Magcargo 29 — what does this card actually do?

Name: Magcargo 29
Brand: Pokémon
Author: Mitsuhiro Arita

This card has 120 HP, a top attack printed at 100 damage and a Water weakness.

Fire · Stage 1 · Temporal Forces · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026

What does Magcargo 29 do in a game?

Magcargo 29 is a Fire Pokémon card with 120 HP, printed as Stage 1.

Its strongest attack, Heat Blast, is printed at 100 damage for 3 Energy — 33 damage per Energy card.

Because of the Water weakness, any Water attack printed at 60 damage or more removes it in a single turn.

Fire Stage 1 Rare Regulation H Unlimited and Standard and Expanded #219 Magcargo

Magcargo 29Temporal Forces

120 HP · Fire · Stage 1 · retreat 4 · Water weakness ×2

Top printed damage10033 per Energy Heat Blast100 damage for 3 Energy
as of July 28, 2026

Hit points120 HP33.1% of 17,290 in the 80~120 band

Printed damage10021.8% of 16,246 in the 70~120 band

Retreat cost4 Energy4.2% of 17,240 in the 4 band

Energy efficiencyBelow typicalAboveTypicalBelowThis card 33 · typical 34.7
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 3

Price trackRareTemporal Forces30 printsranked among Stage 1 cardsWhat it costs today, how it moved, and where to buy it

Card classStage 1

Regulation markH

RarityRare

SetTemporal Forces

Card number29

AbilityLava Zone

Card data readJuly 28, 2026

What it sells for now$0.28Opens the price page — daily prices, every print variant, where to buy · read August 14, 2026 Removed in one hit by60 damage120 HP against a Water ×2 weakness Turns of setup3 turnsEnergy attaches once a turn, so the top attack waits that long Cards that can do it918 cardsCounted across the whole card archive Other prints of this name30 printsPrinted HP and legality move from print to print Cards in the same line27 moreEvery print carrying Pokédex #219 Where it can be playedUnlimited and Standard and ExpandedRead from the official format list

How Magcargo 29 is built, on five measures

Strongest on Top printed damage — top 23.4% of the archive. Weakest on Retreat lightness — bottom 4.2%.

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 Magcargo 29 is built, on five measures
Measure	Percentile	Printed value
Hit points	66.1%	120 HP
Top printed damage	76.6%	100 damage
Energy efficiency	75.0%	33 per Energy
Retreat lightness	4.2%	4 Energy
Attack cost lightness	17.4%	3 Energy

What it can do

Attack record

3EHeat Blast33 damage per Energy card100damage

1 attack printed on the card. The badge is the Energy it asks for.

Where it stands

No. 4,897of 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 4,897 at 120 HP.

Fire cardsNo. 513of 1,574 by printed HP Stage 1 cardsNo. 1,051of 5,102 by printed HP

This cardMagcargo 29Temporal Forces120 HP

Printed HP

The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 260 HP above this card.

Highest printed HPMega Emboar ex 273Ascended Heroes380 HP

What stands out on Magcargo 29

Hit points 120 HP puts it in the 80~120 band, where 33.1% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
Energy It returns 33 damage per Energy card against 34.7 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 3.
Weakness A Water attack printed at 60 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Legality 7 of the 28 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.

Magcargo 29 at a glance

What it is. A Fire Pokémon card with 120 HP printed as Stage 1, printed in Temporal Forces.
What it can do. 1 attack printed on the card, the strongest at 100 damage for 3 Energy.
What it fears. A Water weakness at ×2, which means 60 printed damage is enough to remove it.
What it costs to move. 4 Energy to retreat, discarded from the card itself.
Where it can be played. Unlimited and Standard and Expanded only, and it carries regulation mark H.
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 Magcargo 29 cost, and what do they hit for?

The card prints 1 attack. The strongest asks for 3 Energy and returns 100 damage, which is 33 damage for every Energy card attached.

