Magneton 42 — what does this card actually do?

Name: Magneton 42
Brand: Pokémon
Author: Hajime Kusajima

This card has 80 HP, a top attack printed at 40 damage and a Fire weakness.

Metal · Stage 1 · Stormfront · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026

What does Magneton 42 do in a game?

Magneton 42 is a Metal Pokémon card with 80 HP, printed as Stage 1.

Its strongest attack, Magnetic Release, is printed at 40 damage for 3 Energy — 13 damage per Energy card.

Metal Stage 1 Uncommon Unlimited #082 Magneton

Magneton 42Stormfront

80 HP · Metal · Stage 1 · retreat 1 · Fire weakness +20

Top printed damage4013 per Energy Magnetic Release40 damage for 3 Energy
as of July 28, 2026

Hit points80 HP33.1% of 17,290 in the 80~120 band

Printed damage4022.0% of 16,246 in the 40~60 band

Retreat cost1 Energy49.3% of 17,240 in the 1 band

Energy efficiencyBelow typicalAboveTypicalBelowThis card 13 · typical 32.5
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 2

Price trackUncommonStormfront52 printsranked among Stage 1 cardsWhat it costs today, how it moved, and where to buy it

Card classStage 1

RarityUncommon

SetStormfront

Card number42

Card data readJuly 28, 2026

What it sells for now$2.89Opens the price page — daily prices, every print variant, where to buy · read August 14, 2026 Turns of setup3 turnsEnergy attaches once a turn, so the top attack waits that long Cards that can do it768 cardsCounted across the whole card archive Other prints of this name52 printsPrinted HP and legality move from print to print Cards in the same line41 moreEvery print carrying Pokédex #082 Where it can be playedUnlimitedRead from the official format list

How Magneton 42 is built, on five measures

Strongest on Retreat lightness — top 5.6% of the archive. Weakest on Energy efficiency — bottom 28.4%.

Each spoke is this card's place among every card in the archive that prints that figure. Further out is stronger — retreat and attack cost are shown as lightness, so a cheap card reaches outward. Counted July 28, 2026.

How Magneton 42 is built, on five measures
Measure	Percentile	Printed value
Hit points	38.6%	80 HP
Top printed damage	42.7%	40 damage
Energy efficiency	28.4%	13 per Energy
Retreat lightness	94.4%	1 Energy
Attack cost lightness	43.8%	2 Energy

What it can do

Attack record

2EMagnetic Resonance10 damage per Energy card · has printed text20damage
3EMagnetic Release13 damage per Energy card · has printed text40damage

2 attacks printed on the card. The badge is the Energy it asks for.

Where it stands

No. 9,046of 17,290 cards ranked by printed HP

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Among the 17,290 cards in every card in the archive that carry printed HP, this one is number 9,046 at 80 HP.

Metal cardsNo. 634of 924 by printed HP Stage 1 cardsNo. 3,399of 5,102 by printed HP

This cardMagneton 42Stormfront80 HP

Printed HP

The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 300 HP above this card.

Highest printed HPMega Emboar ex 273Ascended Heroes380 HP

What stands out on Magneton 42

Hit points 80 HP puts it in the 80~120 band, where 33.1% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
Energy It returns 13 damage per Energy card against 32.5 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 2.
Legality 8 of the 42 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.

Magneton 42 at a glance

What it is. A Metal Pokémon card with 80 HP printed as Stage 1, printed in Stormfront.
What it can do. 2 attacks printed on the card, the strongest at 40 damage for 3 Energy.
What it fears. A Fire weakness at +20.
What it costs to move. 1 Energy to retreat, discarded from the card itself.
Where it can be played. Unlimited only.
What this page does not claim. Deck lists, tournament results and win rates are not published here, because the card files this site reads do not contain them.

Source: Card facts are read once from openly published card files and change only when a source corrects them.

What do the attacks on Magneton 42 cost, and what do they hit for?

The card prints 2 attacks. The strongest asks for 3 Energy and returns 40 damage, which is 13 damage for every Energy card attached.

