Dark Magcargo (Neo Destiny 18)

Dark Magcargo LV.36 わるいマグカルゴ Bad Magcargot

Illus. Toshinao Aoki

Evolution stage Stage 1 Pokémon Evolves from Slugma Card name Dark Magcargo Type Fire HP 60 weakness ×2 resistance None retreat cost English expansion Neo Destiny Rarity English card no. 18/105 Japanese expansion Darkness, and to Light... Japanese rarity For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Magcargo.

Dark Magcargo (Japanese: わるいマグカルゴ Bad Magcargot) is a Fire-type Stage 1 Dark Pokémon card. It is part of the Neo Destiny expansion.

Card text

Pokémon Power:

Hot Plate

ヒートプレート

As long as Dark Magcargo is your Active Pokémon, whenever a player puts a Baby Pokémon or a Basic Pokémon onto his or her Bench from his or her hand, this power does 10 damage to that Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance.) This power stops working while Dark Magcargo is Asleep, Confused, or Paralyzed.

Ball of Flame

かえんだん

20

You may discard a Energy card attached to Dark Magcargo when you use this attack. If you do and if your opponent has any Benched Pokémon, choose 1 of them and this attack does 20 damage to it. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)

Pokédex data

Magcargo - Lava Pokémon

No.

219

Height

2'7" (0.8 m)

Weight

121 lbs. (55 kg)

Pokédex entry

The shell on its back comes off easily, exposing the flames running through its body.

背中のからはくずれやすいが、ときどき、体内をめぐっている高熱の炎が噴き出す。

Trivia

Although this Pokémon is level 36, Slugma does not evolve into Magcargo until level 38.

Origin

Ball of Flame's Japanese name is that of Searing Shot, a move introduced in the Generation V Pokémon games that Magcargo cannot learn. This card's Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Silver, though it is heavily reworded in English.

This article is part of Project TCG, a Bulbapedia project that aims to report on every aspect of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.