Magcargo 29 — every printed attack, its cost and its damage
Attack	Energy cost	Cards of Energy	Printed damage	Damage per Energy	Effect
Heat Blast	1 Fire + 2 Colorless	3	100	33	No extra effect.

Retreating costs a further 4 Energy, discarded from this card, and that cost is paid on top of anything in the table.

Heat Blast3 Energy cards

The Energy this 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.

Heat Blast 3 Energy100 damage for 3 Energy — 33 per Energy card100

Bars are printed damage against this card's own highest attack (100).

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How does Magcargo 29 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.

Magcargo 29 — Temporal Forces — MagcargoTemporal Forces 29

No.4,897by HP in the archive

Magcargo 29 prints 120 HP, which puts it at number 4,897 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).

77% on printed damage — it out-hits that share of the 16,246 cards that print damage

Top 28%Where it sits on printed HP

This card120 HP
Middle half of the archive60–130 HP
Strongest Stage 1 card380 HP
Strongest Magcargo printed130 HP

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

This card prints 120 HP, which is 32% 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 120 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

40~6022.0%3,566 cards

70~120 — this card21.8%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 100.

Cards in the 70~120 band typically have 141 HP and ask 2 Energy to retreat.

Top printed damage — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
~30	42.7%	6,938 cards
40~60	22.0%	3,566 cards
70~120 — this card	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

226.4%4,565 cards

3 — this card14.7%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 3 Energy.

Cards whose cheapest attack costs 3 typically have 153 HP and print 104 damage.

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
0	1.8%	304 cards
1	54.4%	9,392 cards
2	26.4%	4,565 cards
3 — this card	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

149.3%8,503 cards

228.6%4,926 cards

312.6%2,168 cards

4 — this card4.2%729 cards

17,240 cards carry a retreat cost. This one costs 4 Energy to retreat.

Cards with a retreat cost of 4 typically have 175 HP and print 121 damage.

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

No. 1,051of 5,102

That is where Magcargo 29 stands highest on HP — number 1,051 of 5,102 cards in Stage 1 cards. 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. 4,897 of 17,290 by HP · No. 3,129 of 16,246 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 19% on damage
Fire cards — 1,574 cards No. 513 of 1,574 by HP · No. 370 of 1,526 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 24% on damage
Stage 1 cards — 5,102 cards No. 1,051 of 5,102 by HP · No. 769 of 4,958 by damage · top by HP: Wailord ex, 380

top 16% on damage
Temporal Forces — 218 cards No. 78 of 185 by HP · No. 69 of 179 by damage · top by HP: Torterra ex, 340

top 38% 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 120 HP~~middle half 60–130 HP~~
this card 120
Top printed damage 100 damage~~middle half 20–90 damage~~
this card 100

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

3,535 of 16,246 (21.8%)

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

Open the group this card falls into

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What Magcargo 29 does without attacking

Magcargo 29 carries 1 printed effect that work outside the attack step, so it can matter on a turn the card never attacks.

Printed effects

Capped at once a turn

None

Read from the printed text quoted below, not counted anywhere else.

Lava Zone — Ability

Whenever your opponent's Active Pokémon moves to the Bench during their turn, their new Active Pokémon is now Burned.

Quoted from the card face. The label after the dash is how the card itself names the effect.

Why this sits apart from the attacks

An attack costs Energy and ends your turn. What is printed above does neither — it is available while the card is in play, so it is a different kind of cost to a deck. Attack costs are in the section above.

Every card mechanic in the archive

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Is Magcargo 29 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 100 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

Magcargo 29 — this card33.0100 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 3 typically return 34.7 damage per Energy card. This card returns 33.

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
Magcargo 29 — this card	33.0	100 damage for 3 Energy

2501250 damage

012345 Energy

Typical for that Energy cost 6 groupsHeat Blast 100 / 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 Magcargo 29.
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
Heat Blast	—	33	—

This card, per Energy card

33 damage

Typical for a 3 Energy attack

34.7 damage

Difference

-1.7 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 100 is read as high or low rather than merely large.

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What does being a Fire card do for Magcargo 29?

