Slugma 83/106 · Great Encounters

Great Encounters is a set in the Diamond & Pearl series. It was released on 1 February 2008. The printed size is 106, and the checklist is the same length. Slugma is 83/106, in position 83 of 106 on this checklist. Before it is 82 Slowpoke, and after it is 84 Snubbull. The listed rarity is Common.

Slugma is a Basic Fire Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists level 11. In the Pokédex this is Slugma (#218), generation 2 (Johto). The card lists Magcargo, Magcargo (#219) under evolves to.

Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this card. The same name is on 471 other cards in the catalog.

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 60 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this one. 22 other cards of Slugma list a different HP.

The attack Steady Firebreathing lists 10 damage. The cost is Fire. Body Slam is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Weakness is Water +10. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "Its body is made of magma. If it doesn't keep moving, its body will cool and harden."

I keep a set binder for Great Encounters, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Great Encounters set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Slugma can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.