Slugma 34/264 · Fusion Strike

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

Slugma sits at 34/264 in Fusion Strike, position 34 of 284. Before it is 33 Arcanine, and after it is 35 Magcargo. The set belongs to the Sword & Shield series. It was released on November 12, 2021. The printed size is 264. This checklist is longer, at 284 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Live Coal lists 10 damage. The cost is Fire. Flare is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. 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." The regulation mark is E.

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 otumami illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 3. 16 other cards of Slugma list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads otumami. I count 44 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Fusion Strike set binder is where a full Fusion Strike set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Slugma can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.