Magcargo H17/144 · Skyridge

Magcargo is Pokédex #219, generation 2 (Johto). Magcargo is a Stage 1 Fighting Pokémon with 80 HP. The card says it evolves from Slugma. In this catalog that name is Slugma (#218).

Magcargo sits at H17/144 in Skyridge, position 167 of 182. Before it is H16 Magcargo, and after it is H18 Magneton. The set belongs to the E-Card series. It was released on May 12, 2003. The printed size is 144. This checklist is longer, at 182 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

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.

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 Holo. Shin-ichi Yoshida illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. 21 other cards of Magcargo list a different HP.

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

Skyridge set binder is where a full Skyridge set goes. This card fills one slot there. 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.