Dark Gyarados [1st Edition] - Pokemon Team Rocket #25
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Dark Gyarados [1st Edition]
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Dark Gyarados [1st Edition] Card Facts & History
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Card History
Dark Gyarados is part of the original Team Rocket expansion, the set that introduced Dark Pokémon to the English TCG and gave collectors one of the hobby’s defining villain-era themes.
Set Lore
As a 1st Edition card from Team Rocket, this Dark Gyarados comes from the April 24, 2000 Wizards of the Coast release that helped cement WotC-era cards as a nostalgia cornerstone for collectors.
In-Game
Dark Gyarados feels especially on-brand for Team Rocket because Gyarados is famously tied to Team Rocket’s forced-evolution experiment at the Lake of Rage, where the Red Gyarados was created in Pokémon Gold and Silver.
Card History
The anime reinforced that connection too: the Red Gyarados was revealed to have been created by Team Rocket’s Project R, making a Rocket-themed Gyarados card instantly evocative for fans of the Johto storyline.
Artist
This card was illustrated by Kagemaru Himeno, one of the most recognizable early Pokémon TCG artists whose soft, storybook-style work helped define the visual identity of the Wizards of the Coast era.