Dragon
Magcargo ex
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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
- 100
- Type
- Fire
- Stage
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 3
- Weakness
- ×2
Its attacks
Melting Mountain
20Discard the top card from your deck. If that card is a basic Energy card, attach it to Magcargo ex.
Lava Flow
40+You may discard any number of basic Energy cards attached to Magcargo ex when you use this attack. If you do, this attack does 40 damage plus 20 more damage for each basic Energy card you discarded.
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
- Melting Mountain hits for 20 on 1 Energy. Nothing in Dragon hits harder for that price.
- It is a Basic Pokémon. You can put it down on your very first turn, with nothing to evolve through.
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.
- None of the 3,299 tournament lists we have read runs it. That does not make it a bad card — it means we have not seen it on a table yet.
- It is an ex card. The turn it goes down your opponent takes 2 Prizes instead of one, and games do turn on exactly that.
- 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
None of the tournament lists we have read mentions this card. That happens with a card that has just come out, or one players have not tried yet.
The other cards of this Pokémon
Two cards of the same Pokémon can be worth wildly different amounts — it depends on the set, the rarity and the artwork. We put all 27 Magcargo cards on one page, priciest first.