Magnemite (Base Set 53)

Magnemite LV.13
コイル Coil

Illus. Keiji Kinebuchi

Evolution stage

Card name

HP

40

weakness ×2	resistance None	retreat cost

English expansion	Base Set
Rarity
English card no.	53/102
Japanese expansion	Expansion Pack
Japanese rarity

Expansion	Base Set 2
Rarity
English card no.	79/130

Card GB set	Colosseum
Card GB ID	A21
Card GB 2 set	Psychic Battle
Card GB 2 ID	D27

Expansion	Legendary Collection
Rarity
English card no.	80/110

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Magnemite.

Magnemite (Japanese: コイル Coil) is a Lightning-type Basic Pokémon card. It was first released as part of the Base Set.

Card text

	Thunder Wave でんじは	10

Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.

	Selfdestruct じばく	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.

Pokédex data

Magnemite - Magnet Pokémon
No.	Height	Weight
081	1'0" (0.3 m)	13 lbs. (6 kg)
Pokédex entry
Uses anti-gravity to stay suspended. Appears without warning and uses attacks like Thunder Wave.
空中に浮いたまま移動して、左右のユニットから電磁波などを放射する。

Release information

This card was included in the Base Set, first released in the Japanese Expansion Pack. It was reprinted in the Base Set 2 and Legendary Collection expansions.

Gallery

GB1 Colosseum sprite

GB2 Psychic Battle sprite

Trivia

Origin

Thunder Wave is a move in the Pokémon games that Magnemite can learn. Self-Destruct, formatted on this card as Selfdestruct, is a move in the Pokémon games that Magnemite cannot learn. This card's Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Red and Blue, though it is slightly reworded. The Japanese entry comes from Pokémon Red and Green.

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