Magby 17/165 · Expedition Base Set

Magby is Pokédex #240, generation 2 (Johto). Magby is a Baby Fire Pokémon with 30 HP. The card lists Magmar, Magmar (#126) under evolves to.

Magby sits at 17/165 in Expedition Base Set, position 17 of 165. Before it is 16 Machamp, and after it is 18 Meganium. The set belongs to the E-Card series. It was released on September 15, 2002. The printed size is 165, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

The attack Energy Catch lists no damage number. The cost is Fire. Flip a coin. If heads, put a basic Energy card from your discard pile into your hand. Retreat cost is 1. The card text says: If your Active Pokémon is a Baby Pokémon and your opponent announces an attack, your opponent flips a coin (before doing anything else). If tails, your opponent's turn ends.

Magby (#240) has 9 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 8 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2023. The earliest other card is Magby 23/111 in Neo Genesis (2000). Both list 30 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Rare Holo. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. 3 other cards of Magby list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Mitsuhiro Arita. I count 721 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Expedition Base Set set binder is where a full Expedition Base Set set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Magby can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Mitsuhiro Arita cards and Baby Pokémon. I still need this card.