Metagross 2/17 · POP Series 1

Metagross is Pokédex #376, generation 3 (Hoenn). Metagross is a Stage 2 Metal Pokémon with 100 HP. The card says it evolves from Metang. In this catalog that name is Metang (#375).

Metagross sits at 2/17 in POP Series 1, position 2 of 17. Before it is 1 Blaziken, and after it is 3 Rayquaza. The set belongs to the POP series. It was released on September 1, 2004. The printed size is 17, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Rare.

The attack Metal Claw lists 30 damage. The cost is Metal, Colorless. Hyper Beam is another attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, discard 1 Energy attached to the Defending Pokémon. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Grass -30. Retreat cost is 3.

Metagross (#376) has 33 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 22 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2004 to 2026. The earliest other card is Metagross 11/101 in Hidden Legends (2004). Both list 100 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Kouki Saitou illustrated that card, and Ken Sugimori illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 3. 30 other cards of Metagross list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Ken Sugimori. I count 1,112 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

POP Series 1 set binder is where a full POP Series 1 set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Metagross can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.