Metang 33/95 · HS—Unleashed

HS—Unleashed is a set in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series. It was released on May 12, 2010. The printed size is 95. This checklist is longer, at 96 cards. Metang is 33/95, in position 33 of 96 on this checklist. Before it is 32 Kakuna, and after it is 34 Minun. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Metang is a Stage 1 Psychic Pokémon with 80 HP. In the Pokédex this is Metang (#375), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card says it evolves from Beldum. In this catalog that name is Beldum (#374). The card lists Metagross, Metagross (#376) under evolves to.

Wataru Kawahara illustrated this card. The same name is on 35 other cards in the catalog.

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). Both list 80 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Uncommon. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Wataru Kawahara illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 3. 15 other cards of Metang list a different HP.

The attack Energy Crane lists no damage number. The cost is Psychic. Search your discard pile for up to 2 Psychic Energy cards and attach them to your Pokémon in any way you like. Psypunch is another attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Psychic, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "When two Beldum fuse together, a magnetic nervous system places their brains in union."

I keep a set binder for HS—Unleashed, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the HS—Unleashed set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Metang can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.