Magcargo 33/64 · Neo Revelation

Neo Revelation is a set in the Neo series. It was released on September 21, 2001. The printed size is 64. This checklist is longer, at 66 cards. Magcargo is 33/64, in position 33 of 66 on this checklist. Before it is 32 Lanturn, and after it is 34 Octillery. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Magcargo is a Stage 1 Fire Pokémon with 80 HP. The card lists level 48. In the Pokédex this is Magcargo (#219), generation 2 (Johto). The card says it evolves from Slugma. In this catalog that name is Slugma (#218).

Shin-ichi Yoshida illustrated this card. The same name is on 50 other cards in the catalog.

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 2002 to 2026. The earliest other card is Dark Magcargo 18/105 in Neo Destiny (2002). That card is named Dark Magcargo, while this one is Magcargo. That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Uncommon. Toshinao Aoki illustrated that card, and Shin-ichi Yoshida illustrated this one. 21 other cards of Magcargo list a different HP.

Magma Pool is listed as Pokémon Power. If Magcargo is your Active Pokémon and moves to the Bench, remove 1 Fire Energy card attached to Magcargo, if any, and attach it to the new Active Pokémon. (You can't choose an Energy card that you used to pay the Retreat Cost.) The attack Lava Flow lists 40+ damage. The cost is Fire, Fire, Fire. You may discard any number of Fire Energy cards attached to Magcargo when you use this attack. If you do, this attack does 40 damage plus 20 more damage for each Fire Energy card you discarded in this way. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "The shell on its back is just skin that has cooled and hardened. It breaks easily with a slight touch."

I keep a set binder for Neo Revelation, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Neo Revelation set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Magcargo can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.