Melmetal 46/78 · Pokémon GO

Melmetal is Pokédex #809, generation 7 (Alola). Melmetal is a Stage 1 Metal Pokémon with 160 HP. The card says it evolves from Meltan. In this catalog that name is Meltan (#808).

Melmetal sits at 46/78 in Pokémon GO, position 46 of 88. Before it is 45 Meltan, and after it is 47 Melmetal V. The set belongs to the Sword & Shield series. It was released on July 1, 2022. The printed size is 78. This checklist is longer, at 88 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

The attack Headbutt lists 60 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Swinging Smash is another attack lists 30+ damage. The cost is Metal, Colorless, Colorless. Flip 2 coins. This attack does 90 more damage for each heads. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Grass -30. Retreat cost is 4. The flavor text reads "Revered long ago for its capacity to create iron from nothing, for some reason it has come back to life after 3,000 years." The regulation mark is F.

Melmetal (#809) has 19 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 10 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2017 to 2024. The earliest other card is Melmetal-GX SM178/248 in SM Black Star Promos (2017). That card is named Melmetal-GX, while this one is Melmetal. That card lists 220 HP, and this one lists 160 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare Holo. PLANETA Otani illustrated that card, and Shigenori Negishi illustrated this one. 17 other cards of Melmetal list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Shigenori Negishi. I count 151 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Pokémon GO set binder is where a full Pokémon GO set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Melmetal can fill a slot in Generation 7 binder (Alola). Themed lists that include this exact card are Mythical Pokémon, from Sword & Shield on. I still need this card.