# Magneton #9/130 — Base Set 2

## Summary

Magneton in Base Set 2 is a Rare from a reprint-heavy set, which kept it a mid-tier pull rather than a chase slot. Its Selfdestruct made it a familiar Lightning attacker in the early Wizards-era game, and Keiji Kinebuchi's name adds a modest bonus for completists of that original illustrator roster. At a $27 modelled guide, up 10% over 30 days on 95 copies traded, with 83 days of inventory on the board, this printing is almost entirely collector premium, since the same card plays for $0.17 out of Surging Sparks; PSA has slabbed 2,905 of these and only 24 are 10s, a 0.8% gem rate that makes the raw-to-gem gap the entire trade.

## Identity

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Set | Base Set 2 |
| Number | 9/130 |
| Rarity | Rare |
| Era | WOTC |
| Illustrator | Keiji Kinebuchi |
| Release date | 2000-02-24 |
| Image | Unavailable |

## Card details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Card type | POKEMON |
| Stage | Stage1 |
| Evolves from | Magnemite |
| HP | 60 |
| Types | Lightning |
| Attack: Thunder Wave | cost Lightning/Lightning/Colorless — damage 30 — Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. |
| Attack: Selfdestruct | cost Lightning/Lightning/Colorless/Colorless — damage 80 — Does 20 damage to each Pokémon on each player's Bench. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Magneton does 80 damage to itself. |
| Weakness | Fighting ×2 |
| Retreat | 1 |
| Legal | Standard no · Expanded no |
| Pokédex entry | [Magneton #082](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/pokedex/magneton) |
| Finishes | Holo |
| Languages | EN |

## Current stats

- Headline price: **$27.36** (ITEM_MEDIAN; modelled guide price) — as of 2026-11-07
- Headline basis: MODELLED_GUIDE — The venue’s published daily market guide, which the venue itself declares MODELLED. Nothing is confirmed to have traded at it, no copy is listed at it, and it is not our estimate — it is theirs.
- 24h change: n/a · 7d change: +1.90% — as of 2026-11-07
- Floor delivered ask: $17.99 — as of 2026-11-08T00:21:01.739Z
- Quant score: 74/100, regime FLOOR_FORMING — as of 2026-11-08T00:21:01.739Z — 7 of 11 inputs · 72% weight · -14% confidence

## Provenance

- Catalog — observed 2000-02-24T00:00:00Z, confidence 98%
- Live ask — observed 2026-11-07T03:19:07.481Z, confidence 90%
- Guide price (modelled) — observed 2026-11-07T00:00:00.000Z, confidence 90%
- Price statistic — observed 2026-11-07T03:19:07.481Z, confidence 90%
- Confirmed sale — observed 2026-11-02T16:23:12.420Z, confidence 85%
- Inventory count — observed 2026-11-07T03:19:07.481Z, confidence 70%
- Population census — observed 2026-11-08T00:20:23.642Z, confidence 60%

## Links

- [View on Cardboard Alpha](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/base-set-2/magneton-9)
- [JSON snapshot](https://cardboardalpha.com/api/terminal/raw~tcgdex%3Abase4-9%3AEN%3AHOLO~NM)