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Magmar ex Ruby and Sapphire 100/109
Magmar ex is part of the original group of ex cards released in the first EX series expansion. All of these cards were based on Big Basic cards from the Base Set era. Magmar ex is inspired by Magmar from Fossil and its infamous Smokescreen attack.
Being able to halve your opponent’s damage output for one Energy was hugely strong back then, but it’s certainly not worth two Prize Cards. Fossil Magmar’s Smog has been upgraded to Super Singe, which Burns instead of Poisons. Seeing as Magmar is a Fire-type Pokémon, Burn makes far more sense. However, the Energy cost is one higher.
The fact that Magmar ex is marginally stronger than a single-prizer from 1999 shows how these early ex cards were not meant to be strong. I think this was a good way to introduce two-prizers without destroying the format.