Base Set / #9/102

Magneton

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition): Base Set
Rarity (source): Rare
Illustrator: Keiji Kinebuchi
Source reference: base1-9

CARDEX BACKGROUND

The Pokémon’s story

Magneton forms when three Magnemite join together. Their brains merge too, but the Pokédex notes that this does not make it three times as intelligent. Together they produce waves strong enough to interfere with nearby computers and precision equipment. Its presence thus turns a simple union of Pokémon into a noticeable event for machines. It monitors its surroundings while continually releasing this magnetic energy.

Background on the species in the video games; its forms and card versions may have appeared later.

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! attributes a strange radio signal to Magneton, along with a temperature rise of two degrees Celsius within a one-kilometre radius. The entry therefore links its presence to effects perceptible well beyond its body. This is a Pokédex description, not the range of a card attack.

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Card details

HP: 60
Type (source): Lightning
Stage (source): Stage1
Evolves from (printed name): Magnemite
Pokédex number: 82
Retreat cost: 1 Energy
Weakness (source): Fighting ×2

Printed card text — English

Quoted source text is retained in the card’s printed language so this exact printing can be identified. The CarDex background above is translated into English.

Description from the source

Formed by several Magnemites linked together. It frequently appears when sunspots flare up.

Attacks

Thunder Wave

Cost: Lightning · Lightning · Colorless

Damage: 30

Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.

Selfdestruct

Cost: Lightning · Lightning · Colorless · Colorless

Damage: 80

Does 20 damage to each Pokémon on each player's Bench. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Magneton does 80 damage to itself.

Documented variants

Versions reported by the source; identification for sales still needs verification.

Holographic
First Edition
holo · unlimited · standard
holo · shadowless · standard · 1st-edition
holo · shadowless · standard

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