Magcargo ex 95/97 · Dragon

Magcargo is Pokédex #219, generation 2 (Johto). Magcargo ex is a Stage 1 ex Fire Pokémon with 100 HP. The card says it evolves from Slugma. In this catalog that name is Slugma (#218).

Magcargo ex sits at 95/97 in Dragon, position 95 of 100. Before it is 94 Latios ex, and after it is 96 Muk ex. The set belongs to the EX series. It was released on November 24, 2003. The printed size is 97. This checklist is longer, at 100 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Holo EX.

The attack Melting Mountain lists 20 damage. The cost is Fire. Discard the top card from your deck. If that card is a basic Energy card, attach it to Magcargo ex. Lava Flow is another attack lists 40+ damage. The cost is Fire, Fire, Colorless. You may discard any number of basic Energy cards attached to Magcargo ex when you use this attack. If you do, this attack does 40 damage plus 20 more damage for each basic Energy card you discarded. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The card text says: When Pokémon-ex has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

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 is named Magcargo, while this one is Magcargo ex. That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 100 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare Holo EX. Shin-ichi Yoshida illustrated that card, and Hikaru Koike illustrated this one. 28 other cards of Magcargo list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Hikaru Koike. I count 46 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Dragon set binder is where a full Dragon 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). I still need this card.