Gyarados · Skyridge, what to know.
About the Gyarados card
Numbered 11 of 182 in Skyridge, released in May 2003, Gyarados is a Rare, a Stage 1 Water-type carrying 90 HP.
It evolves from Magikarp, so Gyarados is a later-stage card that set-builders usually slot into a full evolution run rather than buy alone.
Illustrated by Kimiya Masago.
About Gyarados in the Pokémon world
The fully evolved Magikarp. A massive serpentine water-flying dragon. Famous for the disproportionate evolution arc. Base Set holo Gyarados is one of the most aesthetically beloved holos in the set. Steady graded demand and appreciation.
What is Gyarados worth?
Gyarados is a non-holo Rare. In Skyridge, value concentrates in the holo rares, so a Gyarados trades modestly, though a clean, well-centered 1st Edition copy in PSA 10 is scarcer than the print run suggests and carries a real premium. Check the live price above for the figure by grade.
Print variants and how to spot them
Confirm the print and finish on Gyarados before pricing it, since variant and rarity set the market more than the card name alone.
Grading and condition
On Gyarados, look at the corners and the framed border first. Non-holo Rares took more handling than the chase holos, so a sharp, centered copy of Gyarados in a true PSA 10 is harder to find than the print run suggests.
If you are collecting Gyarados
For Gyarados, check centering by eye, edge whitening on all four sides, and surface under angled light. Non-holo Rares from this era are cheap enough that a PSA 10 submission on a clean Gyarados can make sense.
