Metang 69/147 · Supreme Victors

Metang is Pokédex #375, generation 3 (Hoenn). Metang is a Stage 1 Metal Pokémon with 80 HP. The card lists level 28. 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 69/147 in Supreme Victors, position 69 of 153. Before it is 68 Masquerain, and after it is 70 Milotic. The set belongs to the Platinum series. It was released on August 19, 2009. The printed size is 147. This checklist is longer, at 153 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Metallic Lift is listed as Poké-Body. If Metang has any Metal Energy attached to it, the Retreat Cost for Metang is 0. The attack Psychic lists 40+ damage. The cost is Metal, Colorless, Colorless. Does 40 damage plus 10 more damage for each Energy attached to the Defending Pokémon. Weakness is Fire +20. Resistance is Psychic -20. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It is formed by two Beldum joining together. Its steel body won't be scratched if it collides with a jet."

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 Kyoko Umemoto illustrated this one. 15 other cards of Metang list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Kyoko Umemoto. I count 174 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Supreme Victors set binder is where a full Supreme Victors 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.