
Metal Core Barrier
What it takes to pull
1 in 966
packs, for this exact card
2,222
packs to be 90% sure — 3.0 years
2,500
Pack Points to just buy it, at 2 free packs a day
2 cards share Crown Rare in this expansion, so the published rate for the rarity is divided 2 ways. How a crown rare odds work
One of 37 crown rare cards in the game. See them all, ranked by how hard each is to pull.
That is 3.0 years of free packs, for this one card.
Start on an account that already has pulls- Trainer card
- tool
What it does
If this card is attached to 1 of your Pokémon, discard it at the end of your opponent's turn.
The [M] Pokémon this card is attached to takes −50 damage from attacks from your opponent's Pokémon.
Found in
The short version
Metal Core Barrier is a tool Trainer card. It is card 117 of 117 in Mega Shine, printed at Crown Rare, and it turns up in the Mega Shine pack. Nothing in the expansion is rarer than this. Opening for it means about 2,222 packs to be reasonably sure of one, which at 2 free packs a day is 3.0 years. The art is by Studio Bora Inc., who has 12 other cards in the game.
Illustrated by Studio Bora Inc.