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Magcargo

SKEN18· Rare
Magcargo SK 18

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What the card itself says

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HP
80
Type
Fighting
Stage
Stage 1
Retreat cost
3
Weakness
×2

Its Ability

Streaming Mantle

When you play Magcargo from your hand to evolve your Active Pokémon, you may discard the top 3 cards of your deck and and then shuffle 3 basic Energy cards from your discard pile into your deck. If you do, your opponent does the same.

Its attacks

Crushing Lava

40+

You may discard a Fire or Fighting basic Energy card attached to Magcargo. If you discard a Fire Energy card in this way, the Defending Pokémon is now Burned. If you discard a Fighting Energy card in this way, this attack does 40 damage plus 20 more damage.

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.

  1. A strength

    It has an Ability, Streaming Mantle. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.

  2. Keep in mind

    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.

  3. Keep in mind

    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.

  4. Keep in mind

    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.

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