Melmetal 129/214 · Unbroken Bonds

Unbroken Bonds is a set in the Sun & Moon series. It was released on May 3, 2019. The printed size is 214. This checklist is longer, at 238 cards. Melmetal is 129/214, in position 129 of 238 on this checklist. Before it is 128 Meltan, and after it is 130 Gardevoir & Sylveon-GX. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Melmetal is a Stage 1 Metal Pokémon with 150 HP. In the Pokédex this is Melmetal (#809), generation 7 (Alola). The card says it evolves from Meltan. In this catalog that name is Meltan (#808).

Kouki Saitou illustrated this card. The same name is on 652 other cards in the catalog.

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 150 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare Holo. PLANETA Otani illustrated that card, and Kouki Saitou illustrated this one. 16 other cards of Melmetal list a different HP.

Metal Eater is listed as Ability. Once during your turn (before your attack), you may discard a Metal Pokémon from your hand. If you do, heal 100 damage from this Pokémon. The attack Heavy Impact lists 130 damage. The cost is Metal, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Psychic -20. 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."

I keep a set binder for Unbroken Bonds, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Unbroken Bonds set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Melmetal can fill a slot in Generation 7 binder (Alola). I still need this card.