Eruption
Cost: Colorless · Colorless
Damage: 20+
Each player discard the top card of his or her deck. This attack does 20 damage plus 20 more damage for each Fire Energy card discarded in this way.
Skyridge / #17/144
Magcargo
Printed language: English · Pokémon
- Set (printed edition)
- Skyridge
- Rarity (source)
- Rare
- Illustrator
- Hajime Kusajima
- Source reference
- ecard3-17
CARDEX BACKGROUND
The Pokémon’s story
Magcargo carries a shell formed from its own cooled skin. It looks solid, but breaks easily on contact; the Pokémon can regain its shape by plunging into magma. Flames escape through the cracks while its body remains as hot as lava. In rain, the drops evaporate and thick steam may cover the surroundings. The Pokédex therefore describes a being whose shell is fragile despite the extreme heat it contains.
Background on the species in the video games; its forms and card versions may have appeared later.A detail worth noticing
Pokémon Alpha Sapphire attributes a temperature of around 10,000°C to Magcargo. In the same entry, rain turns to steam around it and creates fog. This is a property described in the Pokédex, not a measurement applicable to physical cards.
Sources for this background
Card details
- HP
- 80
- Type (source)
- Fire
- Stage (source)
- Stage1
- Evolves from (printed name)
- Slugma
- Pokédex number
- 219
- Retreat cost
- 3 Energy
- Weakness (source)
- Water x2
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.
Attacks
Fire Stream
Cost: Fire · Fire · Colorless · Colorless
Damage: 60
Discard a Fire Energy card attached to Magcargo in order to use this attack. If your opponent has any Benched Pokémon, this attack does 10 damage to each of them. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)Documented variants
Versions reported by the source; identification for sales still needs verification.
- Normal
- Reverse
- normal · standard
- reverse · standard
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