Pokémon · Scarlet & Violet
Ethan's Magcargo
Destined Rivals · #36 · Rare · 2025
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Market reference
$0.17
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 36 / 244
- Release year
- 2025
- Rarity
- Rare
- HP
- 130
- Subtype
- Stage 1
- Evolves from
- Ethan's Slugma
- Retreat cost
- 3 energy
- Regulation mark
- I
- Illustrator
- kodama
- Pokédex #
- 219
- Series
- Scarlet & Violet
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 70 damage
- 23.33 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Stage 1
- One evolution step from a Basic
Strategy & play
How Ethan's Magcargo plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Its main attack (Lava Burst) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Needs Fire Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Fire type, weak to Water ×2 — a Water attacker doing ≥65 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Retreat cost 3 — gets stranded Active if gusted; run Switch / Escape Rope or a Float Stone-style Tool.
- A Stage 1 — one step up from Ethan's Slugma; doesn’t help your opening hand, but quick to set up.
How to beat Ethan's Magcargo
- Exploit its Water weakness — ≥65 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
- Trap it Active — 3 retreat means it can’t escape without help.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 2.89 copies on average · 45 decks
- Match win rate
- 32.8%
- -14.5 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.
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in 72% of decks · 34 seen
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in 98% of decks · 46 seen
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in 98% of decks · 46 seen
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in 45% of decks · 21 seen
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in 96% of decks · 45 seen
Ethan's Cyndaquil
in 21% of decks · 10 seen
Ethan's Quilava
in 21% of decks · 10 seen
Ethan's Typhlosion
in 21% of decks · 10 seen
More by kodama
This card was illustrated by kodama.
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About this card
"This Pokémon lives near the craters of volcanoes. It stores fire energy in its shell of cooled and hardened magma."
Ability: Melt Away
If this Pokémon has no Energy attached, it has no Retreat Cost.
RRRLava Burst — 70×
Discard up to 5 Fire Energy from this Pokémon. This attack does 70 damage for each card you discarded in this way.
Weakness:W×2
Retreat cost:CCC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
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Tournament play
Decklist data from the past 30 days of competitive Pokémon TCG tournaments (sourced from Limitless TCG).
Recent decks
18
ran Ethan's Magcargo
Tournaments scanned
295
past 30 days
Competitive note
Occasional competitive appearance.
1 top-cut deck · best finish 4th
Top decks running Ethan's Magcargo
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 2026/07/10| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $0.01 | $0.20 | $19.98 | $0.17 | $0.07 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.05 | $0.27 | $19.98 | $0.22 | $0.20 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/22| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.04 |
| 7-day average | €0.07 |
| 30-day average | €0.07 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.06 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.02 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.29 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.19 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.24 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.08 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.22 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.22 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Ethan's Magcargo is real?
Ethan's Magcargo 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 Ethan's Magcargo worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Ethan's Magcargo is $0.17; 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 Ethan's Magcargo from?
Ethan's Magcargo is from the Pokémon set "Destined Rivals" in the Scarlet & Violet series, released in 2025.
What rarity is Ethan's Magcargo?
Ethan's Magcargo is a Rare card in the Destined Rivals set.
Other Ethan's Magcargo printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