Magneton 42 — every printed attack, its cost and its damage
Attack	Energy cost	Cards of Energy	Printed damage	Damage per Energy	Effect
Magnetic Resonance	2 Colorless	2	20	10	If you have a Stadium card in play, this attack does 20 damage to 2 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
Magnetic Release	1 Lightning + 2 Colorless	3	40+	13	Does 40 damage plus 10 more damage for each Energy attached to the Defending Pokémon.

Retreating costs a further 1 Energy, discarded from this card, and that cost is paid on top of anything in the table.

Magnetic Resonance2 Energy cards

Magnetic Release3 Energy cards

What each attack asks a deck to attach before it can be used, drawn as the symbols printed on the card.

One Energy card attaches per turn, so the number of symbols is also the number of turns the attack waits.

Magnetic Resonance 2 Energy20 damage for 2 Energy — 10 per Energy card20
Magnetic Release 3 Energy40 damage for 3 Energy — 13 per Energy card40

Bars are printed damage against this card's own highest attack (40).

Why one of these damage figures carries a symbol

A number on a Pokémon card is not always the number that lands.

Magnetic Release is printed as 40+, so the printed number is a floor — the attack deals at least that much, and the sentence beside it says what adds to it.

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How does Magneton 42 compare with every other card?

Each bar below is the whole archive cut by one printed figure, with the band this card falls into marked. A number on its own says nothing about whether it is high or low — the shape of the archive does.

Magneton 42 — Stormfront — MagnetonStormfront 42

No.9,046by HP in the archive

Magneton 42 prints 80 HP, which puts it at number 9,046 of the 17,290 cards in this archive that print an HP figure at all. The tallest figure printed on any card is 380 HP (Mega Emboar ex).

43% on printed damage — it out-hits that share of the 16,246 cards that print damage

Bottom 48%Where it sits on printed HP

This card80 HP
Middle half of the archive60–130 HP
Strongest Stage 1 card380 HP
Strongest Magneton printed100 HP

The ceiling of this archive is Mega Emboar ex at 380 HP — every bar here is measured against it.

This card prints 80 HP, which is 21% of that ceiling.

Every figure in this panel is counted the same way: from the card files this site reads, read July 28, 2026, over the 17,290 cards that print an HP figure. Each bar is measured against the tallest HP in the archive, 380 HP.

Hit points — where this card sits

~7038.6%6,669 cards

80~120 — this card33.1%5,725 cards

130~18015.5%2,679 cards

190~2306.6%1,148 cards

240~2803.3%567 cards

290~3302.4%412 cards

340+0.5%90 cards

17,290 cards in the archive carry a printed HP figure. This one has 80 HP.

Cards in the 80~120 band typically print 56 damage and ask 1 Energy to retreat.

Hit points — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
~70	38.6%	6,669 cards
80~120 — this card	33.1%	5,725 cards
130~180	15.5%	2,679 cards
190~230	6.6%	1,148 cards
240~280	3.3%	567 cards
290~330	2.4%	412 cards
340+	0.5%	90 cards

Top printed damage — where this card sits

~3042.7%6,938 cards

40~60 — this card22.0%3,566 cards

70~12021.8%3,535 cards

130~1809.0%1,461 cards

190~2503.8%621 cards

260+0.8%125 cards

16,246 cards print damage on at least one attack. The highest on this card is 40.

Cards in the 40~60 band typically have 101 HP and ask 1 Energy to retreat.

Top printed damage — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
~30	42.7%	6,938 cards
40~60 — this card	22.0%	3,566 cards
70~120	21.8%	3,535 cards
130~180	9.0%	1,461 cards
190~250	3.8%	621 cards
260+	0.8%	125 cards

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits

01.8%304 cards

154.4%9,392 cards

2 — this card26.4%4,565 cards

314.7%2,533 cards

42.4%421 cards

50.3%47 cards

17,262 cards have at least one attack with an Energy cost. The cheapest on this card asks 2 Energy.

Cards whose cheapest attack costs 2 typically have 116 HP and print 65 damage.

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
0	1.8%	304 cards
1	54.4%	9,392 cards
2 — this card	26.4%	4,565 cards
3	14.7%	2,533 cards
4	2.4%	421 cards
5	0.3%	47 cards

Retreat cost — where this card sits

05.3%914 cards

1 — this card49.3%8,503 cards

228.6%4,926 cards

312.6%2,168 cards

44.2%729 cards

17,240 cards carry a retreat cost. This one costs 1 Energy to retreat.

