Masuda method and how to do?

I have heard of the masuda method and I want to know how to do it. ive heard you can get shinies faster that way, and I’m on a big shiny Magby hunt. can you tell me how to do it please?

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The Masuda method, also known as Masuda’s method (Japanese: 国際結婚international marriage), is a fan-made term which describes a way toobtain Shiny Pokémon more easily in Generation IV and V. Rather thanencountering Shiny Pokémon with a probability of 1/8192, the Masudamethod lets players breed Pokémon of differing real-world geographicalorigin with a 1/1639 (Generation IV) or 1/1366 (Generation V)probability of being Shiny upon hatching.

And how to do it:

The key to using the Masuda method is not to breed any two Pokémon,but to breed two Pokémon created in games of different countries. AnEgg resulting from such a pairing will have a higher likelihood ofbeing Shiny. The most common way to arrange such a pairing is to useone foreign Pokémon and one from the game in which the breedingoccurs, although the method will work in any game provided at leastone of the Pokémon in the pair is from a country different to thecountry of the game cartridge. If both Pokémon are foreign to thecartridge but are both from the same country, then the Masuda methodwill not take effect. Foreign language Pokémon obtained via in-gametrades, such as the Meister’s Foppa and Lt. Surge’s Volty, are treatedas being from the same country as the game, because they are generatedin the same cartridge, so they cannot be bred with another Pokémonfrom the same country for the Masuda method. In Generation IV, if theMasuda method is in effect, so both parents come from differentcountries, the Everstone will fail to increase the chance of passingon a nature.

In simpler terms, breed 2 foriegn Pokemon together to get a higher chance with hatching Shinies.

Source

Use 2 Pokemon of opposite countries

for exampleFrench dittoJapanese dragonite

breed, and get a higher shiny rate