Magneton 43/102 · HS—Triumphant

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 43/102 in HS—Triumphant, position 43 of 103. Before it is 42 Magmar, and after it is 44 Marowak. The set belongs to the HeartGold & SoulSilver series. It was released on November 3, 2010. The printed size is 102. This checklist is longer, at 103 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Speed Ball lists 20 damage. The cost is Lightning. Tri Attack is another attack lists 20× damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Flip 3 coins. This attack does 20 damage times the number of heads. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Metal -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "The Magnemite are united by a magnetism so powerful, it dries all moisture in its vicinity."

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 Uncommon. Keiji Kinebuchi illustrated that card, and Noriko Hotta illustrated this one. 27 other cards of Magneton list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Noriko Hotta. I count 20 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

HS—Triumphant set binder is where a full HS—Triumphant 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). Themed lists that include this exact card are Magnemite, Magneton, and Magnezone. I still need this card.