How can you tell your card is this one?

Look at the bottom of your card: you should read TEF 178/162 there. Its illustration is signed Katsunori Sato.

Which set does it come from?

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

It leaves listings slower than most of the cards we buy in Japanese. Our pokoSCORE gives it 41 out of 100. At least 49 copies have sold since 13 September. From the listings we track. Departures may be sales or withdrawals.

Temporal Forces

Metagross TEF 178/162

Name: Metagross TEF 178
Brand: Pokémon

TEFJPIllustration rare

You receive

€2.40

Your offer depends on the card’s printing, edition and condition. We check its condition when it arrives.

How much is your Metagross worth?

A copy in Japanese, like new: we’ll buy it from you for €2.40 today.

Today · You get

€2.40

The same price as on 22 September

€2.40

22 SeptemberToday

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Day	Our offer
22 September	€2.40
23 September	€2.40
24 September	€2.40
25 September	€2.40
26 September	€2.40
27 September	€2.40
28 September	€2.40

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pokoSCORE

Market activity

41out of 100

Slow departures

It leaves listings slower than most of the cards we buy in Japanese.

Copies gone since 13 September: at least 49
For sale on 27 September: 312
For sale on 13 September: 223 or more

From the listings we track. Departures may be sales or withdrawals.

Versions of this card

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What you might be wondering about this card

How much do we pay for Metagross TEF 178/162?: A copy in Japanese, like new: we’ll buy it from you for €2.40 today.
How can you tell your card is this one?: Look at the bottom of your card: you should read TEF 178/162 there. Its illustration is signed Katsunori Sato.
Which set does it come from?: It comes from the Temporal Forces set, released here on 22 March 2024.
Does it sell fast?: It leaves listings slower than most of the cards we buy in Japanese. Our pokoSCORE gives it 41 out of 100. At least 49 copies have sold since 13 September. From the listings we track. Departures may be sales or withdrawals.

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.

HP: 180
Type: Metal
Stage: Stage 2
Retreat cost: 3
Weakness: ×2
Resistance: -30
Regulation mark: H
Number: 178/162
Set: Temporal ForcesTEFSet guide
Illustrated by: Katsunori Sato

Its attacks

Meteor Mashコメットパンチ

During your next turn, this Pokémon's Meteor Mash attack does 60 more damage (before applying Weakness and Resistance).次の自分の番、このポケモンの「コメットパンチ」のダメージは「+60」される。

Luster Blastラスターブラスト

200

Discard 2 Energy from this Pokémon.このポケモンについているエネルギーを2個選び、トラッシュする。

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
Luster Blast hits for 200 on 4 Energy. Nothing in Temporal Forces hits harder for that price.
A strength
Mark H. It is one of the marks currently accepted in Standard: H, I, and J.
Keep in mind
Retreat cost 3. 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 5,466 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 a Stage 2. You have to come through Metang to get here, or find a Rare Candy to skip the middle step.
Keep in mind
Weakness Fire ×2. Against a Fire Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 5,466 tournament lists we have read, 1,266 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Standard format: source checked on September 28, 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 33 Metagross cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Metagross card and its price