
Melmetal
What it takes to pull
1 in 117
packs, for this exact card
270
packs to be 90% sure — 5 months
150
Pack Points to just buy it, at 2 free packs a day
29 cards share Rare in this expansion, so the published rate for the rarity is divided 29 ways. How these odds work
That is 5 months of free packs, for this one card.
Start on an account that already has pulls- HP
- 140
- Stage
- Stage 1
- Evolves from
- Meltan
- Weakness
- Fire +20
- Retreat cost
- 4
Attacks
MMMOverdrive Smash60
During your next turn, this Pokémon's Overdrive Smash attack does +60 damage.
Found in
The short version
Melmetal is a Stage 1 Metal-type Pokémon with 140 HP, weak to Fire and a retreat cost of 4. It is card 123 of 234 in Pulsing Aura, printed at Rare, and it turns up in the Pulsing Aura pack. It evolves from Meltan. 89 cards in the expansion are rarer than this one. Opening for it means about 270 packs to be reasonably sure of one, which at 2 free packs a day is 5 months. The art is by Jerky, who has 20 other cards in the game.
Centrifugal force is behind the punches of Melmetal’s heavy hex-nut arms. Melmetal is said to deliver the strongest punches of all Pokémon.
Illustrated by Jerky
Plays well with Melmetal3 cards
Overdrive Smash costs 3 — these bring Metal Energy faster than one attachment a turn.
Dialga exDouble RareTake 2 [M] Energy from your Energy Zone and attach it to 1 of your Benched Pokémon.Basic
OrthwormUncommonTake a [M] Energy from your Energy Zone and attach it to 1 of your Benched Pokémon.Basic
ProbopassUncommonTake 2 [M] Energy from your Energy Zone and attach it to 1 of your Benched Pokémon.Stage 1