Magcargo (Pokémon)

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Magcargo マグカルゴ Magcargot #219
Art by Ken Sugimori from HeartGold and SoulSilver
Types  Fire  Rock   Fire   Fire   Fire   Fire   Fire	Species Lava Pokémon
Abilities Magma Armor or Flame Body Flame Body Weak Armor Hidden Ability
Exp. at Lv. 100 1,000,000
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #— Johto #217* Hoenn #104 Sinnoh #— Unova #— Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R-139 Almia R-141 Oblivia R— Oblivia (past) N— Not in any regional Browser
Height 2'07" Imperial 0.8m Metric 2'07"/0.8m 0.0m	Weight 121.3lbs Imperial 55.0kg Metric 121.3lbs/55.0kg 0.0kg
Dex color Red	Footprint
Body style	Catch rate 75 9.8%
Gender ratio Genderless Unknown 50% male, 50% female
Breeding Amorphous group 22 cycles (5610 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 2 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Base Exp.: 154 Battle Exp.: 1541*
External links On Legendary Pokémon Pokédex: Generation III Generation IV On Smogon Pokédex: Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V On Eevee's Pokédex On Psypoke Pokédex On Pokecharms Pokédex (Gen. III-IV) On Marriland Pokédex Generation IV Generation V Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Magcargo (Japanese: マグカルゴ Magcargot) is a dual-type Fire/Rock Pokémon.

It evolves from Slugma starting at level 38.

Contents 1 Biology 1.1 Physiology 1.1.1 Gender differences 1.2 Special abilities 1.3 Behavior 1.4 Habitat 1.5 Diet 2 In the anime 2.1 Major appearances 2.2 Minor appearances 2.3 Pokédex entries 3 In the manga 3.1 Pokémon Adventures 4 In the TCG 5 Game data 5.1 Pokédex entries 5.2 Game locations 5.2.1 In side games 5.3 Stats 5.3.1 Base stats 5.3.2 Pokéathlon stats 5.4 Type effectiveness 5.5 Learnset 5.5.1 By leveling up 5.5.2 By TM/HM 5.5.3 By breeding 5.5.4 By tutoring 5.5.5 By a prior evolution 5.5.6 Special moves 5.6 Side game data 5.7 Evolution 5.8 Sprites 6 Trivia 6.1 Origin 6.1.1 Name origin 7 In other languages 8 External links

Biology

Physiology

Magcargo are large, snail-like Fire-type Pokémon that seem to consist almost entirely out of magma, much like its pre-evolution. However, it has gained a hard shell that is made out of hardened magma. This shell seems to have a circular-shape and has small holes in it that spurts out small flames. This shell is somewhat thin and can flake off easily.

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

Magcargo's body is over 18,000 degrees Fahrenheit. Due to its magma body, it is able to use many Fire-type moves. It can also learn Recover.

Behavior

Magcargo is said to return to its original size by dipping itself in magma.

Habitat

To keep itself from hardening, Magcargo prefers to stay near something very hot, like a volcano.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

In the anime

Major appearances

Magcargo first appeared in Some Like it Hot. A Trainer named Egan was trying to capture an unusually large Magcargo, later finally succeeding.

A normal-sized Magcargo appeared in Love, Pokémon Style!. Also, Macy's Slugma evolved sometime after battling Ash.

Flannery has a Magcargo that evolved from one of her two Slugma in Poetry Commotion!.

Minor appearances

A Magcargo appeared in Another One Gabites the Dust!.

Pokédex entries

Episode Pokémon Source Entry EP240 Magcargo Ash's Pokédex Magcargo, the Lava Pokémon. Magcargo lives primarily in volcanic regions and occasionally emits the lava from its back that circles its body. This concludes the entries from the original series.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

A giant Magcargo first appeared in Volume 13, under the control of Carl. It was shown being able to attack even when asleep by using Sleep Talk.

Another Magcargo appeared under the ownership of Flannery in Volume 17.

Magcargo was also seen as one of the Pokémon used by Team Magma.

