Magcargo 28/185 · Vivid Voltage

Vivid Voltage is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on November 13, 2020. The printed size is 185. This checklist is longer, at 203 cards. Magcargo is 28/185, in position 28 of 203 on this checklist. Before it is 27 Slugma, and after it is 29 Talonflame V. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

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).

Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this card. The same name is on 471 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. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Shin-ichi Yoshida illustrated that card, and Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this one. 24 other cards of Magcargo list a different HP.

The attack Heat Blast lists 60 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless, Colorless. Bright Flame is another attack lists 180 damage. The cost is Fire, Fire, Colorless, Colorless. Discard 2 Energy from this Pokémon. 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 D.

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