SVP Black Star Promos
Melmetal ex
Versions of this card
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What the card itself says
Everything below is written on the card itself: how much health it has, what it fears, and what its attacks cost.
- HP
- 300
- Type
- Metal
- Stage
- Stage 1
- Retreat cost
- 4
- Weakness
- ×2
- Resistance
- -30
- Regulation mark
- G
Its attacks
Metal-bolize
Search your deck for up to 2 Basic Energy cards and attach them to this Pokémon. Then, shuffle your deck.
Full Metal Knuckle
90+This attack does 30 more damage for each Energy attached to this Pokémon.
What to make of it
Have a look at what it does well, then at what will get in your way. After that you'll know whether it belongs in your deck.
WHAT IT HAS GOING FOR IT
- 300 HP. Only 4 cards in Obsidian Flames carry more.
WHAT TO WATCH OUT FOR
- Retreat cost 4. Once it is out front, it stays there. Pack something that moves it another way, or you will burn whole turns discarding Energy.
- None of the 3,299 tournament lists we have read runs it. That does not make it a bad card — it means we have not seen it on a table yet.
- It is an ex card. The turn it goes down your opponent takes 2 Prizes instead of one, and games do turn on exactly that.
- Weakness Fire ×2. Against a Fire Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,299 tournament lists we have read, 816 run at least one Pokémon of that type.
- Mark G, and that letter has already left the format. You can still play it at home, or keep it in your binder. In a Standard tournament, no: the letters allowed today are H, I, and J.
Who plays it
None of the tournament lists we have read mentions this card. That happens with a card that has just come out, or one players have not tried yet.
When it came out
SVP Black Star Promos landed here on 31 March 2023.
The other cards of this Pokémon
Two cards of the same Pokémon can be worth wildly different amounts — it depends on the set, the rarity and the artwork. We put all 16 Melmetal cards on one page, priciest first.