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 2,435 Water cards carry that type A Water attack printed at 60 damage is enough to remove this card in one turn.

Magcargo 29 · Stage 1 120 HP Its hardest attack is printed at 100 damage.

Takes double from this card 3,312 cards in groups that print a Fire weakness Against Grass and Metal, 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

Fire — this cardmost 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

Metalmost 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 — this card	9.1%	1,574 cards
Fighting	10.9%	1,884 cards
Lightning	8.8%	1,520 cards
Grass	13.8%	2,387 cards
Metal	5.4%	925 cards
Darkness	7.2%	1,249 cards
Dragon	3.1%	530 cards
Fairy	1.4%	237 cards

Fireweak to Water

Grassweak to Fire

Metalweak to Fire

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

What being a Fire card is worth

Groups that most often print a Fire weakness: Grass (2,387 cards) and Metal (925 cards). Against those, this card's printed damage counts double. Going the other way, Fire cards are themselves most exposed to Water.

Every energy type in the archive

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What knocks out Magcargo 29 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

Weakness doubles the damage a Water attack deals to this card, so the bar it has to clear is 60 printed damage rather than 120.

Cards that remove it in one attack

918

Cards it removes in one attack

2,745

Water damage needed to knock it out

Counted across the whole card archive. 120 HP against a Water weakness at ×2 decides all three figures.

Removes it in one attackGolduckAscended Heroes 4060 damage

×2Water weakness · 60 printed damage is enough
60 damage becomes 120 against this card

This cardMagcargo 29Temporal Forces 29120 HP

Why this card was picked to stand opposite

Of the 914 cards in the archive that can remove Magcargo 29 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.

Magcargoweak to Water ×2

Read from the weakness printed in the lower-left corner of the card.

Water cards that remove Magcargo in one attack
Card	Set	HP	Printed damage	After weakness
Vaporeon ex (23)	Prismatic Evolutions	280	280	560
Vaporeon ex (149)	Prismatic Evolutions	280	280	560
Wailord ex (16)	Pitch Black	380	270	540
Wailord ex (97)	Pitch Black	380	270	540
Palafin ex (61)	Twilight Masquerade	340	250	500
Palafin ex (193)	Twilight Masquerade	340	250	500

120 HP against a Water ×2 weakness means any Water attack printed at 60 damage or more is enough. 918 cards in the archive clear that bar.

200 HP Steelix [93]

200 HP Steelix [150]

200 HP Sprigatito ex [251]

200 HP Venomoth-GX [12]

200 HP Venomoth-GX [193]

200 HP Venomoth-GX [216]

Cards this one removes in a single attack

2,745 cards in the archive are weak to Fire 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 Magcargo as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

Magcargo 29 is one print of Magcargo. 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.

Magcargo has been printed 30 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 Magcargo cards ever printedPokédex #219Prints on record 30Toughest print 270 HPThis card 120 HP

30prints

Legal in Standard7Older prints, not in Standard23

Every Magcargo 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 Magcargo printed is 270 HP, and this card is 44.4% of it

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

Magcargo ex 191/167the toughest Magcargo ever printedSV06: Twilight Masquerade270 HP
Magcargo 29against that record44.4% of the record120 HP

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

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What has to be in play before Magcargo 29 can be?

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

The Magcargo line, oldest stage firstPokédex #219

Slugma18 prints on record · EX Team Rocket Returns

+50 HP · +160 damage

Magcargo12 prints on record · EX Unseen Forces

Slugma → Magcargo

This card cannot be played from your hand onto an empty spot — it goes on top of Slugma.
The line runs 2 stages, so the first card has to be in play 1 turn before this one can be.
Every print in the line shares Pokédex number 219.

1SlugmaHardest attack printed at this stage: 60 damage80 HP
2MagcargoHardest attack printed at this stage: 220 damage. Evolving here adds 50 HP over the stage before it130 HP

Bars are the highest HP ever printed on that stage, measured against the top of this line (130 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 Magcargo print, and can the older ones still be played?