In the TCG

Main article: Magcargo (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation II. Generation I Red Blue {{{redbluedex}}} Yellow {{{yellowdex}}} Stadium {{{stadiumdex}}} Generation II Gold The shell on its back is just skin that has cooled and hardened. It breaks easily with a slight touch. Silver Its brittle shell occasionally spouts intense flames that circulate throughout its body. Crystal Its body is as hot as lava and is always billowing. Flames will occasionally burst from its shell. Generation III Ruby Sapphire Emerald {{{rsedex}}} Ruby Sapphire {{{rsdex}}} Ruby Magcargo's shell is actually its skin that hardened as a result of cooling. Its shell is very brittle and fragile - just touching it causes it to crumble apart. This Pokémon returns to its original size by dipping itself in magma. Sapphire Magcargo's body temperature is approximately 18,000 degrees F. Water is vaporized on contact. If this Pokémon is caught in the rain, the raindrops instantly turn into steam, cloaking the area in a thick fog. Emerald The shell on its back is made of hardened magma. Tens of thousands of years spent living in volcanic craters have turned Magcargo's bodies into magma. FireRed LeafGreen {{{frlgdex}}} FireRed Its brittle shell occasionally spouts intense flames that circulate throughout its body. LeafGreen The shell on its back is just skin that has cooled and hardened. It breaks easily with a slight touch. Generation IV Diamond Pearl {{{dpdex}}} Diamond Pearl Platinum Its body temperature is roughly 18,000 degrees F. Flames spout from gaps in its hardened shell. Diamond {{{diamonddex}}} Pearl {{{pearldex}}} Platinum {{{platinumdex}}} HeartGold SoulSilver {{{hgssdex}}} HeartGold The shell on its back is just skin that has cooled and hardened. It breaks easily with a slight touch. SoulSilver Its brittle shell occasionally spouts intense flames that circulate throughout its body. Generation V Black White Its body temperature is roughly 18,000 degrees F. Flames spout from gaps in its hardened shell. Black {{{blackdex}}} White {{{whitedex}}}  ??? No Pokédex data is available.

Game locations

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation II. Generation I Red Blue None Trade Blue (Japan) None Trade Yellow None Trade Generation II Gold Silver Evolve Evolve Slugma Crystal Evolve Evolve Slugma Generation III Ruby Sapphire Evolve Evolve Slugma Emerald Evolve Evolve Slugma FireRed LeafGreen Rare Mt. Ember Colosseum Evolve Evolve Slugma XD One Citadark Isle (Shadow) Generation IV Diamond Pearl Common Stark Mountain Platinum Common Stark Mountain HeartGold SoulSilver Evolve Evolve Slugma Pal Park Mountain Generation V Black White None Trade

In side games

Game	Location
Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire	Evolve from Slugma
Pokémon Trozei!	Endless Level 54 Endless Level 76 Forever Level 4 Mr. Who's Den
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red/Blue Rescue Team	Evolve from Slugma
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time/Darkness	Giant Volcano (1F-19F) Dark Crater (B13-B15) Dark Crater Pit (B1-B11)
Pokémon Ranger	Jungle Relic
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia	Volcano Cave
Pokémon Rumble Blast	Lake: Sunny Seashore, World Axle - B1F Lava: Volcanic Slope
PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure	Lava Zone

Stats

Base stats

Stat	Range
	At Lv. 50	At Lv. 100
HP: 50	110 - 157	210 - 304
Attack: 50	49 - 112	94 - 218
Defense: 120	112 - 189	220 - 372
Sp.Atk: 80	76 - 145	148 - 284
Sp.Def: 80	76 - 145	148 - 284
Speed: 30	31 - 90	58 - 174
Total: 410   Other Pokémon with this total
Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and a hindering nature. Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and a helpful nature.

Pokéathlon stats

Speed 1/1 ★	Power 4/4 ★★★★
Skill 2/2 ★★	Stamina 4/5 ★★★★☆
Jump 2/2 ★★	Total 13/14 ★★

Type effectiveness

Under normal battle conditions in Generation V, this Pokémon is:
Weak to Normal ½× Fighting 2× Flying ½× Poison ½× Ground 4× Rock 2× Bug ½× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire ¼× Water 4× Grass 1× Electric 1× Psychic 1× Ice ½× Dragon 1× Dark 1× None	Resistant against Normal ½× Fighting 2× Flying ½× Poison ½× Ground 4× Rock 2× Bug ½× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire ¼× Water 4× Grass 1× Electric 1× Psychic 1× Ice ½× Dragon 1× Dark 1× None	Unaffected by Normal ½× Fighting 2× Flying ½× Poison ½× Ground 4× Rock 2× Bug ½× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire ¼× Water 4× Grass 1× Electric 1× Psychic 1× Ice ½× Dragon 1× Dark 1× None	Damaged normally by Normal ½× Fighting 2× Flying ½× Poison ½× Ground 4× Rock 2× Bug ½× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire ¼× Water 4× Grass 1× Electric 1× Psychic 1× Ice ½× Dragon 1× Dark 1× None

