Magikarp #35 — Base Set

Magikarp is card 35 of 102 in the 1999 Base Set — a Uncommon Water-type Pokémon with 30 HP, illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita.

CATALOGUED · NOT YET PRICED

No completed public sale for Magikarp has been verified into our ledger yet. Until eight verified sales for a single printing-and-grade cell are recorded, there is nothing to take a median of, so this page prints no figure. No estimate, no range, no placeholder.

Identity fetched 2026-09-01 from the pokemontcg.io Base Set checklist; prices and populations are not in that record.

The record we hold

Set: Base Set (1999)
Card number: 35 / 102
Rarity: Uncommon
Card type: Pokémon · Water
HP: 30
Holofoil: No
Illustrator: Illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita

Magikarp was printed without a holofoil panel; 16 of the 102 cards carry one. By checklist position it is 35 of 102, which puts it in the middle third of the binder. Its binder neighbours are Machoke (#34) and Magmar (#36). 63 Base Set cards print a higher HP than its 30.

Which printing you are holding

Magikarp was printed three times over, and the three do not trade alike. 1st Edition carries the edition stamp and a flat frame; Shadowless drops the stamp and keeps the flat frame; Unlimited restores the drop shadow. Priced, Magikarp would carry one cell per printing — blending three print runs into one median states a price no one paid.

Walk the set

Machoke (#34) before, Magmar (#36) after.

Also in Base Set

Doduo, Weedle, Defender, Energy Removal, Alakazam and Pidgeotto — six cards drawn across the checklist by a fixed offset ring, each of which links back.

Also illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita

Mitsuhiro Arita is credited on 19 cards here; these 4 come off that list by the same offset rule.

Other Uncommon Water-type Pokémon cards

5 in the cohort; nearest by number: