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Magikarp & Wailord GX card from the Team Up set
Illustration by 5ban Graphics. Card image via the Pokémon TCG API.
Basic Pokémon

Magikarp & Wailord GX

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A massive TAG TEAM-GX Pokémon that deals heavy damage to your opponent's entire bench.

Water300 HPBasicBeginner to play

What this card does

The card has 300 HP and requires five Water Energy cards to use its first attack.

Its GX attack can deal 100 damage to all of the opponent's Benched Pokémon if you attach seven extra Water Energy cards.

Signature attack

Super Splash

No game text. (180 damage)

The key feature is the Towering Splash GX attack which targets the opponent's weaker Pokémon on their bench. It matters because it removes threats quickly but requires a large investment of energy cards to activate.

Attacks

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Super Splash180
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Towering Splash GX10

If this Pokémon has at least 7 extra Water Energy attached to it (in addition to this attack’s cost), this attack does 100 damage to each of your opponent’s Benched Pokémon. (Don’t apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) (You can’t use more than 1 GX attack in a game.)

Which deck it belongs in

This card suits aggressive Water type decks that can rapidly attach multiple Energy cards. It works best when you need to clear out the opponent's support or attacker Pokémon.

Strengths
  • High HP
  • Bench damage
  • TAG TEAM power
Watch out for
  • Grass weakness
  • Energy hungry
  • One GX per game
Pro tip

Attach Energy cards to other Pokémon first to save time before using this attack.

From the Pokédex

Magikarp is known for being unable to swim well but evolves into the powerful Wailord.

Note for the parent

Your child will need to explain why they are attaching so many Energy cards just to use this special move.

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