Magician (Ability)

Magician redirects here. For the character in Pokémon Adventures, see Magician (Adventures). For the character in Pokémon Trading Card Game 2: The Invasion of Team GR!, see Magician (TCG GB).

Magician	マジシャン
	Magician
Flavor text Generation VI The Pokémon steals the held item of a Pokémon it hits with a move. Generation VII The Pokémon steals the held item of a Pokémon it hits with a move. Generation VIII The Pokémon steals the held item of a Pokémon it hits with a move. Generation IX The Pokémon steals the held item from any target it hits with a move.

Magician (Japanese: マジシャン Magician) is an Ability introduced in Generation VI.

Effect

In battle

	This Ability effect may be in need of research. Reason: Does it not steal in Max Raid Battles too? Does it affect OHKO moves (even in Generation VI)? You can discuss this on the talk page.

When a Pokémon with Magician hits another Pokémon with a damaging move, it will steal the held item of the Pokémon that it hit. Magician will not activate if the user already has a held item.

Fling, Natural Gift, Future Sight and Doom Desire do not activate the Ability; Present will activate the Ability only if it deals damage. Thief, Covet, Knock Off, Pluck, Bug Bite, and Incinerate will steal or destroy the target's held item before Magician steals it. Sticky Barb transfers with its own effect before Magician can steal it. Magician will not activate if the Pokémon is holding a Gem even if the Gem is consumed when using the move, but will activate if the Pokémon's held Power Herb is consumed when using the move.

If a target's consumable held item is triggered by the move (such as a Focus Sash or Lum Berry), it will be consumed before it can be stolen. If a target holds a Focus Band or Rocky Helmet, it can be activated by the move, then be stolen by Magician.

If the Pokémon with Magician faints when using the move (such as due to the target's Liquid Ooze or held Rocky Helmet, or due to the Pokémon with this Ability using a recoil move or a move that causes it to faint), Magician will not steal the item. If the move of the Pokémon with Magician triggers Mummy, so that it no longer has the Ability Magician, it cannot steal an item.

Magician activates after the last strike of a multistrike move. Magician activates even if the user is switched out by U-turn or Volt Switch or the target is switched out by Dragon Tail or Circle Throw. Pickpocket activates after Magician, so the Pokémon that has Pickpocket will always end up with the item if the move is a contact move. If Meloetta has the Ability Magician (due to Skill Swap etc.) and uses Relic Song, Magician activates before it changes form.

It cannot steal from a Pokémon with Sticky Hold, unless the move causes the Pokémon with Sticky Hold to faint. It cannot steal Mail or a Z-Crystal. It cannot steal a Griseous Orb if either Pokémon is Giratina, a Plate if either Pokémon is Arceus, a memory if either Pokémon is Silvally, a Drive if either Pokémon is Genesect, a Mega Stone if either Pokémon can Mega Evolve using it, a Blue Orb if either Pokémon is Kyogre, a Red Orb if either Pokémon is Groudon, the Rusted Sword if either Pokémon is Zacian, the Rusted Shield if either Pokémon is Zamazenta, or Booster Energy if either Pokémon has the Ability Protosynthesis or Quark Drive.

Magician has no effect in Tera Raid Battles.

Outside of battle

Magician has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Magician

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0653		Fennekin	Fire		Fire	Blaze	None	Magician
0654		Braixen	Fire		Fire	Blaze	None	Magician
0655		Delphox	Fire	Psychic	Blaze	None	Magician
0707		Klefki	Steel	Fairy	Prankster	None	Magician
0720		Hoopa Confined	Psychic	Ghost	Magician	None	None
0720		Hoopa Unbound	Psychic	Dark	Magician	None	None
Please note that Abilities marked with a superscript are only available in the stated generation or later. For Generation III and IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities.

In other games

Pokémon UNITE

In Pokémon UNITE, Magician is Hoopa's Ability. In battles where the map is divided into an ally team side and an opposing team side, the Ability creates a hole under one of the Berries on the opposing team’s side (chosen at random) and warps it to right in front of Hoopa. This Ability does not work while Hoopa is in its Unbound form.

Description

Games Description SMD If the Pokémon lands a move on a target when it's not holding an item, it will get the item that the target is holding!

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

A Hoopa Emerald befriended is revealed to have Magician as its Ability.

Trivia

• Hoopa is the only Pokémon with Magician to not have Magician as a Hidden Ability.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 魔術師 Mōseuhtsī Mandarin 魔術師 / 魔术师 Móshùshī French Magicien German Zauberer Italian Prestigiatore Korean 매지션 Magician Brazilian Portuguese Mágico Spanish Prestidigitador Vietnamese Ảo Thuật Gia

Variations of the Ability Pickpocket
Pickpocket • Magician

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