Magneton 27/112 · FireRed & LeafGreen

Magneton is Pokédex #082, generation 1 (Kanto). Magneton is a Stage 1 Lightning Pokémon with 80 HP. The card says it evolves from Magnemite. In this catalog that name is Magnemite (#081). The card lists Magnezone, Magnezone (#462) under evolves to.

Magneton sits at 27/112 in FireRed & LeafGreen, position 27 of 116. Before it is 26 Kingler, and after it is 28 Primeape. The set belongs to the EX series. It was released on September 1, 2004. The printed size is 112. This checklist is longer, at 116 cards. The listed rarity is Rare.

The attack Thundershock lists 20 damage. The cost is Lightning, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Speed Shot is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Choose 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. This attack does 40 damage to that Pokémon. This attack's damage isn't affected by Weakness, Resistance, Poké-Powers, Poké-Bodies, or any other effects on that Pokémon. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Metal -30. Retreat cost is 1.

Magneton (#082) has 44 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 33 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2025. The earliest other card is Magneton 9/102 in Base (1999). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Keiji Kinebuchi illustrated that card, and Ken Sugimori illustrated this one. 27 other cards of Magneton list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Ken Sugimori. I count 1,112 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

FireRed & LeafGreen set binder is where a full FireRed & LeafGreen set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Magneton can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.