Melmetal VMAX (Pokémon GO 48)

Melmetal

メルメタルVMAX MelmetalVMAX

Regular print
Illus. PLANETA Tsuji

Evolution stage

Pokémon VMAX
Evolves from Melmetal V
Gigantamax

Card name

Melmetal VMAX

Type

Metal

HP

330

weakness ×2	resistance -30	retreat cost

English expansion	Pokémon GO
Rarity
English card no.	048/078
Japanese expansion	Pokémon GO
Japanese rarity
Japanese card no.	048/071

English expansion	Pokémon GO
Rarity
English card no.	080/078
Japanese expansion	Pokémon GO
Japanese rarity
Japanese card no.	085/071

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Melmetal.

Melmetal (Japanese: メルメタルVMAX MelmetalVMAX) is a Metal-type VMAX Pokémon VMAX card. It is part of the Pokémon GO expansion.

Card text

	G-Max Juggernaut ^{[create category]} キョダイパンツァー	160+

This attack does 60 more damage for each extra Energy attached to this Pokémon (in addition to this attack's cost). You can't add more than 120 damage in this way.

VMAX rule
When your Pokémon VMAX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 3 Prize cards.

Release information

This card was included as both a Regular card and a Secret Rainbow Rare in the Pokémon GO expansion, first released in the Japanese subset of the same name. Both prints feature artwork by PLANETA Tsuji.

Gallery

Regular print
Illus. PLANETA Tsuji

Rainbow Rare print
Illus. PLANETA Tsuji

Trivia

Gigantamax Pokémon do not appear in the Pokémon GO mobile game, which is what the Pokémon GO set is based on. This means that the Gigantamax Melmetal seen on this card is not present in Pokémon GO. This oddity was remarked upon by the official Pokémon website.^[1]

Origin

This card features Gigantamax Melmetal.

Refrences

↑ Pokémon GO Expansion: More Iconic and Powerful Pokémon Revealed

This article is part of Project TCG, a Bulbapedia project that aims to report on every aspect of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

[1] Pokémon GO Expansion: More Iconic and Powerful Pokémon Revealed

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