Destined Rivals
Ethan's Magcargo
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What the card itself says
Everything below is written on the card itself: how much health it has, what it fears, and what its attacks cost.
- HP
- 130
- Type
- Fire
- Stage
- Stage 1
- Retreat cost
- 3
- Weakness
- ×2
- Regulation mark
- I
Its Ability
Melt Away
If this Pokémon has no Energy attached, it has no Retreat Cost.
Its attacks
Lava Burst
70×Discard up to 5 Energy from this Pokémon. This attack does 70 damage for each card you discarded in this way.
What to make of it
Have a look at what it does well, then at what will get in your way. After that you'll know whether it belongs in your deck.
WHAT IT HAS GOING FOR IT
- It has an Ability, Melt Away. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
- Ethan's Magcargo runs it in 23 of the 23 lists we have read, seen across 22 different tournaments.
- Mark I. The next rotation takes mark H away, so this one stays tournament legal.
WHAT TO WATCH OUT FOR
- Retreat cost 3. Once it is out front, it stays there. Pack something that moves it another way, or you will burn whole turns discarding Energy.
- Weakness Water ×2. Against a Water Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,299 tournament lists we have read, 1,351 run at least one Pokémon of that type.
Who plays it
These decks really played this card at a tournament. We spot it by the little set code printed at the bottom, the one players copy onto their list — two cards sometimes share a name, the code never lies.
| Deck | Lists | Tournaments | Printing listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethan's Magcargo | 23 of 23 | 22 | DRI 36 |
When it came out
Destined Rivals landed here on 30 May 2025.
In Japan these cards were already in shops on 18 April 2025, under the code SV10. That is 42 days ahead of us.