Magneton 35/131 · Forbidden Light

Magneton is Pokédex #082, generation 1 (Kanto). Magneton is a Stage 1 Lightning Pokémon with 90 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 35/131 in Forbidden Light, position 36 of 150. Before it is 34 Magnemite, and after it is 36 Magnezone. The set belongs to the Sun & Moon series. It was released on May 4, 2018. The printed size is 131. This checklist is longer, at 150 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Ram lists 20 damage. The cost is Lightning. Zap Cannon is another attack lists 80 damage. The cost is Lightning, Lightning, Colorless. This Pokémon can't use Zap Cannon during your next turn. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Metal -20. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It has about three times the electrical power of Magnemite. For some reason, outbreaks of this Pokémon happen when lots of sunspots appear."

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 90 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Uncommon. Keiji Kinebuchi illustrated that card, and kirisAki illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 36 other cards of Magneton list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads kirisAki. I count 189 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Forbidden Light set binder is where a full Forbidden Light 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.