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Lucario & Melmetal GX card from the Unbroken Bonds set
Illustration by Mitsuhiro Arita. Card image via the Pokémon TCG API.
Basic Pokémon

Lucario & Melmetal GX

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A durable TAG TEAM that protects your other Metal Pokemon while disrupting the opponent's resources.

Metal260 HPBasicBeginner to play

What this card does

Search your deck for a Metal Energy card to attach to itself.

Deal 150 damage with a straightforward attack.

Reduce damage taken by your Metal Pokemon and potentially strip the opponent's Active Pokemon of all Energy.

Signature attack

Heavy Impact

No game text. (150 damage)

The Full Metal Wall GX ability is the key feature. It reduces damage from attacks against your other Metal Pokemon for the rest of the game. If Lucario & Melmetal has extra Energy attached, it also removes all Energy from the opponent's Active Pokemon.

Attacks

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Steel Fist50

Search your deck for a Metal Energy card and attach it to this Pokémon. Then, shuffle your deck.

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Heavy Impact150
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Full Metal Wall GX

For the rest of this game, your Metal Pokémon take 30 less damage from your opponent’s attacks (after applying Weakness and Resistance). If this Pokémon has at least 1 extra Energy attached to it (in addition to this attack’s cost), discard all Energy from your opponent’s Active Pokémon. (You can’t use more than 1 GX attack in a game.)

Which deck it belongs in

This card suits a deck built around Metal type Pokemon that benefit from reduced damage. It works well in strategies that can easily attach multiple Energy cards to this TAG TEAM.

Strengths
  • High durability
  • Resource denial
  • Damage reduction
Watch out for
  • Fire weakness
  • One-time use ability
  • Energy dependency
Pro tip

Attach extra Energy to this card before using Full Metal Wall GX to maximise its disruptive effect on the opponent.

From the Pokédex

Lucario can sense the auras of all living things and Melmetal is known for its incredible strength and ability to crush metal.

Note for the parent

Remind your child they can only use one GX attack per game, so this powerful ability is a one-time use tool.

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