Magcargo 22/196 · Lost Origin

Lost Origin is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on September 9, 2022. The printed size is 196. This checklist is longer, at 217 cards. Magcargo is 22/196, in position 22 of 217 on this checklist. Before it is 21 Slugma, and after it is 23 Torkoal. The listed rarity is Rare.

Magcargo is a Stage 1 Fire Pokémon with 130 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).

Pani Kobayashi illustrated this card. The same name is on 39 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 130 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare. Shin-ichi Yoshida illustrated that card, and Pani Kobayashi illustrated this one. 24 other cards of Magcargo list a different HP.

The attack Flare lists 30 damage. The cost is Fire. Lost Volcano is another attack lists 220 damage. The cost is Fire, Fire, Colorless. Put all Energy attached to this Pokémon in the Lost Zone. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "Its body is as hot as lava and is always billowing. Flames will occasionally burst from its shell." The regulation mark is F.

I keep a set binder for Lost Origin, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Lost Origin 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.