Meltan SM177/248 · SM Black Star Promos

SM Black Star Promos is a set in the Sun & Moon series. It was released on February 3, 2017. The printed size is 248. This checklist is longer, at 251 cards. Meltan is SM177/248, in position 180 of 251 on this checklist. Before it is SM176 Eevee-GX, and after it is SM178 Melmetal-GX. The listed rarity is Promo.

Meltan is a Basic Metal Pokémon with 60 HP. In the Pokédex this is Meltan (#808), generation 7 (Alola). The card lists Melmetal, Melmetal (#809) under evolves to.

Shin Nagasawa illustrated this card. The same name is on 303 other cards in the catalog.

Meltan (#808) has 9 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 7 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2019 to 2024. The earliest other card is Meltan 128/214 in Unbroken Bonds (2019). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Promo. Kouki Saitou illustrated that card, and Shin Nagasawa illustrated this one. 8 other cards of Meltan list a different HP.

The attack Multiply lists no damage number. The cost is Metal. Search your deck for Meltan and put it onto your Bench. Then, shuffle your deck. Beam is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Psychic -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It melts particles of iron and other metals found in the subsoil, so it can absorb them into its body of molten steel."

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