Whenever a move makes contact with this Pokémon, the move's user has a 30% chance of being burned.

Overworld: If any Pokémon in the party has this ability, each egg in the party has its hatch counter decreased by 2 (rather than 1) each step cycle, making eggs hatch roughly twice as quickly.  This effect does not stack if multiple Pokémon have this ability or magma armor.

Contact with the Pokémon may burn the attacker.

Flame Body

This Pokémon cannot be frozen.

If a Pokémon is frozen and acquires this ability, it will immediately thaw out; this includes when regaining a lost ability upon leaving battle.

Overworld: If any Pokémon in the party has this ability, each egg in the party has its hatch counter decreased by 2 (rather than 1) each step cycle, making eggs hatch roughly twice as quickly.  This effect does not stack if multiple Pokémon have this ability or flame body.

The Pokémon’s hot magma coating prevents it from being frozen.

Magma Armor

Whenever a physical move hits this Pokémon, its Speed rises one stage and its Defense falls one stage.

This ability triggers on every hit of a multiple-hit move.

The Pokémon's Defense stat is lowered when it takes damage from physical moves, but its Speed stat is sharply boosted.

Weak Armor

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rock

Magcargo’s body temperature is approximately
18,000 degrees Fahrenheit. 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.

alpha-sapphire

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.

omega-ruby

Its body is as hot as lava and is always billowing.
Flames will occasionally burst from its shell.

Its brittle shell occasionally spouts intense flames
that circulate throughout its body.

Its body temperature is roughly
18,000 degrees F. Flames spout
from gaps in its hardened shell.

white-2

black-2

white

black

Its brittle shell occasionally
spouts intense flames that 
circulate throughout its body.

soulsilver

The shell on its back is just skin
that has cooled and hardened. It
breaks easily with a slight touch.

heartgold

platinum

pearl

diamond

The shell on its back is just skin that
has cooled and hardened. It breaks easily
with a slight touch.

leafgreen

Its brittle shell occasionally spouts
intense flames that circulate throughout
its body.

firered

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.

emerald

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.

sapphire

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.

ruby

Its body is as hot
as lava and is
always billowing.Flames will
occasionally burst
from its shell.

crystal

Its brittle shell
occasionally
spouts intenseflames that cir­
culate throughout
its body.

silver

The shell on its
back is just skin
that has cooledand hardened. It
breaks easily with
a slight touch.

	Base Stats			Stat
HP	60	—		135
Attack	50	—		70
Defense	120	2		140
Sp.Atk	90	—		110
Sp.Def	80	—		100
Speed	30	—		50
Total	430	2	0/510	605

Magcargo

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