Cards with a retreat cost of 1 typically have 81 HP and print 40 damage.

Retreat cost — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
0	5.3%	914 cards
1 — this card	49.3%	8,503 cards
2	28.6%	4,926 cards
3	12.6%	2,168 cards
4	4.2%	729 cards

No. 39of 92

That is where Magneton 42 stands highest on HP — number 39 of 92 cards in Stormfront. Cut the archive a different way and the answer moves, which is what the bars below are for.

Every card in the archive — 20,444 cards No. 9,046 of 17,290 by HP · No. 8,196 of 16,246 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 50% on damage
Metal cards — 925 cards No. 634 of 924 by HP · No. 602 of 903 by damage · top by HP: Copperajah VMAX, 340

top 67% on damage
Stage 1 cards — 5,102 cards No. 3,399 of 5,102 by HP · No. 3,156 of 4,958 by damage · top by HP: Wailord ex, 380

top 64% on damage
Stormfront — 106 cards No. 39 of 92 by HP · No. 34 of 82 by damage · top by HP: Regigigas LV.X, 150

top 40% on damage

Each bar is how far up this card sits when the archive is cut a different way. The bar is its place on HP; the tick is its place on printed damage. Counted from the card files this site reads, read July 28, 2026.

Hit points 80 HP~~middle half 60–130 HP~~
this card 80
Top printed damage 40 damage~~middle half 20–90 damage~~
this card 40

Lowest to highest printed in the archive
Middle half of the archive
This card

Each row is stretched from the lowest printed figure to the highest, so the two rows are not on one shared scale — read each row on its own.

Read from the card files this site reads, July 28, 2026. The archive tops out at 380 HP and 350 printed damage.

Cards printed as Stage 1

5,102 on record

Cards in the same HP band

5,725 of 17,290 (33.1%)

Cards with this much printed damage

3,566 of 16,246 (22.0%)

Counted from the card files this site reads, one card at a time.

Open the group this card falls into

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Is Magneton 42 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 40 damage attack that needs 3 Energy and one that needs two are different cards. Dividing one by the other puts every attack on the same scale.

Damage per Energy card, across the whole archive

1 Energy9,392 cards49.049 damage typical

2 Energy4,565 cards32.565 damage typical

3 Energy2,533 cards34.7104 damage typical

4 Energy421 cards27.8111 damage typical

5 Energy47 cards41.8209 damage typical

Magneton 42 — this card13.040 damage for 3 Energy

Each bar is what cards asking that much Energy typically print, divided by the Energy they ask for. The number beside the bar is that figure.

Cards whose cheapest attack costs 2 typically return 32.5 damage per Energy card. This card returns 13.

Damage per Energy card, across the whole archive
Group	Share	Value
1 Energy	49.0	49 damage typical
2 Energy	32.5	65 damage typical
3 Energy	34.7	104 damage typical
4 Energy	27.8	111 damage typical
5 Energy	41.8	209 damage typical
Magneton 42 — this card	13.0	40 damage for 3 Energy

2501250 damage

012345 Energy

Typical for that Energy cost 6 groupsMagnetic Resonance 20 / 2Magnetic Release 40 / 3

Further right is a costlier attack, further up is a harder-hitting one, so the cheap and heavy corner is top left. The size of a grey dot is how many cards sit at that Energy cost.

Energy cost against printed damage. Each grey dot is what cards asking that much Energy typically print; the coloured dots are the attacks on Magneton 42.
Group	Typical printed damage	Damage per Energy card	Cards in this group
Cheapest attack costs 0 Energy	45	—	304
Cheapest attack costs 1 Energy	49	49	9,392
Cheapest attack costs 2 Energy	65	33	4,565
Cheapest attack costs 3 Energy	104	35	2,533
Cheapest attack costs 4 Energy	111	28	421
Cheapest attack costs 5 Energy	209	42	47
Magnetic Resonance	—	10	—
Magnetic Release	—	13	—

This card, per Energy card

13 damage

Typical for a 2 Energy attack

32.5 damage

Difference

-19.5 damage

Both figures are damage divided by Energy cost, counted the same way.

