Across 12 Pokémon TCG cards — drawn 2000–2024 — Magikarp appears in the background art rather than as the featured pokemon. The cameos rotate through Ken Sugimori, Aya Kusube and Kanako Eo and other contributors.
These cards feature swimming, neutral, floating and happy in their background art, illustrated by artists like Ken Sugimori, Aya Kusube and Kanako Eo.