30 prints carry this name in the archive, and 28 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 (270 HP), and the highlighted row is the card this page is about.

28 rows are shown of the 30 prints counted under this name.

Magcargo prints — can each one still be played?
Print	Set	Regulation mark	Standard
Magcargo ex 191/167	SV06: Twilight Masquerade	Mark H	Legal in Standard
Magcargo ex 029/167	SV06: Twilight Masquerade	Mark H	Legal in Standard
Magcargo-GX 218/214	SM - Lost Thunder	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Magcargo-GX 198/214	SM - Lost Thunder	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Magcargo-GX 44/214	SM - Lost Thunder	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Ethan's Magcargo 222/217	ME: Ascended Heroes	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Ethan's Magcargo 036/182	Miscellaneous Cards & Products	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Magcargo 035/264	SWSH08: Fusion Strike	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Ethan's Magcargo 024/217	ME: Ascended Heroes	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Magcargo 028/185	SWSH04: Vivid Voltage	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Magcargo 022/196	SWSH11: Lost Origin	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Magcargo 23/160	XY - Primal Clash	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Magcargo 27/236	SM - Cosmic Eclipse	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Magcargo 029/162	SV05: Temporal Forces	Mark H	Legal in Standard
Magcargo 24/160	XY - Primal Clash	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Magcargo 21/146	XY Base Set	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Magcargo ex 95/97	EX Dragon	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Magcargo 6/90	Undaunted	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Magcargo 024/168	League & Championship Cards	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Magcargo 45/106	Great Encounters	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Magcargo H17/H32	Skyridge	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Dark Magcargo 38/109	EX Team Rocket Returns	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Magcargo 37/107	EX Deoxys	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Magcargo 41/115	EX Unseen Forces	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Magcargo 017/144	Skyridge	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Magcargo 018/144	Skyridge	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Magcargo 33/64	Neo Revelation	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Dark Magcargo 018/105	Neo Destiny	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard

7 of the 28 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 Magcargo 29?

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 Magcargo 29
Card	Set	HP	Top damage	Retreat
Arcanine ex	Legend Maker	120	100	2
Ninetales	Aquapolis	80	40	1
Light Arcanine	Neo Destiny	100	50	2
Ninetales	Legendary Collection	80	80	1
Charmeleon	Legendary Collection	80	50	1
Ninetales	Pokémon Rumble	90	60	1

This card itself is 120 HP, 100 top damage and 4 retreat, and every card here is Fire 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 Magcargo 29 in Temporal Forces?

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.

50 Rellor [23]

70 Rabsca [24]

220 Iron Leaves ex [25]

320 Incineroar ex [34]

120 Turtonator [35]

Cards printed either side of this one

These are the cards numbered either side of #29 in Temporal Forces. 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 Magcargo 29, 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 Magcargo 29
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.

Magcargo 29 — tournament formats
Format	Status	What that means
Standard	Legal	Can be played in this format
Expanded	Legal	Can be played in 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 and Standard and Expanded play. It carries regulation mark H, printed next to the card number. It was released on March 22, 2024.

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Which generation of cards does Magcargo 29 belong to?

The single letter printed beside the card number groups a card with everything issued under the same rules. Tournament formats are cut along those letters, so the size of a letter is the size of the pool a card sits in.

Cards carrying each regulation mark

Mark Dtypically 133 HP · 84 damage15.4%1,261 cards

Mark Etypically 150 HP · 87 damage14.7%1,202 cards

Mark Ftypically 142 HP · 88 damage14.4%1,180 cards

Mark Gtypically 124 HP · 80 damage19.9%1,634 cards

Mark H — this cardtypically 132 HP · 88 damage15.7%1,283 cards

Mark Itypically 134 HP · 80 damage14.8%1,215 cards

Mark Jtypically 148 HP · 86 damage5.1%419 cards

8,194 cards in the archive carry a regulation mark. Older prints carry none at all, so this is not the whole archive.

The regulation mark is the single letter recorded with each modern card. Older prints carry no mark at all, so this axis covers only the part of the archive that has one.

