Rising Rivals

Metal Energy RR 100/111

RRFRUncommon
Metal Energy RR 100

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 RR 100/111 there. Its illustration is signed Takumi Akabane.
Which set does it come from?
It comes from the Rising Rivals set, released here on 16 May 2009.

When it came out

Rising Rivals landed here on 16 May 2009.

Every set, with both of its dates

What the card itself says

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

Type
Metal
Stage
Basic
Retreat cost
0
Number
100/111
Set
Rising RivalsRR
Illustrated by
Takumi Akabane
Damage done by attacks to the Pokémon that Metal Energy is attached to is reduced by 10 (after applying Weakness and Resistance). Ignore this effect if the Pokémon that Metal Energy is attached to isn't Metal. Metal Energy provides Metal Energy. (Doesn't count as a basic Energy card.)Les dégâts infligés par des attaques au Pokémon auquel Énergie Métal est attachée sont réduits de 10 (après application de la Faiblesse et de la Résistance). Ignorez cet effet si le Pokémon auquel Énergie Métal est attachée n'est pas . Énergie Métal fournit de l'Énergie . (Elle ne compte pas comme carte Énergie de base).

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 retreats for free. You can pull it back to the Bench whenever you like, even with no Energy on it at all.

  2. A strength

    Steven's Metagross ex runs it in 58 of the 64 lists we have read, seen across 55 different tournaments.

  3. A strength

    It is a Basic Pokémon. You can put it down on your very first turn, with nothing to evolve through.

  4. A strength

    No Weakness printed on the card. Nothing doubles up the damage it takes.

Who plays it

Every printing of Metal Energy plays the same way at a tournament. So the decks below count them all together, and the last column shows the one players wrote on their list.

The decks that list this card, with how many lists and how many tournaments
DeckListsTournamentsPrinting listed
Steven's Metagross ex58 of 6455MEE 8
Mega Excadrill ex49 of 5642MEE 8
Hydreigon ex45 of 6541MEE 8
Cinccino ex42 of 4936MEE 8
Metagross42 of 4540MEE 8
Archaludon ex / Dudunsparce33 of 3533MEE 8
Doublade32 of 4331MEE 8
Joltik32 of 3629MEE 8
Hop's Zacian ex30 of 4830MEE 8
Archaludon ex28 of 3021MEE 8
Archaludon ex / N's Zoroark ex26 of 2723MEE 8
Iron Thorns ex25 of 3021MEE 8
Wellspring Mask Ogerpon ex / Fan Rotom17 of 3915MEE 8
Scizor ex13 of 1313MEE 8
Blissey ex4 of 234MEE 8
Mega Kangaskhan ex / Bouffalant4 of 644MEE 8
Flareon ex3 of 83MEE 8
Flareon ex / Noctowl2 of 382MEE 8
Flygon ex2 of 102MEE 8
Toucannon2 of 522MEE 8
Blaziken ex1 of 211MEE 8
Mega Diancie ex1 of 121MEE 8
Wailord ex (Pitch Black)1 of 201MEE 8