Magneton 53/162 · BREAKthrough

BREAKthrough is a set in the XY series. It was released on November 4, 2015. The printed size is 162. This checklist is longer, at 165 cards. Magneton is 53/162, in position 53 of 165 on this checklist. Before it is 52 Magnemite, and after it is 54 Magnezone. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Magneton is a Stage 1 Lightning Pokémon with 80 HP. In the Pokédex this is Magneton (#082), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Magnemite. In this catalog that name is Magnemite (#081). The card lists Magnezone, Magnezone (#462) under evolves to.

Tomokazu Komiya illustrated this card. The same name is on 248 other cards in the catalog.

Magneton (#082) has 44 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 33 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2025. The earliest other card is Magneton 9/102 in Base (1999). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Uncommon. Keiji Kinebuchi illustrated that card, and Tomokazu Komiya illustrated this one. 27 other cards of Magneton list a different HP.

The attack Static Shock lists no damage number. The cost is Lightning. Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Electro Ball is another attack lists 70 damage. The cost is Lightning, Colorless, Colorless. Discard an Energy attached to this Pokémon. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Metal -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Generates strange radio signals. It raises the temperature by 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit within 3,300 feet."

I keep a set binder for BREAKthrough, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the BREAKthrough set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Magneton can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.