Magcargo 29/162 · Temporal Forces

Temporal Forces is a set in the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on March 22, 2024. The printed size is 162. This checklist is longer, at 218 cards. Magcargo is 29/162, in position 29 of 218 on this checklist. Before it is 28 Slugma, and after it is 30 Victini. The listed rarity is Rare.

Magcargo is a Stage 1 Fire Pokémon with 120 HP. 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).

Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this card. The same name is on 721 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 2001 to 2026. The earliest other card is Magcargo 33/64 in Neo Revelation (2001). That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 120 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare. Shin-ichi Yoshida illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 4. 27 other cards of Magcargo list a different HP.

Lava Zone is listed as Ability. Whenever your opponent's Active Pokémon moves to the Bench during their turn, their new Active Pokémon is now Burned. The attack Heat Blast lists 100 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 4. The flavor text reads "Its brittle shell occasionally spouts intense flames that circulate throughout its body." The regulation mark is H.

I keep a set binder for Temporal Forces, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Temporal Forces set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Magcargo can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Mitsuhiro Arita cards. I still need this card.