Lucario & Melmetal-GX 224/214 · 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. Lucario & Melmetal-GX is 224/214, in position 228 of 238 on this checklist. Before it is 223 Honchkrow-GX, and after it is 225 Gardevoir & Sylveon-GX. The collector number is above the printed set size of 214. The listed rarity is Rare Rainbow.

Lucario & Melmetal-GX is a Basic TAG TEAM GX Metal Pokémon with 260 HP. In the Pokédex this is Lucario (#448), generation 4 (Sinnoh) and Melmetal (#809), generation 7 (Alola).

5ban Graphics illustrated this card. The same name is on 1,629 other cards in the catalog.

Lucario (#448) has 59 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 40 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2026. The earliest other card is Lucario 6/130 in Diamond & Pearl (2007). That card is named Lucario, while this one is Lucario & Melmetal-GX. That card lists 90 HP, and this one lists 260 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare Rainbow. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and 5ban Graphics illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 3. 54 other cards of Lucario list a different HP. Melmetal (#809) has 20 cards in the catalog.

The attack Steel Fist lists 50 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Search your deck for a Metal Energy card and attach it to this Pokémon. Then, shuffle your deck. Heavy Impact is another attack lists 150 damage. The cost is Metal, Metal, Colorless, Colorless. Full Metal Wall-GX is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. For the rest of this game, your Metal Pokémon take 30 less damage from your opponent's attacks (after applying Weakness and Resistance). If this Pokémon has at least 1 extra Energy attached to it (in addition to this attack's cost), discard all Energy from your opponent's Active Pokémon. (You can't use more than 1 GX attack in a game.) Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Psychic -20. Retreat cost is 3. The card text says: TAG TEAM rule: When your TAG TEAM is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 3 Prize cards.

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. Lucario and Melmetal can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh) and Generation 7 binder (Alola). Themed lists that include this exact card are Riolu and Lucario. I still need this card.