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Team Magma's Camerupt card from the Double Crisis set
Illustration by Shin Nagasawa. Card image via the Pokémon TCG API.
Stage 1 Pokémon

Team Magma's Camerupt

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A fire starter that shares its energy with the rest of your team.

Fire110 HPStage 1Intermediate to play

What this card does

It can take a Fire or Rock Energy card from your discard pile and attach it to itself during your turn.

It deals 60 damage by moving a basic Energy card from itself to one of your other Pokémon on the bench.

Signature ability

Burning Draft

Once during your turn (before your attack), you may attach a {F} or {R} Energy card from your discard pile to this Pokémon.

The Burning Draft ability lets you recycle discarded energy cards back onto this Pokemon, keeping it powered up without needing to draw new ones. This makes it a reliable engine for building momentum in your matches.

Attacks

FCC
Flame Ball60

Move a basic Energy from this Pokémon to 1 of your Benched Pokémon.

Abilities

AbilityBurning Draft

Once during your turn (before your attack), you may attach a {F} or {R} Energy card from your discard pile to this Pokémon.

Which deck it belongs in

This card suits decks that focus on Fire types and benefit from moving energy around the battlefield. It works well in strategies where you want to power up multiple attackers quickly.

Strengths
  • Energy recycling
  • Bench support
  • Reliable damage
Watch out for
  • Weak to Water types
  • One time use per turn
  • Requires discard pile resources
Pro tip

Use the Flame Ball attack to power up a stronger attacker on your bench rather than attacking with Camerupt itself.

From the Pokédex

Camerupt is known for its explosive temper and can erupt at any moment when it becomes angry.

Note for the parent

Remind them that they can only use the ability once per turn, so they should plan carefully when to activate it.

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