp
Scarlet & Violet · 2023
Drawn by KIYOTAKA OSHIYAMA
Common
06/06
Misty's Magikarp
Destined Rivals · 2025
Drawn by Shimaris Yukichi
Common

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Which is the better picture?

Two Magikarp cards, side by side.

Magikarp & Wailord GX, SM Black Star Promos

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Magikarp by scene

Where its cards are set. Each opens a search of just those Magikarp cards, the artwork that shows it most first.

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by a river6 cards at a lake7 cards underwater5 cards at sea5 cards at night4 cards

How Magikarp gets drawn

Magikarp is usually drawn funny and playful, usually splashing, often painted.

Across 37 Magikarp artworks, each picture counted once, next to how every other Pokémon is drawn.

Moods

funny87%7× more than most Pokémon
playful78%1.8× more than most Pokémon
nostalgic30%1.6× more than most Pokémon
tense19%
wondrous8%

Light and time

In summer 54%

Splashing24 of 37 artworks Swimming29 of 37 artworks Funny32 of 37 artworks Jumping25 of 37 artworks

Drawn against type

The Magikarp pictures least like the rest.

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1999–2026

Magikarp through the years

Its strongest card of each year it was printed.

1999 Base Set
2000 Gym Challenge
2001 Neo Revelation
2002 Legendary Collection
2003 Skyridge
2004 Team Rocket Returns
2005 Deoxys
2006 Holon Phantoms
2007 Mysterious Treasures
2008 Stormfront
2009 Supreme Victors
2010 HeartGold SoulSilver
2011 Call of Legends
2012 Dragons Exalted
2013 Legendary Treasures
2015 Ancient Origins
2016 McDonald's Collection 2016
2017 SM Black Star Promos
2018 Dragon Majesty
2019 Team Up
2020 Rebel Clash
2022 Pokémon GO
2023 Paldea Evolved
2025 Destined Rivals
2026 30th Classic Collection

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Magikarp sightingsspotted in 9 other cards

Cards where Magikarp turns up in someone else's picture: behind them, beside them, or hiding.

Every Magikarp card

44 cards, strongest artwork first.

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Magikarp in numbers

Cards: 44
Sets: 39since Base Set
Illustrators: 29most by Mitsuhiro Arita
Printed: 1999–2026
Printed as: Basic
Sightings: 9in other cards' art
HP on card: 30–300

They span 39 sets, from Base Set to 30th Classic Collection. 29 illustrators have drawn it, most often Mitsuhiro Arita, Ken Sugimori and 5ban Graphics.

Who draws Magikarp

29 illustrators, by how many they have drawn.

Where it has been printed

39 sets, by how many Magikarp cards each holds.

27 more sets

Rarity

Common31Uncommon4None2Promo2Ultra Rare2Illustration rare1

Questions

How many Magikarp cards are there?: There are 44 Magikarp cards, printed between 1999 and 2026 across 39 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.
Which Magikarp card has the best artwork?: That's how this page is ordered: the strongest Magikarp art first, however common or rare the card.
Who illustrates Magikarp cards?: 29 illustrators have drawn Magikarp. Mitsuhiro Arita has done the most at 7, followed by Ken Sugimori and 5ban Graphics.
What was the first Magikarp card?: Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from Base Set, released in 1999. 31 of its 44 cards are Common.