Metal (TCG)
- This article is about the TCG type. For the type in the Pokémon games also known as Metal, see Steel (type).
The Metal type (Japanese: 鋼 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).
The corresponding Basic Energy card is Basic Metal Energy. Where the 
symbol appears in an attack cost, it indicates that a Metal Energy must be attached to the Pokémon in order for the Pokémon to use that attack.
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. The Basic Metal Energy card was not released until the Diamond & Pearl set.
Battle properties
Generally, Metal Pokémon have a weakness to:
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 Pokémon is Ice-type in the games
- Fairy
- Psychic, if the Pokémon is Fairy-type in the games
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.
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