Melmetal VMAX 48/78 · Pokémon GO

Melmetal is Pokédex #809, generation 7 (Alola). Melmetal VMAX is a VMAX Metal Pokémon with 330 HP. The card says it evolves from Melmetal V. In this catalog that name is Melmetal (#809).

Melmetal VMAX sits at 48/78 in Pokémon GO, position 48 of 88. Before it is 47 Melmetal V, and after it is 49 Dragonite V. The set belongs to the Sword & Shield series. It was released on 1 July 2022. The printed size is 78. This checklist is longer, at 88 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Holo VMAX.

The attack G-Max Juggernaut lists 160+ damage. The cost is Metal, Metal, Metal. This attack does 60 more damage for each extra Metal Energy attached to this Pokémon (in addition to this attack's cost). You can't add more than 120 damage in this way. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Grass -30. Retreat cost is 4. The card text says: VMAX rule: When your Pokémon VMAX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 3 Prize cards. The regulation mark is F.

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-GX SM178/248 in SM Black Star Promos (2017). That card is named Melmetal-GX, while this one is Melmetal VMAX. That card lists 220 HP, and this one lists 330 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare Holo VMAX. PLANETA Otani illustrated that card, and PLANETA Tsuji illustrated this one. 18 other cards of Melmetal list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads PLANETA Tsuji. I count 81 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Pokémon GO set binder is where a full Pokémon GO 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). Themed lists that include this exact card are Mythical Pokémon, from Sword & Shield on and VMAX cards. I still need this card.