How can you tell your card is this one?

Look at the bottom of your card: you should read ASC 222/217 there. Its illustration is signed Hideki Ishikawa.

Which set does it come from?

It comes from the Ascended Heroes set, released here on 30 January 2026.

Ascended Heroes

Ethan's Magcargo ASC 222/217

Name: Ethan's Magcargo ASC 222
Brand: Pokémon

ASCJPIllustration rare

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What you might be wondering about this card

How can you tell your card is this one?: Look at the bottom of your card: you should read ASC 222/217 there. Its illustration is signed Hideki Ishikawa.
Which set does it come from?: It comes from the Ascended Heroes set, released here on 30 January 2026.

When it came out

Ascended Heroes landed here on 30 January 2026.

In Japan these cards were already in shops on 28 November 2025, under the code M2a. That is 63 days ahead of us.

Every set, with both of its dates

What the card itself says

Its characteristics and effects in play, with the original text when available.

HP: 130
Type: Fire
Stage: Stage 1
Retreat cost: 3
Weakness: ×2
Regulation mark: I
Number: 222/217
Set: Ascended HeroesASCSet guide
Illustrated by: Hideki Ishikawa

Its Ability

Melt Awayとけてながれる

If this Pokémon has no Energy attached, it has no Retreat Cost.このポケモンにエネルギーがついていないなら、このポケモンのにげるためのエネルギーは、すべてなくなる。

Its attacks

Lava Burstようがんバースト

70×

Discard up to 5 Energy from this Pokémon. This attack does 70 damage for each card you discarded in this way.このポケモンについているエネルギーを5枚までトラッシュし、その枚数×70ダメージ。

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.

A strength
It has an Ability, Melt Away. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
A strength
Ethan's Magcargo runs it in 25 of the 25 lists we have read, seen across 24 different tournaments.
A strength
Mark I. It is one of the marks currently accepted in Standard: H, I, and J.
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.
Keep in mind
Weakness Water ×2. Against a Water Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 5,417 tournament lists we have read, 2,181 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Standard format: source checked on September 27, 2026. TCGdex

Who plays it

Every printing of Ethan's Magcargo plays the same way at a tournament. So the decks below count them all together, and the last column shows the one players wrote on their list.

The decks that list this card, with how many lists and how many tournaments
Deck	Lists	Tournaments	Printing listed
Ethan's Magcargo	25 of 25	24	DRI 36

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 30 Magcargo cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Magcargo card and its price