Learnset

By leveling up

Generation V Other generations: II - III - IV
Level	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
Start	Yawn	Normal	Status	—	—%	10
Start	Smog	Poison	Special	20	70%	20
Start	Ember	Fire	Special	40	100%	25
Start	Rock Throw	Rock	Physical	50	90%	15
5	Ember	Fire	Special	40	100%	25
10	Rock Throw	Rock	Physical	50	90%	15
14	Harden	Normal	Status	—	—%	30
19	Recover	Normal	Status	—	—%	10
23	Flame Burst	Fire	Special	70	100%	15
28	AncientPower	Rock	Special	60	100%	5
32	Amnesia	Psychic	Status	—	—%	20
37	Lava Plume	Fire	Special	80	100%	15
38	Shell Smash	Normal	Status	—	—%	15
44	Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	75	90%	10
52	Body Slam	Normal	Physical	85	100%	15
59	Flamethrower	Fire	Special	95	100%	15
67	Earth Power	Ground	Special	90	100%	10
A level of "Start" indicates a move that will be known by a Magcargo obtained at level 1 in Generation V Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Magcargo Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Magcargo Click on the generation numbers at the top to see level-up moves from other generations

By TM/HM

Generation V Other generations: II - III - IV
TM		Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
	TM06	Toxic	Poison	Status	—	90%	10
	TM10	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	—	100%	15
	TM11	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	—	—%	5
	TM15	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150	90%	5
	TM16	Light Screen	Psychic	Status	—	—%	30
	TM17	Protect	Normal	Status	—	—%	10
	TM21	Frustration	Normal	Physical	—	100%	20
	TM22	SolarBeam	Grass	Special	120	100%	10
	TM23	Smack Down	Rock	Physical	50	100%	15
	TM26	Earthquake	Ground	Physical	100	100%	10
	TM27	Return	Normal	Physical	—	100%	20
	TM32	Double Team	Normal	Status	—	—%	15
	TM33	Reflect	Psychic	Status	—	—%	20
	TM35	Flamethrower	Fire	Special	95	100%	15
	TM37	Sandstorm	Rock	Status	—	—%	10
	TM38	Fire Blast	Fire	Special	120	85%	5
	TM39	Rock Tomb	Rock	Physical	50	80%	10
	TM42	Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100%	20
	TM43	Flame Charge	Fire	Physical	50	100%	20
	TM44	Rest	Psychic	Status	—	—%	10
	TM45	Attract	Normal	Status	—	100%	15
	TM48	Round	Normal	Special	60	100%	15
	TM50	Overheat	Fire	Special	140	90%	5
	TM59	Incinerate	Fire	Special	30	100%	15
	TM61	Will-O-Wisp	Fire	Status	—	75%	15
	TM64	Explosion	Normal	Physical	250	100%	5
	TM68	Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150	90%	5
	TM69	Rock Polish	Rock	Status	—	—%	20
	TM71	Stone Edge	Rock	Physical	100	80%	5
	TM74	Gyro Ball	Steel	Physical	—	100%	5
	TM78	Bulldoze	Ground	Physical	60	100%	20
	TM80	Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	75	90%	10
	TM87	Swagger	Normal	Status	—	90%	15
	TM90	Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—%	10
	TM94	Rock Smash	Fighting	Physical	40	100%	15
	HM04	Strength	Normal	Physical	80	100%	15
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Magcargo Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Magcargo Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations

By breeding

Generation V Other generations: II - III - IV
Father	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
	Acid Armor	Poison	Status	—	—%	40
	Curse	Ghost	Status	—	—%	10
	Earth Power	Ground	Special	90	100%	10
	Heat Wave‡	Fire	Special	100	90%	10
	Inferno	Fire	Special	100	50%	5
	Memento	Dark	Status	—	100%	10
	Rollout	Rock	Physical	30	90%	20
	SmokeScreen	Normal	Status	—	100%	20
	Spit Up	Normal	Special	—	100%	10
	Stockpile	Normal	Status	—	100%	20
	Swallow	Normal	Status	—	100%	10
Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Magcargo in Generation V Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation. Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Magcargo in that game. Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Magcargo Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Magcargo Click on the generation numbers at the top to see egg moves from other generations

