MAGIKARP | 1996 POKEMON JAPANESE BASIC 129 | PSA NM-MT 8

PSA Graded Card - Certification #99424341 - Grade: NM-MT 8

This card is from the original 1996 Japanese Basic Pokémon set, featuring the Pokémon Magikarp. The card background is sky blue with bubble-like effects around the border, and the illustration depicts Magikarp flailing in water, typical of its character. The card is entirely in Japanese, with LV.8/HP30 noted at the top right, along with attack names and stats below the illustration box. The set and copyright details, as well as the illustrator ('illus. Mitsuhiro Arita'), are at the bottom. The card has basic printing with no holographic or foil elements and a yellow border. This is a PSA-graded example, rated NM-MT 8. The card is historically significant as part of the very first Pokémon TCG set, released only in Japan in 1996, and distinguishes itself by the original card layout, Japanese text, and pre-Wizards of the Coast release design.

Card Details:

Subject: MAGIKARP

Card Name: 1996 POKEMON JAPANESE BASIC

Card Number: 129