Destined Rivals
Ethan's Slugma
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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
- 80
- Type
- Fire
- Stage
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 2
- Weakness
- ×2
- Regulation mark
- I
Its attacks
Steady Firebreathing
20What 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
- Ethan's Magcargo runs it in 23 of the 23 lists we have read, seen across 22 different tournaments.
- It is a Basic Pokémon. You can put it down on your very first turn, with nothing to evolve through.
- Mark I. The next rotation takes mark H away, so this one stays tournament legal.
WHAT TO WATCH OUT FOR
- 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 35 |
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.