Basic Metal Energy (TCG)

Energy

Basic Metal Energy 基本鋼エネルギー Basic Steel Energy

Basic Metal Energy

Classification Basic Energy card Provides Additional effect No Release information Expansion Diamond & Pearl English card no. 130/130 Japanese expansion DPt-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 029/DPt-P Expansion Call of Legends Rarity English card no. 95/95 Expansion Black & White Rarity English card no. 112/114 Japanese Half Deck Cobalion Battle Strength Deck Japanese expansion BW-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 074/BW-P Japanese expansion BW-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 090/BW-P Japanese expansion BW-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 102/BW-P Expansion Kalos Starter Set English Deck Froakie Deck Japanese Deck Kit XY Beginning Set Japanese Half Deck Froakie Half Deck Japanese expansion XY-P Promotional cards Expansion XY Rarity English card no. 139/146 Japanese Deck Hyper Metal Chain Deck Japanese expansion XY-P Promotional cards Deck Kit XY Trainer Kit: Bisharp & Wigglytuff Half Deck Bisharp Half Deck English card no. 2/30 Deck Kit XY Trainer Kit: Bisharp & Wigglytuff Half Deck Bisharp Half Deck English card no. 3/30 Deck Kit XY Trainer Kit: Bisharp & Wigglytuff Half Deck Bisharp Half Deck English card no. 5/30 Deck Kit XY Trainer Kit: Bisharp & Wigglytuff Half Deck Bisharp Half Deck English card no. 6/30 Deck Kit XY Trainer Kit: Bisharp & Wigglytuff Half Deck Bisharp Half Deck English card no. 7/30 Deck Kit XY Trainer Kit: Bisharp & Wigglytuff Half Deck Bisharp Half Deck English card no. 8/30 Deck Kit XY Trainer Kit: Bisharp & Wigglytuff Half Deck Bisharp Half Deck English card no. 9/30 Deck Kit XY Trainer Kit: Bisharp & Wigglytuff Half Deck Bisharp Half Deck English card no. 10/30 Deck Kit XY Trainer Kit: Bisharp & Wigglytuff Half Deck Bisharp Half Deck English card no. 18/30 Deck Kit XY Trainer Kit: Bisharp & Wigglytuff Half Deck Bisharp Half Deck English card no. 22/30 Deck Kit XY Trainer Kit: Bisharp & Wigglytuff Half Deck Bisharp Half Deck English card no. 24/30 Japanese expansion XY-P Promotional cards English expansion Generations Rarity English card no. 82/83 Japanese expansion XY-P Promotional cards Expansion Evolutions Rarity English card no. 98/108 Expansion Sun & Moon English expansion Sun & Moon Rarity English card no. 163/149 Japanese expansion Collection Sun Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 073/060 Japanese expansion Awakened Heroes Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 062/050 Japanese expansion SM-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 135/SM-P Japanese expansion SM-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 189/SM-P Expansion Team Up Japanese expansion SM-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 351/SM-P Japanese expansion Tag All Stars Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 209/173 Japanese expansion Skyscraping Perfection Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 090/067 Japanese expansion SV-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 044/SV-P Expansion SVE Basic Energies English card no. 008

Basic Metal Energy (Japanese: 基本鋼エネルギー Basic Steel Energy) is a basic Energy card which provides one Metal Energy (). This can be attached to Pokémon cards and used to power moves with Metal or Colorless Energy requirements. Its first numbered print was included in the Diamond & Pearl expansion.

Release information

The Basic version of Metal Energy was first introduced during the Diamond & Pearl Series of the Pokémon Trading Card Game. As Steel Pokémon were becoming more prevalent during Generation IV, Metal Energy was designed to complement (and later replace, during Generation V's Black & White Series) the Special Energy version of the same name, which was restricted to only four copies of the card per deck. As such, this basic Metal Energy has received many different prints and releases in order to circulate more copies into the general public.

