Melmetal V (Pokémon GO 47)

Melmetal   メルメタルV MelmetalV

Pokémon GO Regular print Illus. sadaji

Evolution stage Basic Pokémon Card name Melmetal V Type Metal HP 220 weakness ×2 resistance -30 retreat cost English expansion Pokémon GO Rarity English card no. 047/078 Japanese expansion Pokémon GO Japanese rarity Japanese card no. 047/071 English expansion Pokémon GO Rarity English card no. 075/078 Japanese expansion Pokémon GO Japanese rarity Japanese card no. 077/071 English expansion SWSH Black Star Promos English card no. SWSH224 Japanese expansion S-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 291/S-P For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Melmetal.

Melmetal (Japanese: メルメタルV MelmetalV) is a Metal-type Stage 1 Pokémon-GX card. It was first released as part of the Pokémon GO expansion.

Card text

Arm Charge

アームチャージ

50

You may attach a Energy card from your hand to this Pokémon.

Mega Punch

メガトンパンチ

140

V Rule

When your Pokémon V is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

Release information

This card was included as both a Regular card and a Full Art card in the Pokémon GO expansion, first released in the Japanese subset of the same name. Both prints feature artwork by sadaji. It was reprinted as a SWSH Black Star Promo with different artwork by the same artist and was available in the Pokémon GO Melmetal V Battle Deck and the Pokémon GO V Battle Deck—Mewtwo vs. Melmetal from July 1, 2022. In Japan, this print was released as a S-P Promotional card and was distributed as part of the Pokémon GO Promo Card Gift Campaign, which began on June 17, 2022. For every four Pokémon GO booster packs purchased in one transaction at participating stores, customers would receive a Promo Card Pack containing one of seven possible cards. The campaign ran for as long as stocks lasted.

Gallery

Pokémon GO Regular print Illus. sadaji	Pokémon GO Full Art print Illus. sadaji	SWSH Promotional print Illus. Sadaji
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori

Trivia

The illustrator on the SWSH Promotional print is erroneously credited as Sadaji instead of sadaji.

Origin

Mega Punch is a move in the Pokémon games that Melmetal can learn.

References

This article is part of Project TCG, a Bulbapedia project that aims to report on every aspect of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.