Cards carrying each regulation mark
Group	Share	Value
Mark D	15.4%	1,261 cards
Mark E	14.7%	1,202 cards
Mark F	14.4%	1,180 cards
Mark G	19.9%	1,634 cards
Mark H — this card	15.7%	1,283 cards
Mark I	14.8%	1,215 cards
Mark J	5.1%	419 cards

This card

Mark H

Cards sharing that mark

1,283

Typical HP for the mark

132 (this card 120)

Typical damage for the mark

88 (this card 100)

Counted from the mark printed beside the card number.

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Magcargo 29 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, Heat Blast, needs 3 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 3 turns from an empty card.
That works out at 33 damage for every Energy card attached.
Moving it out of the active spot costs 4 more Energy, discarded from the card itself.
It cannot start the game in play — Slugma has to be on the field first.

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

Every card in the archiveNo. 4,897 of 17,290

Fire cardsNo. 513 of 1,574

Stage 1 cardsNo. 1,051 of 5,102

Temporal ForcesNo. 78 of 185

What actually removes it

A Water attack printed at 60 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 120 HP.
918 cards in the archive clear that bar.
Going the other way, it removes 2,745 cards in one attack.

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Magcargo 29 card record

Magcargo 29 — the printed record, field by field
Hit points	120 HP	Type	Fire
Weakness	Water ×2	Retreat cost	4 Energy
Evolves from	Slugma	Card type	Stage 1
Regulation mark	Mark H	Pokédex number	#219
Set	Temporal Forces	Card number	29 of 162
Series	Scarlet & Violet	Released	March 22, 2024
Rarity	Rare	Illustrator	Mitsuhiro Arita
Tournament legality	Unlimited and Standard and Expanded only

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

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What does Magcargo 29 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

$0.28

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One figure only — the price record, the daily chart and the marketplaces live on the price page.

Magcargo 29 priceOne year of daily prices, every print variant, and where to buy it.Open the price page

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Magcargo 29 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Magcargo 29?

Magcargo 29 has 120 HP and a Water weakness at ×2, so a Water attack printed at 60 damage or more removes it in one turn. Any other type has to print the full 120.

What is the strongest attack on Magcargo 29?

Heat Blast, printed at 100 damage for 3 Energy — 33 damage per Energy card.

What is the retreat cost of Magcargo 29?

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

Can an older Magcargo print be played in a tournament?

Legality is read from the print, not from the Pokémon. Of the 28 prints listed on this page, 7 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 Magcargo evolve from?

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

Can Magcargo 29 be played in a tournament?

It is legal in Unlimited and Standard and Expanded play, and it carries regulation mark H. Standard events run on a rotating list of sets, so check the current rotation before entering one.

Does this page say how good Magcargo 29 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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Magcargo 29 — what does this card actually do?

What does Magcargo 29 do in a game?

Magcargo 29 performance summary

What it can do

Where it stands

Magcargo 29 at a glance

What do the attacks on Magcargo 29 cost, and what do they hit for?

How does Magcargo 29 compare with every other card?

What Magcargo 29 does without attacking

Is Magcargo 29 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

What does being a Fire card do for Magcargo 29?

What knocks out Magcargo 29 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

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

What has to be in play before Magcargo 29 can be?

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

What can you use instead of Magcargo 29?

Which other cards share the Pokémon behind Magcargo 29?

What was printed next to Magcargo 29 in Temporal Forces?

Which rules apply to Magcargo 29, and where can it be played?

Which generation of cards does Magcargo 29 belong to?

Magcargo 29 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

Magcargo 29 card record

What does Magcargo 29 cost?

Magcargo 29 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Magcargo 29?

What is the strongest attack on Magcargo 29?

What is the retreat cost of Magcargo 29?

Can an older Magcargo print be played in a tournament?

What does Magcargo evolve from?

Can Magcargo 29 be played in a tournament?

Does this page say how good Magcargo 29 is in a deck?

Where these card facts come from

Before you rely on these figures

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