Where this sits once the archive is cut by damage instead

The bars above cut the archive by what an attack asks for. Cut the same archive by what an attack prints and the groups come out differently — the damage ranges on record are gathered on one page, which is where a figure like 40 is read as high or low rather than merely large.

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What does being a Metal card do for Magneton 42?

Type decides two things at once — which cards take double damage from this one, and which cards deal double to it. Both are read from the weakness printed on each group, not from a rule of thumb.

Deals double to this card 1,574 Fire cards carry that type Damage from Fire attacks is increased before it is applied.

Magneton 42 · Stage 1 80 HP Its hardest attack is printed at 40 damage.

Takes double from this card 237 cards in groups that print a Metal weakness Against Fairy, printed damage from this card counts double.

How the archive splits by energy type

Psychicmost often weak to Psychic13.5%2,335 cards

Watermost often weak to Lightning14.1%2,435 cards

Colorlessmost often weak to Fighting12.6%2,173 cards

Firemost often weak to Water9.1%1,574 cards

Fightingmost often weak to Grass10.9%1,884 cards

Lightningmost often weak to Fighting8.8%1,520 cards

Grassmost often weak to Fire13.8%2,387 cards

Metal — this cardmost often weak to Fire5.4%925 cards

Darknessmost often weak to Fighting7.2%1,249 cards

Dragonmost often weak to Fairy3.1%530 cards

Fairymost often weak to Metal1.4%237 cards

17,249 cards carry an energy type. The note under each name is the weakness printed most often on that group.

How the archive splits by energy type
Group	Share	Value
Psychic	13.5%	2,335 cards
Water	14.1%	2,435 cards
Colorless	12.6%	2,173 cards
Fire	9.1%	1,574 cards
Fighting	10.9%	1,884 cards
Lightning	8.8%	1,520 cards
Grass	13.8%	2,387 cards
Metal — this card	5.4%	925 cards
Darkness	7.2%	1,249 cards
Dragon	3.1%	530 cards
Fairy	1.4%	237 cards

Metalweak to Fire

Fairyweak to Metal

Read from the weakness printed on each group. The first row is this card; the rest are groups that most often print a Metal weakness.

What being a Metal card is worth

Groups that most often print a Metal weakness: Fairy (237 cards). Against those, this card's printed damage counts double. Going the other way, Metal cards are themselves most exposed to Fire.

Every energy type in the archive

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What knocks out Magneton 42 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

The weakness printed on the card decides which attacks are enough to remove it in one turn.

Cards that remove it in one attack

768

Cards it removes in one attack

371

Fire damage needed to knock it out

Counted across the whole card archive. 80 HP against a Fire weakness at +20 decides all three figures.

Removes it in one attackNinetalesMega Evolution 2060 damage

+20Fire weakness · 60 printed damage is enough
60 damage becomes 80 against this card

This cardMagneton 42Stormfront 4280 HP

Why this card was picked to stand opposite

Of the 759 cards in the archive that can remove Magneton 42 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 60 printed damage against a bar of 60. Anything printed higher removes it just as surely, so this is where the line actually sits, and this print is legal in Standard play today.

Magnetonweak to Fire +20

Magnetonresists Psychic -20

Read from the two boxes in the lower-left corner of the card — weakness multiplies incoming damage, resistance subtracts from it.

What the Psychic resistance changes

Damage from Psychic attacks is reduced before it is applied, so an attack printed high enough to knock this card out on paper may not do it. Resistance is a flat subtraction, not a multiplier — it does not scale with the attack.

Fire cards that remove Magneton in one attack
Card	Set	HP	Printed damage	After weakness
Charizard ex (183)	151	330	330	330
Charizard ex (199)	151	330	330	330
Charizard ex (161)	Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos	330	330	330
Mega Emboar ex (31)	Ascended Heroes	380	320	320
Mega Emboar ex (273)	Ascended Heroes	380	320	320
Charizard VSTAR (19)	Crown Zenith	280	320	320

Cards this one removes in a single attack

371 cards in the archive are weak to Metal and sit inside the damage this card can deal. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.

