Pokemon TCG Pocket (PTCGP)

Melmetal Deck Strategy Guide and Card List

Pokemon TGC Pocket - Melmetal Deck Deck Build and How to Play

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!

Melmetal Deck Guide

Deck Evaluation

Ace Pokemon Tier Ranking
Pokemon TCG Pocket - A1 182 MelmetalMelmetal

Genetic Apex (A1)
Pokemon TCG Pocket - A1 178 MawileMawile

Genetic Apex (A1)
C Tier
Energy Type(s)
Metal
F2P Friendly?
✔️
Deck Difficulty
★★★
Deck Strengths
Pokeball Icon Meltan can accelerate Energy onto itself with Amass.

Pokeball Icon Melmetal can deal a solid 120 damage with Heavy Impact.

Pokeball Icon Has Mawile, a disruptive, single-point backup attacker.
Deck Weaknesses
Pokeball Icon Weak to Fire-type decks.

Pokeball Icon Meltan is easy to KO.

Pokeball Icon Melmetal is difficult to set up on the Bench.

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List of Cards

Melmetal Deck List
Pokemon Cards
Mawile ×2 Meltan ×2 Melmetal ×2
Trainer Cards
Giovanni ×2 Sabrina ×2 Potion ×2 X Speed ×2
Poke Ball ×2 Red Card ×2 Professor's Research ×2

Deck Building Guide

Packs Required for Melmetal Deck

Pack Featured Card
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Pokemon TCG Pocket  Genetic Apex (Mewtwo) Image
Pokemon TCG Pocket  Genetic Apex (Charizard) Image

How to Play Melmetal Deck

How to Play Melmetal Deck



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Melmetal Deck Core Combos and Interactions

Primary Attacker Secondary Attacker Description
Pokemon TCG Pocket - A1 182 MelmetalMelmetal Pokemon TCG Pocket - A1 178 MawileMawile ・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

Best Starting Hand
Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Meltan(A1 181) Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Potion(P-A 001) Pokemon TCG Pocket-  X Speed(P-A 002) Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Poke Ball(P-A 005) Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Professor

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.

Other Good Starting Cards

Recommended Starting Hand
Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Mawile(A1 178) Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Meltan(A1 181) Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Melmetal(A1 182) Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Sabrina(A1 225) Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Potion(P-A 001)

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.
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Melmetal Deck Strategies

Melmetal Deck Strategies

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Strategy 1: Tanky Melmetal

Tanky Melmetal
A1 182
P-A 001 P-A 007 P-A 006

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.

Strategy 2: Mawile Disruption

A1 178

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.

Game Phases

Early Game

Key Card(s) Required
Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Mawile(A1 178) Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Meltan(A1 181) Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Professor
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.

Mid-Game

Key Card(s) Required
Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Melmetal(A1 182) Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Potion(P-A 001) Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Red Card(P-A 006)
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.

Late Game

Key Card(s) Required
Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Melmetal(A1 182) Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Giovanni(A1 223) Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Sabrina(A1 225)
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.

Melmetal Deck Best and Worst Matchups

Best Matchups

Deck Commentary

Dragonite Decks
Type: Dragon

・Melmetal's Hard Coat Ability reduces Draco Meteor's damage to 30 for each heads from 50.

Worst Matchups

Deck Commentary

Fire Decks
Type: Fire

・Melmetal is at a type disadvantage against Fire decks

Overall Consistency

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.

Melmetal Deck F2P & Substitutes

Melmetal Deck Card Substitutes

Card Explanation

Hand Scope
・ Allows you to check the cards in your opponents hand. Works in tandem with Red Card.

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Melmetal Deck Other Viable Options

Card Possible Cuts

Bisharp
Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Mawile(A1 178) Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Red Card(P-A 006)

・ Bisharp is a quick and efficient secondary attacker that can consistently deal 70 for only two Energy.

F2P Melmetal Deck List

F2P Melmetal Deck List
Pokemon Cards
Mawile x2 Meltan x2 Melmetal x2
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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