Metal Energy (Neo Genesis 19)

Metal Energy (Japanese: 鋼エネルギー Steel Energy) is a Special Energy card. It was first released in the Neo Genesis expansion.

Energy

Metal Energy
鋼エネルギー Steel Energy

EX Ruby & Sapphire print
Illus. Milky Isobe

Classification	Special Energy card
Provides
Additional effect	Yes

Release information

English expansion	Neo Genesis
Rarity
English card no.	19/111
Japanese expansion	Gold, Silver, to a New World...
Japanese Rarity

Japanese Deck Kit	Intro Pack Neo
Japanese Half Deck	Chikorita Side Deck

English expansion	Expedition Base Set
Rarity
English card no.	159/165
Japanese expansion	Pokémon VS

English expansion	Aquapolis
Rarity
English card no.	143/147
Japanese expansion	The Town on No Map
Japanese Rarity
Japanese card no.	091/092

Expansion	EX Ruby & Sapphire
Rarity
English card no.	94/109
Japanese Half Deck	Mudkip Constructed Starter Deck

Japanese expansion	Unnumbered Promotional cards

Expansion	EX Emerald
Rarity
English card no.	88/106
Japanese Deck Kit	Master Kit
Japanese Half Deck	Side Deck
Japanese card no.	012/012

Expansion	EX Unseen Forces
Rarity
English card no.	97/115

Expansion	EX Delta Species
Rarity
English card no.	107/113

Expansion	EX Holon Phantoms
Rarity
English card no.	95/110
Japanese Deck Kit	Gift Box Mew • Lucario
Japanese Half Deck	Lucario Quarter Deck
Japanese card no.	014/015

English expansion	EX Power Keepers
Rarity
English card no.	88/108
Japanese expansion	World Champions Pack
Japanese Rarity
Japanese card no.	102/108

Japanese expansion	Unnumbered Promotional cards

English expansion	Mysterious Treasures
Rarity
English card no.	120/123
Japanese expansion	Secret of the Lakes
Japanese Rarity

English expansion	Secret Wonders
Rarity
English card no.	130/132
Japanese expansion	Shining Darkness
Japanese Rarity

Expansion	Majestic Dawn
Rarity
English card no.	95/100

English expansion	Rising Rivals
Rarity
English card no.	100/111
Japanese expansion	Bonds to the End of Time
Japanese Rarity
Japanese card no.	087/090

Japanese expansion	Beat of the Frontier
Japanese Rarity
Japanese card no.	097/100

English expansion	Undaunted
Rarity
English card no.	80/90
Japanese expansion	Reviving Legends
Japanese Rarity
Japanese card no.	080/080

Japanese Half Deck	Steelix Constructed Standard Deck
Japanese card no.	019/019

Expansion	Call of Legends
Rarity
English card no.	87/95

Card text

Neo Genesis and Aquapolis prints

Damage done to the Pokémon Metal Energy is attached to is reduced by 10 (after applying Weakness and Resistance). If the Pokémon Metal Energy is attached to isn't

, whenever it damages a Pokémon, reduce that damage by 10 (before applying Weakness and Resistance).

Metal Energy provides Energy. (Doesn't count as a basic Energy card.)

Expedition Base Set print

Damage done by attacks to the Pokémon Metal Energy is attached to is reduced by 10 (after applying Weakness and Resistance). If the Pokémon Metal Energy is attached to isn't

, whenever it damages Pokémon by an attack, reduce that damage by 10 (after applying Weakness and Resistance).

Metal Energy provides Energy. (Doesn't count as a basic Energy card.)

EX Ruby & Sapphire print

Damage done by attacks to the Pokémon that Metal Energy is attached to is reduced by 10 (after applying Weakness and Resistance). Ignore this effect if the Pokémon that Metal Energy is attached to isn't

. Metal Energy provides

Energy. (Doesn't count as a basic Energy card.)

e-Reader data

The Aquapolis print includes a Dot Code strip for use with the e-Reader, and has the card ID C-59-#. The short strip contains a brief card summary. There is no long strip for this card.

Release information

Metal Energy was included in the Neo Genesis expansion with artwork by Milky Isobe, first released in Japan in the Gold, Silver, to a New World... expansion. The set symbol on the English print is gray instead of white. It was reprinted in the Chikorita Side Deck of the Japanese Intro Pack Neo. This card was released utilizing the e-card layout in the Expedition Base Set, having been previously reprinted in the Pokémon VS expansion. This print altered the card text so that only damage done by attacks were affected by the card effect; the negative effect applied to non--type Pokémon also only applied to attacks. It was later reprinted in the Aquapolis expansion with the original Neo Genesis card text, previously released in the The Town on No Map expansion.

At the beginning of the EX Series, Metal Energy was reprinted with the newly introduced card layout in the EX Ruby & Sapphire expansion, first released in the Japanese Mudkip Constructed Starter Deck. The card text was altered again, so that non--type Pokémon do not receive the additional effect instead of dealing 10 less damage. This card was also awarded as a prize to those who attended the Pokémon e-League throughout January 2004. The standard prize is a Cosmos Holographic version of the EX Ruby & Sapphire print, and winner versions have a "Winner" stamp in the bottom right corner of the artwork. Jumbo versions of the winner prints were also distributed as prizes. In Japan, a promotional print of this card was given away during the Gym Challenge Spring 2005. This card was reprinted in the EX Emerald expansion, previously reprinted in the Side Deck of the Japanese Master Kit. Later reprints were included in the EX Unseen Forces, EX Delta Species, and EX Holon Phantoms, with the latter originating from the Lucario Quarter Deck of the Japanese Gift Box Mew • Lucario. This print of Metal Energy was finally reprinted in the EX Power Keepers expansion, later released in Japan in the World Champions Pack.

In the Mysterious Treasures expansion, this card was reprinted with new artwork by Takumi Akabane, first released in Japan in the Secret of the Lakes expansion. This print was later reprinted in the Secret Wonders (originating from the Japanese Shining Darkness expansion), Majestic Dawn, and Rising Rivals (originating from the Bonds to the End of Time) expansions. In Japan, it was reprinted in the Beat of the Frontier expansion.

Metal Energy received new artwork by Kent Kanetsuna in the Undaunted expansion, first released in the Japanese Reviving Legends expansion and Steelix Constructed Standard Deck. A Crosshatch Holo version of this print was the League Promo during the February 2011 Block Smash Season of the 2010-2011 Pokémon League cycle. It was reprinted in the Call of Legends expansion.

Gallery

Neo Genesis print
Illus. Milky Isobe

Expedition Base Set print
Illus. Milky Isobe

EX Ruby & Sapphire print
Illus. Milky Isobe

Mysterious Treasures print
Illus. Takumi Akabane

Undaunted print
Illus. Kent Kanetsuna

Trivia

This card and Darkness Energy are the most reprinted Special Energy cards.
Though both it and Darkness Energy represented a type that was eventually as prevalent as the other seven TCG types, only four of this Energy could be included in a deck. This was a major hindrance to the inclusion of Pokémon of these two types in decks until Diamond & Pearl introduced a basic form of this card.

Origin

Metal Energy was introduced to provide Energy for Pokémon of the newly-introduced Metal-type, which consisted of all Steel-type Pokémon from the games.

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