Steelix
What it takes to pull
1 in 559
packs, for this exact card
1,285
packs to be 90% sure — 1.8 years
1,000
Pack Points to just buy it, at 2 free packs a day
20 cards share Shiny in this expansion, so the published rate for the rarity is divided 20 ways. How a shiny card odds work
That is 1.8 years of free packs, for this one card.
Start on an account that already has pulls- HP
- 150
- Stage
- Stage 1
- Evolves from
- Onix
- Weakness
- Fire +20
- Retreat cost
- 4
Attacks
MMCCMetal Defender100
During your opponent's next turn, this Pokémon has no Weakness.
Found in
The short version
Steelix is a Stage 1 Metal-type Pokémon with 150 HP, weak to Fire and a retreat cost of 4. It is card 219 of 234 in Pulsing Aura, printed at Shiny, and it turns up in the Pulsing Aura pack. It evolves from Onix. 10 cards in the expansion are rarer than this one. Opening for it means about 1,285 packs to be reasonably sure of one, which at 2 free packs a day is 1.8 years. The art is by Souichirou Gunjima, who has 93 other cards in the game.
It is thought its body transformed as a result of iron accumulating internally from swallowing soil.
Illustrated by Souichirou Gunjima
Plays well with Steelix3 cards
Metal Defender costs 4 — 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
