# Gyarados #7/130 — Base Set 2

## Summary

Gyarados is one of the Kantō starters' great rivals in fan affection, the Magikarp payoff that kids waited years to see on the table, and Arita's name on a Wizards-era Rare adds a quiet premium. In Base Set 2 it was a mid-tier pull, not the chase slot. The modelled guide sits at $59, up 30% over 30 days on 72 copies traded, with 394 days of inventory on the board; PSA has slabbed 4,394 of these and only 81 are 10s, a 2% gem rate that makes the raw-to-gem gap the entire trade, with original packs long past any pull-rate math.

## Identity

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Set | Base Set 2 |
| Number | 7/130 |
| Rarity | Rare |
| Era | WOTC |
| Illustrator | Mitsuhiro Arita |
| Release date | 2000-02-24 |
| Image | Unavailable |

## Card details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Card type | POKEMON |
| Stage | Stage1 |
| Evolves from | Magikarp |
| HP | 100 |
| Types | Water |
| Attack: Dragon Rage | cost Water/Water/Water — damage 50 |
| Attack: Bubblebeam | cost Water/Water/Water/Water — damage 40 — Flip a coin. If heads, Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. |
| Weakness | Grass ×2 |
| Resistance | Fighting -30 |
| Retreat | 3 |
| Legal | Standard no · Expanded no |
| Pokédex entry | [Gyarados #130](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/pokedex/gyarados) |
| Finishes | Holo |
| Languages | EN |

## Current stats

- Headline price: **$59.21** (GUIDE_THIN_SAMPLE; modelled guide price) — as of 2026-11-07
- Headline basis: MODELLED_GUIDE — The venue’s published daily market guide, which the venue itself declares MODELLED. Nothing is confirmed to have traded at it, no copy is listed at it, and it is not our estimate — it is theirs.
- 24h change: 0.00% · 7d change: +0.50% — as of 2026-11-07
- Floor delivered ask: $27.00 — as of 2026-11-08T01:53:25.980Z
- Quant score: 68/100, regime MARKUP — as of 2026-11-08T01:53:25.980Z — 6 of 11 inputs · 55% weight · -23% confidence

## Provenance

- Catalog — observed 2000-02-24T00:00:00Z, confidence 98%
- Live ask — observed 2026-11-08T01:45:19.725Z, confidence 90%
- Guide price (modelled) — observed 2026-11-07T00:00:00.000Z, confidence 90%
- Price statistic — observed 2026-11-08T01:45:19.725Z, confidence 90%
- Confirmed sale — observed 2026-11-07T23:08:38.930Z, confidence 85%
- Inventory count — observed 2026-11-08T01:45:19.725Z, confidence 70%
- Population census — observed 2026-11-04T02:38:38.847Z, confidence 60%

## Links

- [View on Cardboard Alpha](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/base-set-2/gyarados-7)
- [JSON snapshot](https://cardboardalpha.com/api/terminal/raw~tcgdex%3Abase4-7%3AEN%3AHOLO~NM)