Dark Magneton 28/82 · Team Rocket

Magneton is Pokédex #082, generation 1 (Kanto). Dark Magneton is a Stage 1 Lightning Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists level 26. The card says it evolves from Magnemite. In this catalog that name is Magnemite (#081). The card lists Magnezone, Magnezone (#462) under evolves to.

Dark Magneton sits at 28/82 in Team Rocket, position 28 of 83. Before it is 27 Dark Machamp, and after it is 29 Dark Slowbro. The set belongs to the Base series. It was released on April 24, 2000. The printed size is 82. This checklist is longer, at 83 cards. The listed rarity is Rare.

The attack Sonicboom lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for this attack. (Any other effects that would happen after applying Weakness and Resistance still happen.) Magnetic Lines is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Lightning, Lightning. If the Defending Pokémon has any basic Energy cards attached to it, choose 1 of them. If your opponent has any Benched Pokémon, choose 1 of them and attach that Energy card to it. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "The number of incidents of hackers using Magnetons to damage computer systems is steadily increasing."

Magneton (#082) has 44 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 34 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2025. The earliest other card is Magneton 9/102 in Base (1999). That card is named Magneton, while this one is Dark Magneton. Both list 60 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Keiji Kinebuchi illustrated that card, and Miki Tanaka illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 41 other cards of Magneton list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Miki Tanaka. I count 192 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Team Rocket set binder is where a full Team Rocket set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Magneton can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Team Rocket cards. I still need this card.