Metal (TCG)

This article is about the TCG type. For type in the Pokémon games also known as Metal, see Steel (type).

TCG types
Grass Fire Water Lightning Psychic Fighting Darkness Metal Fairy Dragon Colorless

The Metal type (Japanese: 鋼(はがね) Steel) is one of the eleven TCG types. It is represented by the color silver, and symbolized by a gear or bolt.

The Metal type contains most Steel-type Pokémon found in the main series video games. For example, Steelix and Scizor are Metal types in the TCG.

The Metal type was introduced in the Neo Genesis set, along with the Darkness type, when the Steel and Dark types were added upon Pokémon Gold and Silver's release. Prior to this, there were no Metal type cards (while Magnemite and Magneton currently can be Metal types, they were previously exclusively Lightning types).

Like the Darkness type, the Metal type has its own Special Energy, Metal Energy. This type of energy affects only Metal-type Pokémon and reduces damage done to them by 10. There was no basic Metal Energy card until the Diamond & Pearl set, when one was finally released.

Battle properties

Generally, Metal Pokémon have a weakness to:

• Fire

Generally, Metal Pokémon have a resistance to:

• Grass (between the Neo Genesis and EX Power Keepers expansions, and from the Sword & Shield expansion onwards)
• Psychic (between the Diamond & Pearl and Cosmic Eclipse expansions)

These types are generally weak to Metal Pokémon:

• Water, if the corresponding Pokémon in the games is an Ice-type
• Fairy
• Psychic, if the corresponding Pokémon in the games is a Fairy-type

These types are generally resistant to Metal Pokémon:

• Lightning (between the EX Ruby & Sapphire and Call of Legends expansions, and between the XY and Cosmic Eclipse expansions)

Metal Pokémon in the TCG

See Category:Metal-type Pokémon cards for all Pokémon cards that have this type.

Trivia

• All Metal- and Darkness-type Pokémon released during the Neo Series had a golden crown-like ornament around their type symbol.
• Up until the end of the X & Y Series (the X & Y BREAK Era in Japan), the background of Metal-type Pokémon cards resembled brushed metal.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 鋼 Gong Mandarin 鋼 / 钢 Gāng Dutch Metaal French Métal German Metall Indonesian Logam Italian Metallo Korean 강철 Gangcheol Brazilian Portuguese Metal Russian Металл Metall Spanish Metálica Thai โลหะ Loha

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