Magcargo GX
Rotated OutA high HP Fire type that trades its own energy for massive damage.
What this card does
The Crushing Charge ability lets you search your deck for a basic Energy card and attach it to a Pokemon.
Lava Flow deals 50 plus damage for every basic Energy you discard from this Pokemon.
Burning Magma GX allows you to discard the top five cards of your opponent's deck.
Crushing Charge
Once during your turn (before your attack), you may discard the top card of your deck. If it’s a basic Energy card, attach it to 1 of your Pokémon.
This card uses its own energy as ammunition. You remove energy from Magcargo to make Lava Flow hit harder, turning a resource into a weapon.
Attacks
Discard any amount of basic Energy from this Pokémon. This attack does 50 more damage for each card you discarded in this way.
Discard the top 5 cards of your opponent’s deck. (You can’t use more than 1 GX attack in a game.)
Abilities
Once during your turn (before your attack), you may discard the top card of your deck. If it’s a basic Energy card, attach it to 1 of your Pokémon.
Which deck it belongs in
It suits aggressive Fire decks that can easily replace discarded energy. It also works well in control strategies that benefit from disrupting the opponent's deck.
- •High health pool
- •Debuffing opponent
- •Energy acceleration
- •Weak to Water attacks
- •One GX attack per game
- •Relies on deck search
Use the ability first to find energy, then discard it with the attack for maximum damage.
Magcargo is known for its incredibly hot body temperature which can burn anything it touches.
Explain that discarding energy is a deliberate choice to deal more damage rather than losing power permanently.
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