Pokémon · NP
Metang
Nintendo Black Star Promos · #23 · Promo · 2003
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From
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Market reference
$295.24
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 23 / 40
- Release year
- 2003
- Rarity
- Promo
- HP
- 80
- Subtype
- Stage 1
- Evolves from
- Beldum
- Evolves to
- Metagross
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- Mitsuhiro Arita
- Pokédex #
- 375
- Series
- NP
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 30 damage
- 15 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Stage 1
- One evolution step from a Basic
Strategy & play
How Metang plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Its main attack (Metal Claw) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Metal Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Metal type, weak to Fire ×2 — a Fire attacker doing ≥40 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- A Stage 1 — one step up from Beldum; doesn’t help your opening hand, but quick to set up.
- Seen in 5% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 4 copies.
How to beat Metang
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥40 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 5% of decks
- 3.91 copies on average · 4058 decks
- Match win rate
- 46.2%
- -1.0 pts vs the 47.2% field average
Plays well with
Cards most often run alongside this one in tournament decks over the last 180 days — ranked by how distinctive the pairing is.
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by Mitsuhiro Arita
This card was illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita.
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About this card
CMetal Load
Search your discard pile for a Metal Energy card and attach it to Metang.
MCMetal Claw — 30
Weakness:R×2
Resistance:G-30
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Tournament play
This printing of Metang has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Metang — Temporal Forces
Played in 1,890 recent decks
Pricing reference
Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.
TCGPlayer (USD)
Updated 2026/03/16| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $200.00 | $200.00 | $200.00 | $295.24 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €150.00 |
| 7-day average | €33.99 |
| 30-day average | €29.05 |
| Low | €249.98 |
| Trend price | €71.16 |
| Low (excellent+) | €249.98 |
| averageSellPrice | €150.00 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Metang is real?
Metang is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the back-light test (real cards have a black inner layer that blocks light; counterfeits glow through), the rosette dot pattern on the back under magnification, font weight and kerning on the card name, and the holofoil pattern if applicable. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.
What is Metang worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Metang is $295.24; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.
What set is Metang from?
Metang is from the Pokémon set "Nintendo Black Star Promos" in the NP series, released in 2003.
What rarity is Metang?
Metang is a Promo card in the Nintendo Black Star Promos set.
Other Metang printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
