How can you tell your card is this one?

Look at the bottom of your card: you should read TEF 148/162 there. Its illustration is signed AYUMI ODASHIMA.

Which set does it come from?

It comes from the Temporal Forces set, released here on 22 March 2024.

Temporal Forces

Full Metal Lab TEF 148/162

Name: Full Metal Lab TEF 148
Brand: Pokémon

TEFFRUncommon

We are not buying this printing at the moment.

Versions of this card

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What you might be wondering about this card

How can you tell your card is this one?: Look at the bottom of your card: you should read TEF 148/162 there. Its illustration is signed AYUMI ODASHIMA.
Which set does it come from?: It comes from the Temporal Forces set, released here on 22 March 2024.

When it came out

Temporal Forces landed here on 22 March 2024.

In Japan these cards were already in shops on 26 January 2024, under the code SV5K + SV5M. That is 56 days ahead of us.

Every set, with both of its dates

What the card itself says

Its characteristics and effects in play, with the original text when available.

Regulation mark: H
Number: 148/162
Set: Temporal ForcesTEFSet guide
Illustrated by: AYUMI ODASHIMA

Pokémon (both yours and your opponent's) take 30 less damage from attacks from the opponent's Pokémon (after applying Weakness and Resistance).Les Pokémon (les vôtres et ceux de votre adversaire) subissent 30 dégâts de moins provenant des attaques des Pokémon de l'adversaire (après application de la Faiblesse et de la Résistance).

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.

A strength
Scizor ex runs it in 11 of the 13 lists we have read, seen across 11 different tournaments.
A strength
No Weakness printed on the card. Nothing doubles up the damage it takes.
A strength
Mark H. It is one of the marks currently accepted in Standard: H, I, and J.

Standard format: source checked on September 27, 2026. TCGdex

Who plays it

These decks really played this card at a tournament. We spot it by the little set code printed at the bottom, the one players copy onto their list — two cards sometimes share a name, the code never lies.

The decks that list this card, with how many lists and how many tournaments
Deck	Lists	Tournaments	Printing listed
Scizor ex	11 of 13	11	TEF 148
Steven's Metagross ex	11 of 64	11	TEF 148
Archaludon ex	6 of 30	6	TEF 148
Metagross	6 of 45	6	TEF 148
Mega Excadrill ex	5 of 56	4	TEF 148
Archaludon ex / Dudunsparce	4 of 35	4	TEF 148
Doublade	2 of 43	2	TEF 148
Toucannon	2 of 52	2	TEF 148
Archaludon ex / N's Zoroark ex	1 of 27	1	TEF 148