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What is Magneton as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

Magneton 42 is one print of Magneton. The figures below are about the Pokémon rather than this single card — how many times it has been printed, how tough those prints run, and how many of them can still be played.

Magneton has been printed 52 times, and the printed numbers move from one print to the next. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.

The three toughest Magneton cards ever printedPokédex #082Prints on record 52Toughest print 100 HPThis card 80 HP

52prints

Legal in Standard8Older prints, not in Standard44

Every Magneton print on record, split by whether it can still be entered in Standard play.

Legality is read from the print rather than from the Pokémon, so an older copy of the same Pokémon is a different card for tournament purposes.

The toughest Magneton printed is 100 HP, and this card is 80% of it

Bars are printed HP, measured against the record for this Pokémon

Magneton 159the toughest Magneton ever printedSV: Scarlet & Violet Promo Cards100 HP
Magneton 42against that record80% of the record80 HP

Read from the printed card face of every Magneton print on record. Printed HP does not change after a card is issued.

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What has to be in play before Magneton 42 can be?

Magneton evolves from Magnemite, so the whole line has to be built before this card reaches the field.

The Magneton line, oldest stage firstPokédex #082

Magnemite28 prints on record · Legendary Collection

+30 HP · +40 damage

Magneton28 prints on record · Legendary Collection

+70 HP · +80 damage

Magnezone15 prints on record · Diamond and Pearl

Magnemite → Magneton → Magnezone

This card cannot be played from your hand onto an empty spot — it goes on top of Magnemite.
It is not the end of the line either — Magnezone evolves from this card, so a deck can keep going past it.
The line runs 3 stages, so the first card has to be in play 2 turns before this one can be.
Every print in the line shares Pokédex number 082.

1MagnemiteHardest attack printed at this stage: 60 damage70 HP
2MagnetonHardest attack printed at this stage: 100 damage. Evolving here adds 30 HP over the stage before it100 HP
3MagnezoneHardest attack printed at this stage: 180 damage. Evolving here adds 70 HP over the stage before it170 HP

Bars are the highest HP ever printed on that stage, measured against the top of this line (170 HP). The note beside each bar is the hardest attack printed at that stage.

Every print of a stage is counted, not just the one shown in the chain above, so the bar is the ceiling that stage has reached rather than one card from it.

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Is this the strongest Magneton print, and can the older ones still be played?

52 prints carry this name in the archive, and 42 of them are laid out below. They share a Pokémon but not a card — printed HP, printed damage and tournament legality all move from one print to the next.

Bar height and the number above each bar = highest HP that year; the two digits below = the year.

Rows run from the toughest print down. Bars are printed HP, measured against the toughest print of this name shown here (100 HP), and the highlighted row is the card this page is about.

42 rows are shown of the 52 prints counted under this name.

Magneton prints — can each one still be played?
Print	Set	Regulation mark	Standard
Magneton 159	SV: Scarlet & Violet Promo Cards	Mark H	Legal in Standard
Magneton 153	SV: Scarlet & Violet Promo Cards	Mark H	Legal in Standard
Magneton 059/191	SV08: Surging Sparks	Mark H	Legal in Standard
Magneton SV28/SV94	Hidden Fates: Shiny Vault	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Magneton 82/156	SM - Ultra Prism	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Magneton 59/236	SM - Unified Minds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Magneton 35/131	SM - Forbidden Light	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Magneton 082/165	SV: Scarlet & Violet 151	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Magneton 106/189	SWSH10: Astral Radiance	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Magneton 046/132	ME01: Mega Evolution	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Magneton 064/197	SV03: Obsidian Flames	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Magneton 064/198	SV01: Scarlet & Violet Base Set	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Magneton 028/110	Legendary Collection	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Magneton 10/64	Neo Revelation	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Magneton H18/H32	Skyridge	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Magneton 019/144	Skyridge	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Magneton 11/62	Fossil	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Magneton 35/97	EX Dragon	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Magneton 48/113	EX Delta Species	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Magneton 27/112	EX FireRed & LeafGreen	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Magneton 26/62	Fossil	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Magneton 45/135	Plasma Storm	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Magneton 44/135	Plasma Storm	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Magneton 42/100	Stormfront	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Magneton 38/108	XY - Evolutions	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Magneton 43/100	Stormfront	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Magneton 53/162	XY - BREAKthrough	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Magneton 69/236	SM - Cosmic Eclipse	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Magneton 5/10	EX Trainer Kit 1: Latias & Latios	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Magneton H19/H32	Skyridge	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Magneton H16/H32	Aquapolis	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Lt. Surge's Magneton 008/132	Gym Heroes	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Magneton 020/144	Skyridge	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Magneton 22/92	EX Legend Maker	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Magneton 022/147	Aquapolis	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Magneton 16/108	EX Power Keepers	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Dark Magneton 39/109	EX Team Rocket Returns	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Magneton 54/130	Diamond and Pearl	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Dark Magneton 11/82	Team Rocket	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Magneton 009/102	Base Set (Shadowless)	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Magneton 009/130	Base Set 2	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Dark Magneton 28/82	Team Rocket	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard

