Destined Rivals

Ethan's Magcargo

DRIFR36· Rare
Ethan's Magcargo DRI 36

We are not buying this printing at the moment.

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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
36/182
Set
Destined RivalsDRISet guide
Illustrated by
kodama

Its Ability

Melt AwayFonte Progressive

If this Pokémon has no Energy attached, it has no Retreat Cost.Si aucune Énergie n'est attachée à ce Pokémon, il n'a pas de Coût de Retraite.

Its attacks

Lava BurstExplosion de Lave

70×

Discard up to 5 Energy from this Pokémon. This attack does 70 damage for each card you discarded in this way.Défaussez jusqu'à 5 Énergies de ce Pokémon. Cette attaque inflige 70 dégâts pour chaque carte défaussée de cette façon.

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, Melt Away. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.

  2. A strength

    Ethan's Magcargo runs it in 25 of the 25 lists we have read, seen across 24 different tournaments.

  3. A strength

    Mark I. It is one of the marks currently accepted in Standard: H, I, and J.

  4. 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.

  5. Keep in mind

    Weakness Water ×2. Against a Water Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,810 tournament lists we have read, 1,533 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Standard format: source checked on September 22, 2026. TCGdex

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.

The decks that list this card, with how many lists and how many tournaments
DeckListsTournamentsPrinting listed
Ethan's Magcargo25 of 2524DRI 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.

Every set, with both of its dates

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