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Magneton
Lightning Pokémon Rare Holo Base
Card profile
Card year
1999
Jan 9, 1999
Set release
BS
Base · Base
Catalog appearances
40
31 sets · 1999-2025
Pokemon debut
Generation I
Kanto · 1996
Evolution
Card details
Released
Jan 9, 1999
Year
1999
Series
Base
Set size
102
Card number
#9 of 102
Stage
Stage 1
National Dex
#082
Artist
Keiji Kinebuchi
Level
Lv.28
#082 Magneton
Generation I · Kanto · introduced 1996 in Red, Green, Blue, Yellow
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Screen appearances
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Catalog appearances
Mega Evolution
Sep 26, 2025 · #46 · Common
$0.22
Surging Sparks
Nov 8, 2024 · #59 · Uncommon
$0.24
151
Sep 22, 2023 · #82 · Uncommon
$0.25
Obsidian Flames
Aug 11, 2023 · #64 · Common
$0.23
Scarlet & Violet
Mar 31, 2023 · #64 · Common
$0.19
Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos
Jan 1, 2023 · #159 · Promo
$8.60
Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos
Jan 1, 2023 · #153 · Promo
$5.74
Astral Radiance
May 27, 2022 · #106 · Uncommon
$0.23
Cosmic Eclipse
Nov 1, 2019 · #69 · Rare Holo
$1.29
Hidden Fates Shiny Vault
Aug 23, 2019 · #SV28 · Rare Shiny
$4.88
Unified Minds
Aug 2, 2019 · #59 · Uncommon
$0.45
Forbidden Light
May 4, 2018 · #35 · Uncommon
$0.48
Ultra Prism
Feb 2, 2018 · #82 · Uncommon
$0.55
Evolutions
Nov 2, 2016 · #38 · Rare Holo
$1.68
BREAKthrough
Nov 4, 2015 · #53 · Uncommon
$1.10
Plasma Storm
Feb 6, 2013 · #45 · Uncommon
$3.68
Plasma Storm
Feb 6, 2013 · #44 · Uncommon
$2.28
HS—Triumphant
Nov 3, 2010 · #43 · Uncommon
$7.54
45 total CardsCloud cards share National Dex #082.
Attacks
Selfdestruct
LLCC
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.
Thunder Wave
LLC
30 Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.
Battle stats
Weakness
Fighting ×2
Retreat cost
●
Market value
Price history
Flavor text
Formed by several Magnemites linked together. It frequently appears when sunspots flare up.
Legality
Unlimited
Legal