Magcargo 18/144 · Skyridge

Skyridge is a set in the E-Card series. It was released on May 12, 2003. The printed size is 144. This checklist is longer, at 182 cards. Magcargo is 18/144, in position 18 of 182 on this checklist. Before it is 17 Magcargo, and after it is 19 Magneton. The listed rarity is Rare.

Magcargo is a Stage 1 Fighting Pokémon with 80 HP. 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 21 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). Both list 80 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare. Shin-ichi Yoshida illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. 21 other cards of Magcargo list a different HP.

Streaming Mantle is listed as Poké-Power. When you play Magcargo from your hand to evolve your Active Pokémon, you may discard the top 3 cards of your deck and and then shuffle 3 basic Energy cards from your discard pile into your deck. If you do, your opponent does the same. The attack Crushing Lava lists 40+ damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless, Colorless. You may discard a Fire or Fighting basic Energy card attached to Magcargo. If you discard a Fire Energy card in this way, the Defending Pokémon is now Burned. If you discard a Fighting Energy card in this way, this attack does 40 damage plus 20 more damage. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 3.

I keep a set binder for Skyridge, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Skyridge 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.