Metang 44/101 · Hidden Legends

Metang is Pokédex #375, generation 3 (Hoenn). Metang is a Stage 1 Metal Pokémon with 70 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 44/101 in Hidden Legends, position 44 of 102. Before it is 43 Metang, and after it is 45 Nuzleaf. The set belongs to the EX series. It was released on 1 June 2004. The printed size is 101. This checklist is longer, at 102 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Levitate is listed as Poké-Body. If Metang has any Energy attached to it, Metang's Retreat Cost is 0. The attack Tackle lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Grass -30. Retreat cost is 2.

Metang (#375) has 26 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 23 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 70 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Uncommon. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Ken Sugimori illustrated this one. 26 other cards of Metang list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Ken Sugimori. I count 1,112 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Hidden Legends set binder is where a full Hidden Legends 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.