Magnemite

Magnemite on cards: Base Set commons, Lt. Surge's Magnemite and a Metal type holo

Magnemite's first card is Base Set #53 from January 1999, a Common illustrated by Keiji Kinebuchi. Gym Heroes (2000) followed with two different Lt. Surge's Magnemite cards (#50 and #80), part of that set's Gym Leader's Pokémon cards; Lt. Surge is the Electric type Gym Leader of Vermilion City. Neo Discovery (2001) then printed Magnemite as a Metal type card, echoing its new Steel typing, as a holo rare (#7) with a non-holo counterpart (#26). Aquapolis and Skyridge (2003) closed out the WOTC era with more Commons and Uncommons.

Outside the numbered sets it appeared in the 2018 McDonald's Collection, illustrated by MAHOU. Hidden Fates (2019) gave it a shiny rare in its Shiny Vault subset, and Cosmic Eclipse (2019) printed a Secret Rare Magnemite by Fumie Kittaka, numbered above that set's 236-card total.

Why collectors care about Magnemite

Magnemite is mostly a Common card, which makes its few standouts easy to pick out: the Lt. Surge's Magnemite pair from Gym Heroes, the Neo Discovery Metal type holo, the Shiny Vault card and the Cosmic Eclipse Secret Rare. Across 47 printings in 36 sets, it appears in all ten eras from WOTC to Mega Evolution.

Cards to know

• Magnemite (Base Set #53)

  Magnemite's first card, a 1999 common illustrated by Keiji Kinebuchi.

• Lt. Surge's Magnemite (Gym Heroes #50)

  A 2000 Uncommon naming Lt. Surge, the Electric type Gym Leader of Vermilion City, as the Magnemite's trainer.

• Magnemite (Neo Discovery #7)

  A 2001 holo rare that prints Magnemite as a Metal type.

• Magnemite (Hidden Fates Shiny Vault #SV27)

  A shiny rare from the Shiny Vault bonus subset of Hidden Fates, 2019.

• Magnemite (Cosmic Eclipse #242)

  A Secret Rare illustrated by Fumie Kittaka, from Cosmic Eclipse, the last main Sun & Moon era set.