Slugma 43/214 · Lost Thunder

Lost Thunder is a set in the Sun & Moon series. It was released on November 2, 2018. The printed size is 214. This checklist is longer, at 240 cards. Slugma is 43/214, in position 43 of 240 on this checklist. Before it is 42 Typhlosion, and after it is 44 Magcargo-GX. The listed rarity is Common.

Slugma is a Basic Fire Pokémon with 80 HP. In the Pokédex this is Slugma (#218), generation 2 (Johto). The card lists Magcargo, Magcargo (#219) under evolves to.

SATOSHI NAKAI illustrated this card. The same name is on 58 other cards in the catalog.

Slugma (#218) has 23 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 21 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2001 to 2026. The earliest other card is Slugma 53/64 in Neo Revelation (2001). That card lists 50 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and SATOSHI NAKAI illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 3. 16 other cards of Slugma list a different HP.

The attack Stampede lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Flamethrower is another attack lists 60 damage. The cost is Fire, Fire, Colorless. Discard an Energy from this Pokémon. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "Its body is made of magma. If it doesn't keep moving, its body will cool and harden."

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