Pokémon · Base
Magnemite
Base Set 2 · #79 · Common · 2000
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$0.52
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 79 / 130
- Release year
- 2000
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 40
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Magneton
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Keiji Kinebuchi
- Pokédex #
- 81
- Series
- Base
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Bench Damage
- Damage efficiency
- 40 damage
- 20 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Also does
Strategy & play
How Magnemite plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- A Basic — hits the board turn 1 with no evolution tax.
- Inflicts Paralysis — the Defending Pokémon can’t attack or retreat for a turn. A reliable one-turn lock; chain it to stall the opponent out.
- Its main attack (Selfdestruct) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Lightning Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Lightning type, weak to Fighting ×2 — a Fighting attacker doing ≥20 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
How to beat Magnemite
- Exploit its Fighting weakness — ≥20 damage one-shots it.
- On the receiving end of a condition? Retreat, switch, or evolve to wipe it — conditions only stick to the Active.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 2.13 copies on average · 46 decks
- Match win rate
- 38.2%
- -9.0 pts vs the 47.2% field average
Plays well with
Cards most often run alongside this one in tournament decks over the last 180 days — ranked by how distinctive the pairing is.
Building around Magnemite?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"Uses anti-gravity to stay suspended. Appears without warning and uses attacks like Thunder Wave."
LThunder Wave — 10
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.
LCSelfdestruct — 40
Does 10 damage to each Pokémon on each player's Bench. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Magnemite does 40 damage to itself.
Weakness:F×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Pricing reference
Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.
TCGPlayer (USD)
Updated 2026/07/07| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.10 | $0.50 | $9.99 | $0.52 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.98 |
| 7-day average | €0.49 |
| 30-day average | €0.35 |
| Low | €0.04 |
| Trend price | €0.59 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.20 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.10 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.10 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.38 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.10 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.10 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Magnemite is real?
Magnemite is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the back-light test (real cards have a black inner layer that blocks light; counterfeits glow through), the rosette dot pattern on the back under magnification, font weight and kerning on the card name, and the holofoil pattern if applicable. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.
What is Magnemite worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Magnemite is $0.52; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.
What set is Magnemite from?
Magnemite is from the Pokémon set "Base Set 2" in the Base series, released in 2000.
What rarity is Magnemite?
Magnemite is a Common card in the Base Set 2 set.
Other Magnemite printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
