Gym Heroes

Lt. Surge's Magneton

G18· Holo Rare
Lt. Surge's Magneton G1 8

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What the card itself says

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HP
70
Type
Lightning
Stage
Stage 1
Retreat cost
2
Weakness
×2
Number
8/132
Set
Gym HeroesG1
Illustrated by
Ken Sugimori

Its Ability

Energy Charge

As often as you like during your turn (before your attack), if Lt. Surge's Magneton is your Active Pokémon, you may take 1 Lightning Energy card attached to 1 of your Pokémon and attach it to Lt. Surge's Magneton. This power can't be used if Lt. Surge's Magneton is Asleep, Confused, or Paralyzed.

Its attacks

Mega Shock

50

Flip a coin. If tails, Lt. Surge's Magneton does 20 damage to itself.

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

  2. Keep in mind

    None of the 4,126 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.

  3. Keep in mind

    Weakness Fighting ×2. Against a Fighting Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 4,126 tournament lists we have read, 935 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.

When it came out

Gym Heroes landed here on 14 August 2000.

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 46 Magneton cards on one page, priciest first.

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