The Melmetal Deck is a Defensive Steel-types Deck featuring Melmetal and Mawile from the Genetic Apex Set in Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket (PTCG Pocket). Read on for the complete list of cards in this deck, basic information on the deck, how to play the deck, and optimal matchups for it!
List of Contents
Ace Pokemon | Tier Ranking | |||||||
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Melmetal Genetic Apex (A1) |
Mawile Genetic Apex (A1) |
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Energy Type(s) | ||||||||
F2P Friendly? | ✔️ | |||||||
Deck Difficulty | ||||||||
★★★ | ||||||||
Deck Strengths | ||||||||
Meltan can accelerate Energy onto itself with Amass.
Melmetal can deal a solid 120 damage with Heavy Impact.
Has Mawile, a disruptive, single-point backup attacker.
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Deck Weaknesses | ||||||||
Weak to Fire-type decks.
Meltan is easy to KO.
Melmetal is difficult to set up on the Bench.
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Melmetal Deck List | |||||||||||||||
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Pokemon Cards | |||||||||||||||
Mawile ×2
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Meltan ×2
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Melmetal ×2
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Trainer Cards | |||||||||||||||
Giovanni ×2
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Sabrina ×2
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Potion ×2
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X Speed ×2
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Poke Ball ×2
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Red Card ×2
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Professor's Research ×2
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Pack | Featured Card |
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How to Play Melmetal Deck | |||
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Primary Attacker | Secondary Attacker | Description |
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Melmetal | Mawile |
・Melmetal is the deck's main attacker, which requires 4 Energy, but can deal a whopping 120 damage. ・Melmetal's Hard Coat Ability can mitigate 20 damage, making Melmetal harder to KO. ・Mawile can be disruptive when necessary, as well as being an efficient one-Energy attacker. |
Best Starting Hand |
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Meltan is a solid starter, being able to ramp Energy onto itself. However, it has a low 60 HP which makes it easy to KO. You would need to use Amass twice to get Melmetal ready to attack, so consider using it only once, and retreating to the Bench for manual attachments.
Use Potion to keep Meltan healthy, X Speed to mitigate its retreat cost, Poke Ball to find Mawile, and Professor's Research to dig for these cards.
Recommended Starting Hand |
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Mawile can start some matches while Meltan sits on the Bench while you manually attach Energy to it. Use Sabrina to annoy your opponents and attempt to discard Energies with Crunch.
Best Cards Tier List
Melmetal Deck Strategies | |||
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Tanky Melmetal | ||
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The deck's primary objective is to set up Melmetal and get it to attack, while making it difficult to KO. Use Professor's Research to dig for cards like Potion for healing, and Red Card for disruption.
The deck can pivot to a disruptive Mawile gameplan, which is able to discard Energy from the opponent's Active Pokemon on a lucky heads flip. This can give us the chance to delay our opponents for a turn, and allow us to set up another attacker for later.
Key Card(s) Required | |
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Step | Description |
1 | Start with either Mawile or Meltan, attach an Energy and swing. |
2 | Use Professor's Research to dig for more options like a Supporter for the following turn. |
Key Card(s) Required | |
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Step | Description |
1 | Evolve Meltan into Melmetal when it has four Energy attached. |
2 | Use Potion to keep Melmetal healthy, and use Red Card to disrupt your opponent's gameplan. Consider using Red Card when the opponent has plenty of cards in-hand to limit their options. |
Key Card(s) Required | |
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1 | Continue attacking with Melmetal until you take all 3 points. |
2 | Use Giovanni for extra damage, or Sabrina to gust out a vulnerable Pokemon from the opponent's side of the field. |
Deck | Commentary |
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Dragonite Decks |
・Melmetal's Hard Coat Ability reduces Draco Meteor's damage to 30 for each heads from 50. |
Deck | Commentary |
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Fire Decks |
・Melmetal is at a type disadvantage against Fire decks |
Melmetal decks can be very consistent but difficult to pilot because of how long it takes to get Melmetal ready. Using Meltan to ramp or Mawile to disrupt also takes up careful skill and point management.
Card | Explanation |
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Hand Scope |
・ Allows you to check the cards in your opponents hand. Works in tandem with Red Card. |
Card | Possible Cuts |
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Bisharp |
・ Bisharp is a quick and efficient secondary attacker that can consistently deal 70 for only two Energy. |
F2P Melmetal Deck List | |||
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Pokemon Cards | |||
Mawile
x2 |
Meltan
x2 |
Melmetal
x2 |
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Trainer Cards | |||
Giovanni
x2 |
Sabrina
x2 |
Potion
x2 |
X Speed
x2 |
Poke Ball
x2 |
Red Card
x2 |
Professor's Research
x2 |
Melmetal can be easily built on a F2P budget, with only Melmetal being a holo rare.
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All Tier Lists | |
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Best Cards Tier List | Best Meta Deck Tier List |
Best Rental Deck Tier List | Best F2P Beginner Decks |
All Starter Decks | ||
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Pinsir Starter Deck | Rapidash Starter Deck | Sandslash Starter Deck |
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