AbilityCrushing Charge
Once during your turn (before your attack), you may discard the top card of your deck. If it's a basic Energy card, attach it to 1 of your Pokémon.
Magcargo-GX 218/214 · Lost Thunder
Lost Thunder is a set in the Sun & Moon series. It was released on 2 November 2018. The printed size is 214. This checklist is longer, at 240 cards. Magcargo-GX is 218/214, in position 222 of 240 on this checklist. Before it is 217 Virizion-GX, and after it is 219 Blacephalon-GX. The collector number is above the printed set size of 214. The listed rarity is Rare Rainbow.
Magcargo-GX is a Stage 1 GX Fire Pokémon with 210 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).
5ban Graphics illustrated this card. The same name is on 1,629 other cards in the catalog.
Magcargo (#219) has 29 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 Magcargo 33/64 in Neo Revelation (2001). That card is named Magcargo, while this one is Magcargo-GX. That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 210 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare Rainbow. Shin-ichi Yoshida illustrated that card, and 5ban Graphics illustrated this one. 27 other cards of Magcargo list a different HP.
Crushing Charge is listed as Ability. Once during your turn (before your attack), you may discard the top card of your deck. If it's a basic Energy card, attach it to 1 of your Pokémon. The attack Lava Flow lists 50+ damage. The cost is Fire, Fire, Colorless. Discard any amount of basic Energy from this Pokémon. This attack does 50 more damage for each card you discarded in this way. Burning Magma-GX is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Fire. Discard the top 5 cards of your opponent's deck. (You can't use more than 1 GX attack in a game.) Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The card text says: Pokémon-GX rule: When your Pokémon-GX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.
I keep a set binder for Lost Thunder, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Lost Thunder 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.
Card facts
- Number
- 218/214
- Set
- Lost Thunder
- Series
- Sun & Moon
- Released
- 2 November 2018
- Rarity
- Rare Rainbow
- Supertype
- Pokémon
- Subtypes
- Stage 1, GX
- HP
- 210
- Type
- Fire
- Illustrator
- 5ban Graphics
- Pokédex
- Magcargo (#219)
- Evolves from
- Slugma
- Weakness
- Water ×2
- Retreat
- 3
Attacks and card text
AttackLava Flow
Discard any amount of basic Energy from this Pokémon. This attack does 50 more damage for each card you discarded in this way.
AttackBurning Magma-GX
Discard the top 5 cards of your opponent's deck. (You can't use more than 1 GX attack in a game.)
Card text
Pokémon-GX rule: When your Pokémon-GX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.
Binders this card belongs in
Other printings in the list
Next to it in the set
Questions about this card
Which set is Magcargo-GX from?
Lost Thunder, in the Sun & Moon series. It was released on 2 November 2018. The printed size is 214.
What is the collector number?
218/214. It is entry 222 of 240 in this checklist.
Who illustrated it?
5ban Graphics. The catalog lists 1,629 other cards with that illustrator.
What rarity is listed?
Rare Rainbow.
What Pokédex number does the card use?
Magcargo #219, generation 2 (Johto).
Which attacks are printed?
Lava Flow (50+) and Burning Magma-GX.