Magcargo 45/106 · Great Encounters

Great Encounters is a set in the Diamond & Pearl series. It was released on February 1, 2008. The printed size is 106, and the checklist is the same length. Magcargo is 45/106, in position 45 of 106 on this checklist. Before it is 44 Loudred, and after it is 46 Marshtomp. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Magcargo is a Stage 1 Fire Pokémon with 90 HP. The card lists level 35. In the Pokédex this is Magcargo (#219), generation 2 (Johto). The card says it evolves from Slugma. In this catalog that name is Slugma (#218).

Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this card. The same name is on 721 other cards in the catalog.

Magcargo (#219) has 29 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 20 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2001 to 2026. The earliest other card is Magcargo 33/64 in Neo Revelation (2001). That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Shin-ichi Yoshida illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. 28 other cards of Magcargo list a different HP.

Magma Armor is listed as Poké-Body. Magcargo can't be Asleep or Paralyzed. The attack Lava Plume lists 60 damage. The cost is Fire, Fire, Colorless. You may discard the top card of your deck. If you do, the Defending Pokémon is now Burned. Weakness is Water +20. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "Its body temperature is roughly 18,000 degrees F. Flames spout from gaps in its hardened shell."

I keep a set binder for Great Encounters, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Great Encounters set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Magcargo can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Mitsuhiro Arita cards. I still need this card.