# Dark Gyarados #8/82 — Team Rocket

## Summary

Dark Gyarados is the Team Rocket-era villain take on a Gen I favorite, and Gyarados has stayed one of the best-loved Pokémon since Red and Blue. As an unholo Rare it sat a rung below the holos, yet the Rocket branding and Kagemaru Himeno's early-era credit keep collectors interested. The modelled guide sits at $222 with 41 copies traded in 30 days; PSA does not split this card’s population by finish, so no gem rate can be read for it, with original packs long past any pull-rate math.

## Identity

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Set | Team Rocket |
| Number | 8/82 |
| Rarity | Rare |
| Era | WOTC |
| Illustrator | Kagemaru Himeno |
| Release date | 2000-04-24 |
| Image | Unavailable |

## Card details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Card type | POKEMON |
| Stage | Stage1 |
| Evolves from | Magikarp |
| HP | 70 |
| Types | Water |
| Ability: Final Beam | When Dark Gyarados is Knocked Out by an attack, flip a coin. If heads, this power does 20 damage for each Water Energy attached to Dark Gyarados to the Pokémon that Knocked Out Dark Gyarados. Apply Weakness and Resistance. This power doesn't work if Dark Gyarados is Asleep, Confused, or Paralyzed. |
| Attack: Ice Beam | cost Water/Water/Water — damage 30 — Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. |
| Weakness | Grass ×2 |
| Resistance | Fighting -30 |
| Retreat | 2 |
| Legal | Standard no · Expanded no |
| Pokédex entry | [Gyarados #130](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/pokedex/gyarados) |
| Finishes | Holo |
| Languages | EN |

## Current stats

- Headline price: **$221.81** (ITEM_MEDIAN; modelled guide price) — as of 2026-10-18T07:47:46.815Z
- 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: n/a · 7d change: n/a — as of 2026-10-18T07:47:46.815Z
- Floor delivered ask: unavailable (no depth coverage).
- Quant score: unavailable (insufficient data).

## Provenance

- Catalog — observed 2000-04-24T00:00:00Z, confidence 98%
- Live ask — observed 2026-10-16T15:16:01.663Z, confidence 90%
- Guide price (modelled) — observed 2026-10-18T07:47:46.815Z, confidence 75%
- Population census — observed 2026-09-10T01:46:45.164Z, confidence 60%

## Links

- [View on Cardboard Alpha](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/team-rocket/dark-gyarados-8)
- [JSON snapshot](https://cardboardalpha.com/api/terminal/raw~tcgdex%3Abase5-8%3AEN%3AHOLO~NM)