8 of the 42 prints listed here are legal in Standard play. An older print of the same Pokémon is a different card for legality, because legality is read from the print rather than from the name — so owning the cheap old copy does not always mean you can enter with it.

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What can you use instead of Magneton 42?

Every card below asks a deck for the same kind of slot, so the comparison is between what they print, not what they cost.

Cards that fill the same slot as Magneton 42
Card	Set	HP	Top damage	Retreat
Dark Scizor	Neo Destiny	70	30	2
Scizor ex	Unseen Forces	120	50	1
Steelix	Aquapolis	100	50	4
Raichu δ	Holon Phantoms	70	50	0
Magneton	Skyridge	70	30	2
Scizor	Aquapolis	80	30	2

This card itself is 80 HP, 40 top damage and 1 retreat, and every card here is Metal like it.

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Every card below carries the same Pokédex number as this one, so they are the same Pokémon printed as different cards — different stages, different mechanics and different names all sit in this group.

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What was printed next to Magneton 42 in Stormfront?

A card is met inside a set, not on its own, and the number on it is the order that set gave it. The cards either side are the ones a collector actually turns past to reach this one.

Cards printed either side of this one

These are the cards numbered either side of #42 in Stormfront. The badge on each card is its printed HP. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.

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Which rules apply to Magneton 42, and where can it be played?

Two kinds of rule meet on one card — the sentence printed on the card face, and the rulebook clauses that apply because of what the card carries.

Rulebook clauses that apply to Magneton 42
Clause	What the rulebook says	Cards it applies to	Share of the archive
Weakness	Some Pokemon have Weakness or Resistance to Pokemon of certain types, marked in the lower-left corner of the card.	16,744 cards	81.9%
Retreat	Retreat your Active Pokemon (only once per turn).	17,244 cards	84.3%
Energy per turn	You can attach Energy just once each turn!	17,180 cards	84.0%

Counted across 20,444 English cards. A clause applies to this card because the card carries the property the clause names, not because we judged it to.

Magneton 42 — tournament formats
Format	Status	What that means
Standard	Not listed	This card is not listed for this format
Expanded	Not listed	This card is not listed for this format
Unlimited	Legal	Can be played in this format

Read from the format list recorded with the card. Formats rotate on a schedule set by the organiser, and that schedule is not published on this page.

Where this card can be played

This card is legal in Unlimited play. It was released on November 1, 2008.

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Magneton 42 in depth — what these figures add up to

Three readings of the same card, side by side: what it costs to get going, where it sits among the cards it will be compared with, and what takes it off the field.

What it asks a deck for

Its hardest attack, Magnetic Release, needs 3 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 3 turns from an empty card.
That works out at 13 damage for every Energy card attached.
Moving it out of the active spot costs 1 more Energy, discarded from the card itself.
It cannot start the game in play — Magnemite has to be on the field first.

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

Every card in the archiveNo. 9,046 of 17,290

Metal cardsNo. 634 of 924

Stage 1 cardsNo. 3,399 of 5,102

StormfrontNo. 39 of 92

What actually removes it

A Fire attack printed at 60 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 80 HP.
768 cards in the archive clear that bar.
Going the other way, it removes 371 cards in one attack.
Damage from Psychic attacks is reduced before it is applied, so an attack that clears the bar on paper may still fall short.

