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Magneton
Base Set 2 9/130 • holo-rare
- Set
- Base Set 2
- Number
- 9/130
- Rarity
- Rare Holo
- Released
- 2000
- Energy type
- Electric energy
- Finish
- Cosmos
- Market price
- $26.76
- Artist
- Keiji Kinebuchi
What it does
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.
Does 20 damage to each player's Bench. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Magneton does 80 damage to itself.
Formed by several Magnemites linked together. It frequently appears when sunspots flare up.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- ExpandedNot legal
- UnlimitedLegal
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Where it came from
Magneton 9/130 was released in 2000 as part of the Base Set 2 expansion for the Pokémon Trading Card Game. This set was designed by Wizards of the Coast to address card shortages and reintroduce iconic Pokémon from the original Base Set and Jungle expansions to a new wave of players. It functioned as a compilation set, providing accessibility to collectors who had missed the initial print runs during the height of the game's initial popularity.
The card features the classic Ken Sugimori illustration of the Magnetic Pokémon, originally seen in the debut Base Set. Sugimori, the primary character designer for the franchise, utilized a clean, minimalist style that emphasized the creature's mechanical evolution from Magnemite. As a Rare Holo, the card showcases the distinctive star-foil pattern characteristic of Wizards of the Coast-era holographic prints, which remains a staple of the aesthetic identity for early generation Pokémon cards.
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