How many Melmetal cards are there?

There are 20 Melmetal cards, printed between 2017 and 2024 across 10 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.

Which Melmetal card has the best artwork?

That's how this page is ordered: the strongest Melmetal art first, however common or rare the card.

Who illustrates Melmetal cards?

15 illustrators have drawn Melmetal. sadaji has done the most at 3, followed by 5ban Graphics and PLANETA Igarashi.

What was the first Melmetal card?

Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from SM Black Star Promos, released in 2017. 5 of its 20 cards are Promo.

No. 809 · Alola · Steel

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Melmetal is a Steel-type Pokémon introduced in Alola, number 809 in the National Pokédex. Its cards run from 2017 to 2024. Its cards are ordered by the art, the best first, rather than by set.

Cards: 20
Sets: 10
Printed: 2017–2024
Illustrators: 15

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The strongest Melmetal art

01/06
Lucario & Melmetal GX
SM Black Star Promos · 2017
Drawn by nagimiso
Promo
02/06
Lucario & Melmetal GX
Unbroken Bonds · 2019
Drawn by 5ban Graphics
Ultra Rare
03/06
Melmetal V
Pokémon GO · 2022
Drawn by sadaji
Ultra Rare
04/06
Melmetal ex
Stellar Crown · 2024
Drawn by takuyoa
Double rare
05/06
Melmetal VMAX
Pokémon GO · 2022
Drawn by PLANETA Tsuji
Holo Rare VMAX
06/06
Lucario & Melmetal GX
Unbroken Bonds · 2019
Drawn by Mitsuhiro Arita
Ultra Rare

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Which is the better picture?

Two Melmetal cards, side by side.

Lucario & Melmetal GX, SM Black Star Promos

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Melmetal by scene

Where its cards are set. Each opens a search of just those Melmetal cards, the artwork that shows it most first.

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How Melmetal gets drawn

Melmetal is usually drawn epic and tense, often charging, often in 3D.

Across 16 Melmetal artworks, each picture counted once, next to how every other Pokémon is drawn.

Moods

epic94%3× more than most Pokémon
tense56%1.5× more than most Pokémon
fierce38%

Light and time

In dramatic light 81%

Epic15 of 16 artworks Futuristic12 of 16 artworks In dramatic light13 of 16 artworks Busy9 of 16 artworks

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2017–2024

Melmetal through the years

Its strongest card of each year it was printed.

2017 SM Black Star Promos
2019 SWSH Black Star Promos
2020 Darkness Ablaze
2021 Fusion Strike
2022 Pokémon GO
2023 Obsidian Flames
2024 Stellar Crown

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Melmetalthis page · 20 cards

Every Melmetal card

20 cards, strongest artwork first.

20 of 20 cards

Melmetal in numbers

Cards: 20
Sets: 10since SM Black Star Promos
Illustrators: 15most by sadaji
Printed: 2017–2024
Printed as: Basic, Stage 1, VMAX
HP on card: 150–330

They span 10 sets, from SM Black Star Promos to Stellar Crown. 15 illustrators have drawn it, most often sadaji, 5ban Graphics and PLANETA Igarashi. It has been printed as Basic, Stage 1 and VMAX.

Who draws Melmetal

15 illustrators, by how many they have drawn.

Where it has been printed

10 sets, by how many Melmetal cards each holds.

Rarity

Promo5Rare4Ultra Rare3Double rare2Holo Rare2Secret Rare2

Questions

How many Melmetal cards are there?: There are 20 Melmetal cards, printed between 2017 and 2024 across 10 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.
Which Melmetal card has the best artwork?: That's how this page is ordered: the strongest Melmetal art first, however common or rare the card.
Who illustrates Melmetal cards?: 15 illustrators have drawn Melmetal. sadaji has done the most at 3, followed by 5ban Graphics and PLANETA Igarashi.
What was the first Melmetal card?: Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from SM Black Star Promos, released in 2017. 5 of its 20 cards are Promo.