Magneton (Base Set 9)

Magneton LV.28
レアコイル Rarecoil

Illus. Keiji Kinebuchi

Evolution stage

Stage 1 Pokémon
Evolves from Magnemite

Card name

Magneton

Type

Lightning

HP

60

weakness ×2	resistance None	retreat cost

English expansion	Base Set
Rarity
English card no.	9/102
Japanese expansion	Expansion Pack
Japanese rarity

Expansion	Base Set 2
Rarity
English card no.	9/130

TCG GB1 set	Colosseum
TCG GB1 rarity
TCG GB1 ID	A22
TCG GB2 set	Psychic Battle
TCG GB2 rarity
TCG GB2 ID	D28

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Magneton.

Magneton (Japanese: レアコイル Rarecoil) is a Lightning-type Stage 1 Pokémon card. It was first released as part of the Base Set.

Card text

Thunder Wave

でんじは

30

Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.

Selfdestruct

じばく

80

Does 20 damage to each Pokémon on each player's Bench. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Magneton does 80 damage to itself.

Pokédex data

Magneton - Magnet Pokémon

No.

082

Height

3'3" (1 m)

Weight

132 lbs. (60 kg)

Pokédex entry

Formed by several Magnemites linked together. It frequently appears when sunspots flare up.

複数のコイルが連結して強力な磁力線と高電圧を放射する。

Release information

This card was included in the Base Set, first released in the Japanese Expansion Pack. It was reprinted in the Base Set 2 expansion.

Gallery

TCG GB1 Colosseum sprite

TCG GB2 Psychic Battle sprite

Trivia

Origin

Thunder Wave is a move in the Pokémon games that Magneton can learn. Self-Destruct, formatted on this card as Selfdestruct, is a move in the Pokémon games that Magneton cannot learn. This card's English Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Red and Blue, though it is slightly reworded. The Japanese entry comes from Pokémon Red and Green.

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