Ethan's Magcargo · Ascended Heroes, what to know.
About the Ethan's Magcargo card
Ethan's Magcargo is card 24 of 250 in Ascended Heroes, released in April 2026, a Rare. It is a Stage 1 Fire-type with 130 HP.
As a Stage 1, it evolves from Ethan's Slugma, which places Ethan's Magcargo deeper in its line and means most collectors hold it alongside the cards it evolves from.
Illustrated by kodama.
The card's flavor text gives Magcargo a line of lore: "This Pokémon lives near the craters of volcanoes. It stores fire energy in its shell of cooled and hardened magma."
What is Ethan's Magcargo worth?
Ethan's Magcargo is a non-holo Rare. In Ascended Heroes, value concentrates in the holo rares, so a Ethan's Magcargo trades modestly, though a clean, well-centered 1st Edition copy in PSA 10 is scarcer than the print run suggests and carries a real premium. Check the live price above for the figure by grade.
Print variants and how to spot them
Confirm the print and finish on Ethan's Magcargo before pricing it, since variant and rarity set the market more than the card name alone.
Grading and condition
Non-holo Rares like Ethan's Magcargo are easier on surface but no kinder on centering. These cards were less protected than the holos, so high-grade Ethan's Magcargo survivors can be scarcer than expected, with edge whitening the usual cap.
If you are collecting Ethan's Magcargo
For Ethan's Magcargo, check centering by eye, edge whitening on all four sides, and surface under angled light. Submission math on Ethan's Magcargo rarely works unless the card has independent demand.
