Magneton [1999-2000] - Pokemon Base Set #9
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Magneton [1999-2000]
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Magneton [1999-2000] Card Facts & History
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Card History
Base Set Magneton is one of the original English holo rares from the very first main Pokémon TCG expansion, giving it instant vintage prestige as card #9/102 in the set that launched the hobby for many collectors.
Artist
Its artwork was illustrated by Keiji Kinebuchi, one of the defining early Pokémon TCG artists whose computer-rendered style helped give Wizards-era cards their unmistakable late-90s look.
In-Game
This card captures Magneton before later games reclassified the species as Electric/Steel, so Base Set collectors are holding a snapshot from the era when Magneton was still represented in the TCG as purely Lightning-type.
Card History
Magneton’s attack line is pure early-Pokémon TCG chaos: Thunder Wave brings classic coin-flip paralysis, while Selfdestruct hits every Bench and even blows Magneton up, a dramatic design that feels straight out of the game’s explosive first era.
Cultural Impact
The card’s flavor text comes straight from Magneton’s strange Gen I mystique, describing how several Magnemite link together and appear more often when sunspots flare up, which helped make it one of Kanto’s eeriest machine-like Pokémon.