Metal (TCG)

TCG types
Grass
Grass
Fire
Fire
Water
Water
Lightning
Lightning
Psychic
Psychic
Fighting
Fighting
Darkness
Darkness
Metal
Metal
Fairy
Fairy
Dragon
Dragon
Colorless
Colorless

The Metal type (Japanese: (はがね) Steel) is one of the eleven TCG types. It is represented by the color silver, and symbolized by a gear or bolt.

The Metal type contains most Steel-type Pokémon found in the main series video games. For example, Steelix and Scizor are Metal types in the TCG.

The Metal type was introduced in the Neo Genesis set, along with the Darkness type, when the Steel and Dark types were added upon Pokémon Gold and Silver's release. Prior to this, there were no Metal type cards (while Magnemite and Magneton currently can be Metal types, they were previously exclusively Lightning types).

Like the Darkness type, the Metal type has its own Special Energy, Metal Energy. This type of energy affects only Metal-type Pokémon and reduces damage done to them by 10. There was no basic Metal Energy card until the Diamond & Pearl set, when one was finally released.

Battle properties

Generally, Metal Pokémon have a weakness to:

Generally, Metal Pokémon have a resistance to:

These types are generally weak to Metal Pokémon:

These types are generally resistant to Metal Pokémon:

Metal Pokémon in the TCG

See Category:Metal-type Pokémon cards for all Pokémon cards that have this type.

Trivia

  • All Metal- and Darkness-type Pokémon released during the Neo Series had a golden crown-like ornament around their type symbol.
  • Up until the end of the X & Y Series (the X & Y BREAK Era in Japan), the background of Metal-type Pokémon cards resembled brushed metal.

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese Gong
Mandarin 鋼 / 钢 Gāng
  Dutch Metaal
  French Métal
  German Metall
  Indonesian Logam
  Italian Metallo
  Korean 강철 Gangcheol
  Brazilian Portuguese Metal
  Russian Металл Metall
  Spanish Metálica
  Thai โลหะ Loha


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