English

Metal Energy was included in the first expansion of each Series since its introduction in the Diamond & Pearl expansion. While the Diamond & Pearl print featured the plain style, the HeartGold & SoulSilver expansion featured an exclusive Steelix design originating from the equivalent Japanese expansion. A Mirror Reverse Holofoil print of this was included in the Call of Legends expansion. Black & White featured a Checkerboard design (originating from the Japanese Cobalion Battle Strength Deck), with the main expansion prints returning to plain for the release of XY.

There are 13 English prints of the basic Metal Energy released during the XY Series. The first is the Unnumbered ©2013 print included within the English Froakie Deck of the Kalos Starter Set, the XY Elite Trainer Box, Furious Fists Elite Trainer Box, Phantom Forces Elite Trainer Box, and in an Energy Pack available as part of the Play! Pokémon Professor merchandise when the Professor Store reopened on September 23, 2014. The second is the print included in the XY expansion. Prints three through thirteen are the 11 prints included in the Bisharp Half Deck of the XY Trainer Kit: Bisharp & Wigglytuff. This card was reprinted again in the Evolutions expansion using the card layout from the Original Series.

Japanese

During the DP, DPt, and LEGEND Eras in Japan, Metal Energy was included in many different decks and handed out in both Non Holofoil and Holofoil prints for many different promotional events. The final release of the DPt Era, the Movie Commemoration Random Pack, included an exclusive Energy design that remained Japanese only. The first release of the LEGEND Era also included a new design, featuring Steelix and the Goldenrod Radio Tower and was included in booster packs of HeartGold Collection and SoulSilver Collection.

During the BW Era, this card was released as one of the BW-P Promotional cards, numbered 074/BW-P, and was awarded at the July/August Pokémon Center Open Challenge. It was reprinted again in the BW-P Promos, numbered 090/BW-P, as a winner's prize awarded to those who won various competitions at the Summer Carnival from July 23 to August 28. It was later included as a Holofoil BW-P Promotional card in a twelve card random pack released during the September 2011 Gym Challenge, numbered 102/BW-P.

The first release of Metal Energy during the XY Era was in the Froakie Half Deck of both the XY Beginning Set and the XY Beginning Set for Girls. Because the Froakie Half Deck wasn't giving alternate numbering for guided play, the Beginning Set only includes one print, as opposed to six. A special unnumbered XY-P Promotional print was released as one of nine possible stamped basic Energies included within the Lawson Limited Pokémon Coin Set, a product exclusive to Lawson stores released December 13, 2013. September 2014 saw the release of Metal Energy within the Hyper Metal Chain Deck featuring the Deck's Set Symbol. An exclusive unnumbered XY-P Mirror Holofoil print was later released in a twelve card promotional pack available to those who participated in the Pokémon Card Gym tournaments from the month of October 2014 through the month of November 2014. In a later 12-card pack, this time available to those who participated in Pokémon Card Gym tournaments from the month of May 2015 through the month of July 2015, a new unnumbered XY-P print with a horizontal bar design was released.

Metal Energy was reprinted as a Full Art Secret card in the Collection Sun expansion and the Awakened Heroes expansion. It was included in the Japanese Tag All Stars subset as another Secret card.

Gallery

Diamond & Pearl print	Movie Commemoration Random Pack print	HeartGold & SoulSilver print
Black & White print	XY print	Generations print
Premium Champion Pack print	Evolutions print	Sun & Moon Regular print
Sun & Moon Secret print	Team Up print	Tag All Stars print
Sword & Shield print	Evolving Skies print	Brilliant Stars print
Crown Zenith print	SVE Basic Energy print	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori

Trivia

• Due to this card first being released after Basic Energy cards stopped listing illustrator credits in the Expedition Base Set, no known print of this card has a known illustrator. However, the artwork on the Special variation of this card is changed to that of artist Takumi Akabane, while this, the Basic version, retains the artwork by Milky Isobe from Neo Genesis.
• The background for the HeartGold & SoulSilver variant has an outline of Steelix and the Goldenrod Radio Tower.

Origin

Basic Energy cards   Grass     Fire     Water     Lightning     Psychic     Fighting     Darkness     Metal     Fairy

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