Magic Guard (Japanese:マジックガードMagic Guard) is anAbility introduced inGeneration IV. Prior toGeneration V, it was thesignature Ability ofClefairy'sevolutionary line.

Effect

In battle

Magic Guard prevents the Pokémon from receiving indirect damage, but does not prevent it from becoming afflicted by statuses that would deal such damage. Additional effects, such as being trapped whilebound or having itsAttack reduced byburn, are not prevented even though their damage is.

Magic Guard prevents damage caused by effects includingweather,poison andburn, effects likeCurse andLeech Seed,entry hazards,recoil (except fromStruggle),crash damage, and damage from usingMind Blown orSteel Beam. Magic Guard prevents the damage inflicted by aLife Orb, but the holder still gains the power boost.

Magic Guard does not preventconfusion damage or direct modification of a Pokémon's HP through means other than damage, such as byPain Split,Belly Drum,Substitute, or aGhost type cutting its own HP to useCurse.Moves that cause the user to faint,Destiny Bond, andPerish Song can still cause a Pokémon with Magic Guard to faint.

When a Pokémon with Magic Guard isbadly poisoned, Magic Guard still prevents poison damage, but it does not prevent the counter from increasing every turn. Consequently, if the Pokémon's Magic Guard is suppressed or changed, it will begin taking poison damage proportional to the counter's current value.

Magic Guard blocks damage from theGulp Missile counterattack, but does not prevent the Defense drop or paralysis from it.

If a Pokémon with Magic Guard hits a target holding aJaboca Berry with a physical attack, or a target holding aRowap Berry with a special attack, the Pokémon will not eat the berry and no damage will be dealt.

Generation IV

If a Pokémon with Magic Guard isparalyzed, it cannot be prevented from using a move due to paralysis, although itsSpeed is still reduced. A Pokémon with Magic Guard cannot be poisoned byToxic Spikes.

Generation V onwards

Magic Guard no longer grants immunity to being fully paralyzed and no longer prevents poisoning from Toxic Spikes (but it still prevents poison damage).

Outside of battle

Magic Guard has no effect outside of battle. This means a poisoned Pokémon with Magic Guard will still take damage in the field in Generation IV (but not later generations, because poison no longer causes damage in the field starting in Generation V).

Pokémon with Magic Guard

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0035		Clefairy	Fairy		Fairy	Cute Charm	Magic GuardGen IV+	Friend Guard
0036		Clefable	Fairy		Fairy	Cute Charm	Magic GuardGen IV+	Unaware
0063		Abra	Psychic		Psychic	Synchronize	Inner Focus	Magic Guard
0064		Kadabra	Psychic		Psychic	Synchronize	Inner Focus	Magic Guard
0065		Alakazam	Psychic		Psychic	Synchronize	Inner Focus	Magic Guard
0173		Cleffa	Fairy		Fairy	Cute Charm	Magic GuardGen IV+	Friend Guard
0561		Sigilyph	Psychic	Flying	Wonder Skin	Magic Guard	Tinted Lens
0577		Solosis	Psychic		Psychic	Overcoat	Magic Guard	Regenerator
0578		Duosion	Psychic		Psychic	Overcoat	Magic Guard	Regenerator
0579		Reuniclus	Psychic		Psychic	Overcoat	Magic Guard	Regenerator
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

Description

Games Description MDTDS Protects the Pokémon from all damage except from direct attacks. BSL わざや こうげき いがいからの ダメージを うけない MDGtI Unavailable SMD The Pokémon is protected from most indirect damage, such as damage from a sandstorm, aBlast Trap, or getting poisoned. But it takes damage from attack moves. MDRTDX The Pokémon won't take damage from things like the Sandstorm weather condition, Blast Traps, or getting Poisoned.

In animation

Pokémon animated series

Clefable
The Pokémon is unaffected by indirect damage through means such as poison.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Clefable is unaffected by indirect damage through means such as poison.
Lusamine's Clefable	10,000,000 Reasons to Fight!		Debut

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

• White'sDuosion, Solly, was revealed to have Magic Guard as his Ability in thePokéSPedia data-book.

In other languages

This article is part ofProject Moves and Abilities, aBulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.

• Abilities
• Abilities introduced in Generation IV