Magcargo 35/264 · Fusion Strike

Fusion Strike is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on November 12, 2021. The printed size is 264. This checklist is longer, at 284 cards. Magcargo is 35/264, in position 35 of 284 on this checklist. Before it is 34 Slugma, and after it is 36 Victini. 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).

Eri Yamaki 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. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Shin-ichi Yoshida illustrated that card, and Eri Yamaki illustrated this one. 24 other cards of Magcargo list a different HP.

The attack Rock Throw lists 40 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Body Splash is another attack lists 150 damage. The cost is Fire, Fire, Colorless. Flip 3 coins. For each tails, discard an 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 E.

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