By tutoring

Generation V Other generations: II - III - IV
Game		Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
This Pokémon learns no moves by tutoring.
A black abbreviation in a colored box indicates that Magcargo can be tutored the move in that game A colored abbreviation in a white box indicates that Magcargo cannot be tutored the move in that game Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Magcargo Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Magcargo Click on the generation numbers at the top to see move tutor moves from other generations

By a prior evolution

Generation V Other generations: II - III - IV
Stage	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
This Pokémon has no moves exclusive to prior evolutions.
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Magcargo Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Magcargo Click on the generation numbers at the top to see moves from other generations

Special moves

Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness
Shadow moves		Level 38+	Purified moves
Shadow Rave	Shadow		Refresh	Normal
Shadow Shed	Shadow		Heat Wave	Fire
--			Earthquake	Ground
--			Flamethrower	Fire

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball  N/A  Not available	Pokémon Pinball RS    Acquisition: Evolve	Pokémon Trozei!    Rarity: Rare
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team Body size: 1 Recruit rate: Evolve Friend Area: Crater Phrases 51%-100% HP Please, don't touch my shell. It crumbles very easily. 26%-50% HP I'm worried. My HP has dropped to approximately half. 1%-25% HP I can't keep it together... Flames will erupt from my body... Level up That's it! Leveled up! I can feel my flames boiling over! Partner phrases 51%-100% HP <name>, my HP is between 51% and 100%. 26%-50% HP <name>, my HP is between 26% and 50%. 1%-25% HP <name>, my HP is between 1% and 25%. Level up That's it! Leveled up! I can feel my flames boiling over!
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 0.5% IQ group: E
Pokémon Ranger Group:  Fire  Poké Assist: ( Fire ) Field move: (Burn ×2) Loops: 4 Min. exp.: 70 Max. exp.: 90 Browser entry   Magcargo scatters lava as it crawls. It will chase after Rangers.
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia Group:  Fire  Poké Assist: ( Fire ) Field move: (Burn ×2) Browser entry   It spits embers and blobs of fire to attack.
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs Group: Poké Assist: Field move:  Normal  None Past ( Normal ) None Past (Electrify ×1) Browser entry   This Pokémon does not have a browser entry.
PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure PokéPark Pad entry: Magcargo is a Gatekeeper in the Lava Zone. No one can see Blaziken without getting Magcargo's OK first.

Evolution

Unevolved Slugma  Fire

Level 38 →

First evolution Magcargo  Fire  Rock

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow	Red (Ja)	Green	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation I.
II	Gold	Silver	Crystal			Back
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald	FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum	HeartGold	SoulSilver	Back
V	Black	White				Back

For other sprites and images, please see Magcargo images on Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

• Magcargo is the only Pokémon to be obtainable in every main Generation III game, if Pokémon Colosseum and Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness are to be included. It is also included in every Generation II and Generation IV game, making Pokémon Black and White the first main games since its introduction where it cannot be obtained.
• No other Pokémon has the same type combination as Magcargo.
• Despite the fact Magcargo's shell crumbles easily, in the anime, it has been depicted retracting into its shell and protecting itself from damage.
• Magcargo's body is over 18,000 degrees Fahrenheit (which is almost double the temperature of the surface of Earth's Sun), which should be hot enough to carbonize flesh. However, it has made contact with Pokémon many times in the anime and none of them felt any burning from its body. This trait is shared with Ponyta, Rapidash, and its own pre-evolution, Slugma.
• Despite the fact that water is vaporized on contact with Magcargo, it is doubly weak to Water-type attacks.

Origin

Magcargo is based on a snail with a body of lava and a shell of rock. It may also be based on the Cherufe, mythical evil creatures of rock and magma that inhabit the magma pools found deep within Chilean volcanoes. In legends, they are the main sources of earthquakes in Chile.

Name origin

Magcargo and Magcargot are both a combination of magma, intrusive molten rock, and escargot, French for snail. The word cargo can also be found, referring to the shell it carries.

In other languages

Language Name Name Origin German Magcargo French Volcaropod From volcan and gastéropode. Korean 마그카르고 Mageukareugo Chinese (Taiwan and Hong Kong) 熔岩蝸牛 Róng Yán Wō Niú Literally "lava snail".

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