Magic Guard (ability)

Magic Guard is an Ability introduced in Generation IV.

In battle
Magic Guard  protects the Pokémon from indirect damage, including: It does not prevent damage from confusion, trapping moves (e.g. ) or .
 * Damage from the Poison status condition
 * Damage from a Burn (though the Attack drop still occurs)
 * Damage from  or
 * Weather damage ( or )
 * Recoil damage (e.g. from )
 * Crash damage from  or
 * Damage from  or  when switching in ( still poisons the Pokémon but they will not lose HP)
 * HP loss from Life Orb (though the move boosts still occur)

Outside of battle
Magic Guard has no effect outside of battle.