Skyridge

Magneton

SKFR19· Rare
Magneton SK 19

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What the card itself says

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HP
80
Type
Lightning
Stage
Stage 1
Retreat cost
1
Weakness
×2
Number
19/144
Set
SkyridgeSK
Illustrated by
Hajime Kusajima

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Its Ability

Attract Energy

When you play Magneton from your hand to evolve 1 of your Pokémon, you may move any number of basic Energy cards attached to your other Pokémon to Magneton.

Its attacks

Electric Blast

40

You may discard all Lightning Energy cards attached to Magneton when you use this attack. If you do, put damage counters equal to the amount of Energy cards removed in this way on any number of your opponent's Benched Pokémon in the way you like. (For example, if you discard 3 Lightning Energy cards, you can put 1 damage counter on 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon and 2 on another.)

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

    Retreat cost 1. One Energy to discard and it is back on the Bench, which matters a lot on the turn you need to swap attackers.

  2. A strength

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

  3. Keep in mind

    None of the 5,006 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 Fighting ×2. Against a Fighting Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 5,006 tournament lists we have read, 1,123 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

Skyridge landed here on 12 May 2003.

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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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