Metang 118/195 · Silver Tempest

Metang is Pokédex #375, generation 3 (Hoenn). Metang is a Stage 1 Metal Pokémon with 100 HP. The card says it evolves from Beldum. In this catalog that name is Beldum (#374). The card lists Metagross, Metagross (#376) under evolves to.

Metang sits at 118/195 in Silver Tempest, position 118 of 215. Before it is 117 Beldum, and after it is 119 Metagross. The set belongs to the Sword & Shield series. It was released on November 11, 2022. The printed size is 195. This checklist is longer, at 215 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Bullet Punch lists 30+ damage. The cost is Metal, Colorless. Flip 2 coins. This attack does 30 more damage for each heads. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Grass -30. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "Two Beldum have become stuck together via their own magnetic forces. With two brains, the resulting Metang has doubled psychic powers." The regulation mark is F.

Metang (#375) has 26 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 22 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2026. The earliest other card is Metang 23/40 in Nintendo Black Star Promos (2003). That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 100 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Uncommon. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Shin Nagasawa illustrated this one. 18 other cards of Metang list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Shin Nagasawa. I count 303 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

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