Appearance
A limbless gastropod of bright red magma. Yellow eyes rise above its head, the snout is bulbous, and a gray shell of hardened magma covers its back.
#219
Magcargo
Lava Pokémon
FireRock
- Height
- 0.8 m
- Weight
- 55 kg
- GenGeneration
- 2
- Region
- Johto
« 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. »
Magcargo is a Fire / Rock-type Pokémon, No. 219 in the National Pokédex, introduced in Generation 2 (Johto region).
Its story
Lifestyle
Its inner heat can pass 18,000 °F, so water evaporates on contact. The shell breaks easily, but it rebuilds itself in magma. It evolves from Slugma.
In the anime
Flannery's Magcargo, nicknamed Mag, opens her Gym battle against Ash. It loses to Ash's Corphish after a hard fight.
Name origin
It suggests a lava snail with a rock shell, and Chile's Cherufe, linked to earthquakes. Magcargo blends magma, escargot, and cargo.
Did you know?
- Folklore says a sudden rise in wild Magcargo warns that an eruption is coming.
- It has lived in volcano craters for tens of thousands of years.
- The shell can store fire energy, and a streak of flame leaks from its side.
Found in the Pokédex of:
JohtoHoennKalosPaldea
In other languages
Volcaropod
マグカルゴ마그카르고熔岩蝸牛