No. 808 · Alola · Steel
Meltancards
Meltan is a Steel-type Pokémon introduced in Alola, number 808 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
- 10
- Sets
- 8
- Printed
- 2017–2024
- Illustrators
- 10
- Sightings
- 4
Start here
The strongest Meltan art
01/06Meltan
Illustration rare
02/06Meltan
Common
03/06Meltan
Common
04/06Meltan
Common
05/06Meltan
Common
06/06Meltan
Common
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Which is the better picture?
Two Meltan cards, side by side.
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A Meltan page, ready to go
Nine of the strongest Meltan artworks as a binder page. Add it to your binder and swap any card. No account needed.
Meltan by scene
Where its cards are set. Each opens a search of just those Meltan cards, the artwork that shows it most first.
How Meltan gets drawn
Meltan is drawn every which way: no one mood stands out.
Across 10 Meltan artworks, each picture counted once, next to how every other Pokémon is drawn.
2017–2024
Meltan through the years
Its strongest card of each year it was printed.
2017 SM Black Star Promos- 2019 Unbroken Bonds
- 2020 Darkness Ablaze
- 2021 Fusion Strike
- 2022 Pokémon GO
- 2023 Obsidian Flames
- 2024 Temporal Forces
Evolves into
- Meltanthis page · 10 cards
Melmetal20 cards
Meltan sightingsspotted in 4 other cards
Cards where Meltan turns up in someone else's picture: behind them, beside them, or hiding.
Every Meltan card
10 cards, strongest artwork first.
Meltan in numbers
- Cards
- 10
- Sets
- 8since SM Black Star Promos
- Illustrators
- 10most by Apios
- Printed
- 2017–2024
- Printed as
- Basic
- Sightings
- 4in other cards' art
- HP on card
- 60–80
They span 8 sets, from SM Black Star Promos to Stellar Crown. 10 illustrators have drawn it, most often Apios, HYOGONOSUKE and Kouki Saitou.
Who draws Meltan
10 illustrators, by how many they have drawn.
Where it has been printed
8 sets, by how many Meltan cards each holds.
- Stellar Crown2
- Temporal Forces2
- Darkness Ablaze1
- Fusion Strike1
Obsidian Flames1- Pokémon GO1
SM Black Star Promos1
Unbroken Bonds1
Rarity
Questions
- How many Meltan cards are there?
- There are 10 Meltan cards, printed between 2017 and 2024 across 8 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.
- Which Meltan card has the best artwork?
- That's how this page is ordered: the strongest Meltan art first, however common or rare the card.
- Who illustrates Meltan cards?
- 10 illustrators have drawn Meltan. Apios has done the most at 1, followed by HYOGONOSUKE and Kouki Saitou.
- What was the first Meltan card?
- Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from SM Black Star Promos, released in 2017. 8 of its 10 cards are Common.