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Magneton 42 card record

Magneton 42 — the printed record, field by field
Hit points	80 HP	Type	Metal
Weakness	Fire +20	Retreat cost	1 Energy
Evolves from	Magnemite	Card type	Stage 1
Pokédex number	#082	Set	Stormfront
Card number	42 of 100	Series	Diamond & Pearl
Released	November 1, 2008	Rarity	Uncommon
Illustrator	Hajime Kusajima
Tournament legality	Unlimited only

Read from the printed card face, the set listing and the official format list.

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What does Magneton 42 cost?

This page is about what the card does. The figure below is the one number worth carrying across, read on August 14, 2026.

Market price today

$2.89

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August 14, 2026

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Magneton 42 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Magneton 42?

Magneton 42 has 80 HP and a Fire weakness at +20, so a Fire attack printed at 60 damage or more removes it in one turn. Any other type has to print the full 80.

What is the strongest attack on Magneton 42?

Magnetic Release, printed at 40 damage for 3 Energy — 13 damage per Energy card. Does 40 damage plus 10 more damage for each Energy attached to the Defending Pokémon.

What is the retreat cost of Magneton 42?

1 Energy, discarded from this card to move it out of the active spot. Retreating is allowed once per turn.

What does the + after the damage on Magnetic Release mean?

It marks the damage as conditional: the printed figure is the least it can deal, and the sentence on the card says what is added to it. The full sentence is printed on the card and quoted in the attack table on this page — "Does 40 damage plus 10 more damage for each Energy attached to the Defending Pokémon."

Can an older Magneton print be played in a tournament?

Legality is read from the print, not from the Pokémon. Of the 42 prints listed on this page, 8 are legal in Standard play. The rest can still be played in formats that accept them, and the table on this page names the regulation mark each print carries.

What does Magneton evolve from?

Magnemite. It cannot be played straight from your hand onto an empty spot — the earlier stage has to be in play first.

Can Magneton 42 be played in a tournament?

It is legal in Unlimited play. Standard events run on a rotating list of sets, so check the current rotation before entering one.

Does this page say how good Magneton 42 is in a deck?

No. Every figure here is read from the printed card. Deck lists, tournament results and win rates are not published on this site, because the card files it reads do not contain them.

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Where these card facts come from

Card facts are read once from openly published card files and do not change between readings — a printed card cannot gain HP. The places below are where the same information can be checked. Last updated: July 28, 2026 — the counts and rankings on this page were taken from the card files read on that day.

Primary official source

First-party official sources — the body that issues the data itself, such as a government agency, a statutory register or a rights holder publishing its own records.

The Pokémon Company International — official rules, tournament format and rotation announcements www.pokemon.com

Industry source

Second-party sources — marketplaces, trade associations, research institutes and companies that compile data about the market.

Pokémon TCG Data — openly published card files (card text, HP, attacks, weakness, retreat cost, illustrator credits) github.com

TCGdex card database — openly licensed card files (set membership and card numbering) github.com

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Magneton 42 — what does this card actually do?

What does Magneton 42 do in a game?

Magneton 42 performance summary

What it can do

Where it stands

Magneton 42 at a glance

What do the attacks on Magneton 42 cost, and what do they hit for?

How does Magneton 42 compare with every other card?

Is Magneton 42 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

What does being a Metal card do for Magneton 42?

What knocks out Magneton 42 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

What is Magneton as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

What has to be in play before Magneton 42 can be?

Is this the strongest Magneton print, and can the older ones still be played?

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Magneton 42 in depth — what these figures add up to

What it asks a deck for

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

What actually removes it

Magneton 42 card record

What does Magneton 42 cost?

Magneton 42 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Magneton 42?

What is the strongest attack on Magneton 42?

What is the retreat cost of Magneton 42?

What does the + after the damage on Magnetic Release mean?

Can an older Magneton print be played in a tournament?

What does Magneton evolve from?

Can Magneton 42 be played in a tournament?

Does this page say how good Magneton 42 is in a deck?

Where these card facts come from

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