Basic Metal Energy (TCG): Difference between revisions

{{EnergyCardInfobox

|cardname=Metal Energy

|jname=鋼エネルギー

|jtrans=Steel Energy

|image=MetalEnergyBasic.png

|caption=Metal Energy

{{EnergyCardInfobox/Expansion|type=Metal|expansion={{TCG|Diamond & Pearl}}|cardno=130/130}}

{{EnergyCardInfobox/Expansion|type=Metal|expansion={{TCG|Call of Legends}}|rarity={{rar|Common}}|cardno=95/95}}

{{EnergyCardInfobox/Expansion|type=Metal|expansion={{TCG|Black & White}}|rarity={{rar|Common}}|cardno=112/114|jpdeckkit={{TCG|Battle Strength Decks}}|jphalfdeck={{TCG|Cobalion Strength Deck}}}}

{{EnergyCardInfobox/Expansion|type=Metal|jpexpansion={{TCG|BW-P Promotional cards}}|jpcardno=074/BW-P}}

{{EnergyCardInfobox/Expansion|type=Metal|jpexpansion={{TCG|BW-P Promotional cards}}|jpcardno=090/BW-P}}

{{EnergyCardInfobox/Expansion|type=Metal|jpexpansion={{TCG|BW-P Promotional cards}}|jpcardno=102/BW-P}}

{{EnergyCardInfobox/Expansion|type=Metal|expansion={{TCG|XY}}|rarity={{rar|Common}}|cardno=139/146}}

{{EnergyCardInfobox/Footer|type=Metal}}

'''Metal Energy''' (Japanese: '''鋼エネルギー''' ''Steel Energy'') is a {{TCG|Basic Energy card}} which provides one {{TCG|Metal}} Energy ({{e|Metal}}). This can be attached to [[Pokémon card]]s and used to power [[move]]s with Metal or {{TCG|Colorless}} Energy requirements.

It was first released in {{TCG|Diamond & Pearl}}, as Metal-type Pokémon were becoming much more prevalent in the TCG, much like {{t|Steel|their counterparts}} in the games. Unfortunately, both the {{special|Metal Energy|old Metal Energy}} as well as the {{special|Darkness Energy|old Darkness Energy}}, which were originally released in {{TCG|Neo Genesis}}, were classified as {{TCG|Special Energy card}}s. Being such, only four copies of them were allowed in a legal deck, and combined with their rarity, many players had to go to great lengths to have a deck that even attempted to mix in a few Metal-types. With the new, Basic Energy version of Metal Energy, however, an unlimited amount are now allowed in a deck, though there is no specific advantage to using them, unlike their counterparts.

In Japan this card was re-released with updated art work for the {{TCG|Movie Commemoration Random Pack}} collection.

Image:Metal Energy - Movie Random Pack.jpg|{{TCG|Movie Commemoration Random Pack}} Print<br>

Image:MetalEnergyHeartGoldSoulSilver122.jpg|{{TCG|HeartGold & SoulSilver}} Print<br>

File:MetalEnergyBlackWhite112.jpg|{{TCG|Black & White}} print

==Release information==

During the BW era, this card was released as one of the {{TCG|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 holographic {{TCG|BW-P Promotional cards|BW-P Promotional card}} in a twelve card random pack released during the September 2011 Gym Challenge, numbered 102/BW-P.-->

Due to this card first being released after Basic Energy cards stopped listing illustrator credits in the {{TCG|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 {{TCG|Neo Genesis}}. The background for the HeartGold & SoulSilver variant has an outline of {{p|Steelix}} and the [[Goldenrod Radio Tower]].

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