SM Black Star Promos

Melmetal GX

SMPSM178· Promo
Melmetal GX SMP SM178

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What the card itself says

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HP
220
Type
Metal
Retreat cost
4
Weakness
×2
Resistance
-20
Number
SM178/248
Set
SM Black Star PromosSMP
Illustrated by
PLANETA Otani

Its Ability

Hard Coat

This Pokémon takes 30 less damage from attacks (after applying Weakness and Resistance).

Its attacks

Metal Blast

110+

This attack does 20 more damage times the amount of Metal Energy attached to this Pokémon.

Iron Force GX

Attach any number of Metal Energy cards from your discard pile to this Pokémon. (You can’t use more than 1 GX attack in a game.)

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.

  1. A strength

    It has an Ability, Hard Coat. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.

  2. 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.

  3. Keep in mind

    None of the 3,811 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.

  4. Keep in mind

    Weakness Fire ×2. Against a Fire Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,811 tournament lists we have read, 914 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.

When it came out

SM Black Star Promos landed here on 3 February 2017.

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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.

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