Deoxys
Metagross
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
- 100
- Type
- Psychic
- Stage
- Stage 2
- Retreat cost
- 2
- Weakness
- ×2
Its Ability
Super Connectivity
Once during your turn (before your attack), you may search your discard pile for a Psychic or Metal Energy card and attach it to your Active Pokémon. Then, put 1 damage counter on that Pokémon. This power can't be used if Metagross is affected by a Special Condition.
Its attacks
Link Blast
70If Metagross and the Defending Pokémon have a different amount of Energy attached to them, this attack's base damage is 40 instead of 70.
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
- Link Blast hits for 70 on 2 Energy. Nothing in Deoxys hits harder for that price.
- It has an Ability, Super Connectivity. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
WHAT TO WATCH OUT FOR
- 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 a Stage 2. You have to come through Metang to get here, or find a Rare Candy to skip the middle step.
- Weakness Psychic ×2. Against a Psychic Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,299 tournament lists we have read, 1,909 run at least one Pokémon of that type.
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.
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 33 Metagross cards on one page, priciest first.