Appearance
A small red biped with a yellow flame on its belly and a black collar. Lumpy head, yellow beak, a back spike and a tapering tail.
#240
Magby
Live Coal Pokémon
Fire
- Height
- 0.7 m
- Weight
- 21.4 kg
- Generation
- 2
- Region
- Johto
Magby is a Fire-type Pokémon, No. 240 in the National Pokédex, introduced in Generation 2 (Johto region).
« This Pokémon lives in volcanic areas. With each breath, sparks spurt from its mouth and nose. When Magby is in good health, its flames gain a yellow tint. »
Its story
Lifestyle
Timid, it breathes flames up to 600 °C by volcanoes or in towns. It evolves into Magmar, then Magmortar.
In the anime
A friend of the Pichu Brothers in several adventures. Satchel evolves his into Magmar in time for the Silver Conference.
Name origin
Magby blends magma and baby. It suggests a seabird mixed with a mythical salamander, or the fire-breathing Karura.
Did you know?
- A yellow flame means healthy; a very smoky one means tired; flames from the nose mean a cold.
- It likes to soak in magma to recover from the day.
- In the Spaceworld '97 demo, it seemed drawn from Bubyi, a baby Magmar.
Found in the Pokédex of:
JohtoSinnohUnovaAlolaGalarHisuiPaldea
In other languages
ブビィ마그비鴨嘴寶寶