Melmetal-GX (SM Promo 178)

Melmetal GX  
メルメタルGX MelmetalGX
Metal
File:MelmetalGXSMPromo285.jpg
Illus. PLANETA Otani
Evolution stage
Meltan
Stage 1 Pokémon
Evolves from Meltan
Card name Melmetal-GX
Type Metal
HP 220
weakness
Fire×2
resistance
Psychic-20
retreat cost
  
  
English expansion SM Black Star Promos
English card no. SM178
Japanese expansion SM-P Promotional cards
Japanese card no. 285/SM-P
For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Melmetal.

MelmetalGX (Japanese: メルメタルGX MelmetalGX) is a Metal-type Stage 1 Pokémon-GX card. It is one of the SM Black Star Promos.

Card text

 
Hard Coat
ハードコート
 
This Pokémon takes 30 less damage from attacks (after applying Weakness and Resistance).
     Metal Blast
メタルブラスト
110+
This attack does 20 more damage times the amount of   Energy attached to this Pokémon.
  Iron Force GX-GX [create category]
パンツアーフォースGX
Attach any number of   Energy cards from your discard pile to this Pokémon. (You can't use more than 1 GX attack in a game.)
 
Pokémon-GX rule
When your Pokémon-GX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.


Release information

This card was one of the SM Black Star Promos available in the Melmetal-GX Box, released February 1, 2019. A Jumbo version was also included in the box. In Japan, this card was 1 of 2 SM-P Promotional cards available in the Melmetal Metal Set, released on January 11, 2019.

Trivia

Origin

Metal Blast is an attack that first appeared on Magnezone from Diamond & Pearl.


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