Metang 51/116 · Plasma Freeze

Metang is Pokédex #375, generation 3 (Hoenn). Metang is a Stage 1 Psychic Pokémon with 90 HP. The card says it evolves from Beldum. In this catalog that name is Beldum (#374). The card lists Metagross, Metagross (#376) under evolves to.

Metang sits at 51/116 in Plasma Freeze, position 51 of 122. Before it is 50 Beldum, and after it is 52 Metagross. The set belongs to the Black & White series. It was released on May 8, 2013. The printed size is 116. This checklist is longer, at 122 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Psy Bolt lists 10 damage. The cost is Psychic. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Psypunch is another attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Psychic, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It is formed by two Beldum joining together. Its two brains are linked, amplifying its psychic power."

Metang (#375) has 26 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 22 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2026. The earliest other card is Metang 23/40 in Nintendo Black Star Promos (2003). That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Uncommon. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Kouki Saitou illustrated this one. 22 other cards of Metang list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Kouki Saitou. I count 652 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Plasma Freeze set binder is where a full Plasma Freeze set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Metang can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.