No. 129 · Kanto · Water
Magikarp cards
Magikarp is a Water-type Pokémon introduced in Kanto, number 129 in the National Pokédex. Its cards run from 1999 to 2025. These are its cards ranked by the artwork itself rather than by set order, so the illustrations worth looking at come first instead of whichever set happened to print last.
They span 38 sets, from Base Set to Destined Rivals. 29 illustrators have drawn it, most often Mitsuhiro Arita, Ken Sugimori and 5ban Graphics.
- Cards
- 4341 shown
- Sets
- 38since Base Set
- Illustrators
- 29most by Mitsuhiro Arita
- Printed
- 1999–2025
- Printed as
- Basic
- HP on card
- 30–300
Evolves into
Who draws Magikarp
29 illustrators, by how many they have drawn.
Where it has been printed
38 sets, by how many Magikarp cards each holds.
- Team Up4
- Gym Challenge2
- Paldea Evolved2
- 1511
- Ancient Origins1
- Base Set1
- Base Set 21
- Burning Shadows1
- Call of Legends1
- Crimson Invasion1
Rarity
Common31Uncommon4Promo2Ultra Rare2Illustration rare1None1
Questions
- How many Magikarp cards are there?
- Illudex indexes 43 Magikarp cards, printed between 1999 and 2025 across 38 sets. That covers every printing in the catalogue, alternate arts and reprints included.
- Which Magikarp card has the best artwork?
- That is what this page is ordered by. Rather than sorting by set or rarity, Illudex reads each illustration with a vision model and ranks them, so the most striking Magikarp artwork appears first regardless of how common the card is.
- Who illustrates Magikarp cards?
- 29 illustrators have drawn Magikarp. Mitsuhiro Arita has done the most at 7, followed by Ken Sugimori and 5ban Graphics. Each name links to their complete body of work.
- What was the first Magikarp card?
- Its earliest printing in the catalogue comes from Base Set, released in 1999. 31 of its 43 cards are Common.