AbilityHard Coat
This Pokémon takes 30 less damage from attacks (after applying Weakness and Resistance).
Melmetal-GX SM178/248 · SM Black Star Promos
Melmetal is Pokédex #809, generation 7 (Alola). Melmetal-GX is a Stage 1 GX Metal Pokémon with 220 HP. The card says it evolves from Meltan. In this catalog that name is Meltan (#808).
Melmetal-GX sits at SM178/248 in SM Black Star Promos, position 181 of 251. Before it is SM177 Meltan, and after it is SM179 Volcanion. The set belongs to the Sun & Moon series. It was released on February 3, 2017. The printed size is 248. This checklist is longer, at 251 cards. The listed rarity is Promo.
Hard Coat is listed as Ability. This Pokémon takes 30 less damage from attacks (after applying Weakness and Resistance). The attack Metal Blast lists 110+ damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. This attack does 20 more damage times the amount of Metal Energy attached to this Pokémon. Iron Force-GX is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Metal. Attach any number of Metal Energy cards from your discard pile to this Pokémon. (You can't use more than 1 GX attack in a game.) Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Psychic -20. Retreat cost is 4. The card text says: Pokémon-GX rule: When your Pokémon-GX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.
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 SM181/248 in SM Black Star Promos (2017). That card is named Melmetal, while this one is Melmetal-GX. That card lists 150 HP, and this one lists 220 HP. Both list the rarity Promo. TOKIYA illustrated that card, and PLANETA Otani illustrated this one. 16 other cards of Melmetal list a different HP.
The illustrator line reads PLANETA Otani. I count 14 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.
SM Black Star Promos set binder is where a full SM Black Star Promos set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Melmetal can fill a slot in Generation 7 binder (Alola). I still need this card.
Card facts
- Number
- SM178/248
- Series
- Sun & Moon
- Released
- February 3, 2017
- Rarity
- Promo
- Supertype
- Pokémon
- Subtypes
- Stage 1, GX
- HP
- 220
- Type
- Metal
- Illustrator
- PLANETA Otani
- Pokédex
- Melmetal (#809)
- Evolves from
- Meltan
- Weakness
- Fire ×2
- Resistance
- Psychic -20
- Retreat
- 4
Attacks and card text
AttackMetal Blast
This attack does 20 more damage times the amount of Metal Energy attached to this Pokémon.
AttackIron Force-GX
Attach any number of Metal Energy cards from your discard pile to this Pokémon. (You can't use more than 1 GX attack in a game.)
Card text
Pokémon-GX rule: When your Pokémon-GX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.
Binders this card belongs in
Other printings in the list
Next to it in the set
Questions about this card
What set does Melmetal-GX belong to?
SM Black Star Promos, in the Sun & Moon series. It was released on February 3, 2017. The printed size is 248.
Which number is printed on this card?
SM178/248. It is entry 181 of 251 in this checklist.
Who illustrated it?
PLANETA Otani. The catalog lists 14 other cards with that illustrator.
What rarity is listed?
Promo.
What Pokédex number does the card use?
Melmetal #809, generation 7 (Alola).
Which attacks are printed?
Metal Blast (110+) and Iron Force-GX.