Dark Magneton - Pokemon Team Rocket #28
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Dark Magneton Card Facts & History
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Card History
Dark Magneton is part of the original Team Rocket expansion that introduced Dark Pokémon to the TCG, giving familiar Kanto evolutions a more aggressive, villain-controlled identity that instantly set this card apart from ordinary Magneton cards.
Set Lore
Collectors love Dark Magneton because Team Rocket was the first Pokémon TCG set to debut secret cards and the first to spotlight Team Rocket’s corrupted Pokémon theme, making even the non-holo rare version feel tied to one of the hobby’s most important early expansions.
Card History
This specific non-holo Dark Magneton is card 28/82 in Team Rocket, while the same set also gave Dark Magneton a holo rare counterpart at 11/82, a classic vintage detail that makes collectors chase both versions of the card.
In-Game
Dark Magneton’s flavor text about hackers using Magnetons to damage computer systems fits Magneton’s long-running game lore, where Pokédex entries describe it as producing powerful magnetic waves and strange radio signals that disrupt electronics.
Artist
Illustrator Miki Tanaka is one of the enduring names of classic Pokémon card art, and Dark Magneton is one of her early-era Team Rocket pieces from the same vintage stretch that helped define the moodier look of villain-themed cards.