Team Magma vs Team Aqua

Team Magma's Groudon MA 9/95

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Team Magma's Groudon MA 9

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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 MA 9/95 there. Its illustration is signed Kazuo Yazawa.
Which set does it come from?
It comes from the Team Magma vs Team Aqua set, released here on 1 March 2004.

When it came out

Team Magma vs Team Aqua landed here on 1 March 2004.

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
100
Type
FightingDarkness
Stage
Basic
Retreat cost
3
Weakness
×2
Number
9/95
Set
Team Magma vs Team AquaMA
Illustrated by
Kazuo Yazawa

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Its Ability

Power Saver

As long as the number of Pokémon in play (both yours and your opponent's) that has Team Magma in its name is 3 or less, Team Magma's Groudon can't attack.

Its attacks

Linear Attack

Choose 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. This attack does 20 damage to that Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)

Pulverize

50+

If the Defending Pokémon already has at least 2 damage counters on it, this attack does 50 damage plus 20 more damage.

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

  2. A strength

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

  3. 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.

  4. Keep in mind

    None of the 5,624 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.

  5. Keep in mind

    Weakness Grass ×2. Against a Grass Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 5,624 tournament lists we have read, 3,564 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.

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 31 Groudon cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Groudon card and its price