Magmar 42/102 · HS—Triumphant

HS—Triumphant is a set in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series. It was released on November 3, 2010. The printed size is 102. This checklist is longer, at 103 cards. Magmar is 42/102, in position 42 of 103 on this checklist. Before it is 41 Magby, and after it is 43 Magneton. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Magmar is a Basic Fire Pokémon with 70 HP. In the Pokédex this is Magmar (#126), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists Magmortar, Magmortar (#467) under evolves to.

Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this card. The same name is on 471 other cards in the catalog.

Magmar (#126) has 28 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 28 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2025. The earliest other card is Magmar 36/102 in Base (1999). That card lists 50 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this one. 19 other cards of Magmar list a different HP.

The attack Eruption lists 20× damage. The cost is Fire. Each player discards the top card of his or her deck. This attack does 20 damage times the number of Energy cards discarded in this way. Combustion is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "The fiery surface of its body gives off a wavering, rippling glare that is similar to the sun."

I keep a set binder for HS—Triumphant, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the HS—Triumphant set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Magmar can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.