How can you tell your card is this one?

Look at the bottom of your card: you should read OBF 153/197 there. Its illustration is signed PLANETA Igarashi.

Which set does it come from?

It comes from the Obsidian Flames set, released here on 11 August 2023.

Obsidian Flames

Melmetal ex OBF 153/197

OBFFRDouble rare

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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 OBF 153/197 there. Its illustration is signed PLANETA Igarashi.
Which set does it come from?: It comes from the Obsidian Flames set, released here on 11 August 2023.

When it came out

Obsidian Flames landed here on 11 August 2023.

In Japan these cards were already in shops on 28 July 2023, under the code SV3. That is 14 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.

HP: 300
Type: Metal
Stage: Stage 1
Retreat cost: 4
Weakness: ×2
Resistance: -30
Regulation mark: G
Number: 153/197
Set: Obsidian FlamesOBFSet guide
Illustrated by: PLANETA Igarashi

Its attacks

Metal-bolizeMétal-Bolisme

Search your deck for up to 2 Basic Energy cards and attach them to this Pokémon. Then, shuffle your deck.Cherchez dans votre deck jusqu'à 2 cartes Énergie de base, puis attachez-les à ce Pokémon. Mélangez ensuite votre deck.

Full Metal KnucklePoing Métal Pur

90+

This attack does 30 more damage for each Energy attached to this Pokémon.Cette attaque inflige 30 dégâts supplémentaires pour chaque Énergie attachée à ce 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.

A strength
300 HP. Only 4 cards in Obsidian Flames carry more.
Keep in mind
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.
Keep in mind
None of the 5,384 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.
Keep in mind
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.
Keep in mind
Weakness Fire ×2. Against a Fire Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 5,384 tournament lists we have read, 1,241 run at least one Pokémon of that type.
Keep in mind
Mark G. It is not among the marks currently accepted in Standard: H, I, and J. A legal reprint may still provide an exception.

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

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 16 Melmetal cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Melmetal card and its price