Ascended Heroes

Ethan's Slugma

ASCFR23· Common
Ethan's Slugma ASC 23

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What the card itself says

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

HP
80
Type
Fire
Stage
Basic
Retreat cost
2
Weakness
×2
Regulation mark
I
Number
23/217
Set
Ascended HeroesASCSet guide
Illustrated by
Sanosuke Sakuma

Its attacks

Steady FirebreathingCrachage de Feu Régulier

20

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

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

  2. A strength

    It is a Basic Pokémon. You can put it down on your very first turn, with nothing to evolve through.

  3. A strength

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

  4. Keep in mind

    Weakness Water ×2. Against a Water Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,811 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 35

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

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 24 Slugma cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Slugma card and its price