Curatorial Commentary
The card depicts a Magnemite, a small, spherical Pokémon with a metallic appearance. It has two magnets attached to its sides and a single eye in the center. The background shows a simple, light-colored environment with faint lines suggesting movement or electricity.
Essay · Base
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Catalogue plate
№ 53/102
Composition
Style3DBasicCartoonish
MoodNeutralPlayful
CompositionFocusedSimple
PaletteBrightFlatLimited
Game mechanics
HP
40
Stage
Basic
Weakness
Fighting ×2
Retreat
Thunder Wave
10
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.
Selfdestruct
40
Does 10 damage to each Pokémon on each player's Bench. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Magnemite does 40 damage to itself.
Authorship
More from Keiji Kinebuchi
The painter behind this plate — selected works from their canon.
The set
Base, in order
Walk the original print run — sequenced by plate number, painted as a series.
The subject
Most beautiful Magnemite
The Magnemite canon, ranked by Artchu’s editorial composite.
