Slugma 22/160 · Primal Clash

Slugma is Pokédex #218, generation 2 (Johto). Slugma is a Basic Fire Pokémon with 70 HP. The card lists Magcargo, Magcargo (#219) under evolves to.

Slugma sits at 22/160 in Primal Clash, position 22 of 164. Before it is 21 Ninetales, and after it is 23 Magcargo. The set belongs to the XY series. It was released on February 4, 2015. The printed size is 160. This checklist is longer, at 164 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Grass Fire lists no damage number. The cost is Fire. Discard a Grass Energy attached to your opponent's Active Pokémon. Ram is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Fire, 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."

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 70 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Miki Tanaka illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 3. 19 other cards of Slugma list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Miki Tanaka. I count 192 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Primal Clash set binder is where a full Primal Clash 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.