Melmetal-GX (SM Promo 178)

Melmetal GX  
メルメタルGX MelmetalGX
Metal
MelmetalGXTagAllStars184.jpg
Tag All Stars Full Art print
Illus. sadaji
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
Japanese expansion Tag All Stars
Japanese rarity SR
Japanese card no. 184/173
Japanese expansion Tag All Stars
Japanese rarity HR
Japanese card no. 217/173
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 was first released as 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 [create category]
パンツァーフォース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 included in the Melmetal-GX Box as one of the SM Black Star Promos, released February 15, 2019. A Jumbo version was also included in the box. In Japan, this card was one of two SM-P Promotional cards available in the Melmetal Metal Set from January 11, 2019. It features artwork by PLANETA Otani. A Full Art print and a Rainbow Rare print were later included in the Japanese Tag All Stars subset, both of which feature artwork by sadaji.

Gallery

SM Promotional print
Illus. PLANETA Otani
Tag All Stars Full Art print
Illus. sadaji
Tag All Stars Rainbow Rare print
Illus. sadaji
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori


Trivia

Origin

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


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