Metal Energy #87 from Bonds to the End of Time - Uncommon - Illustrated by Takumi Akabane
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Metal Energy

#87/90 in Bonds to the End of Time, Uncommon, illustrated by Takumi Akabane.

Card number
#87/90
Rarity
Uncommon
Language
Japanese
Release date
December 26, 2008
Illustrator
Takumi Akabane
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Collector Notes

Metal Energy

Metal Energy appears in the Japanese print of Bonds to the End of Time, released on December 26, 2008. Metal Energy is a uncommon rarity. The Bonds to the End of Time set contains 90 cards.

Artist Info

This card's illustration was created by Takumi Akabane.

Collector Insights

Metal Energy is an Energy-type card from the Bonds to the End of Time set, released on December 26, 2008. It is numbered 87 and classified as Uncommon rarity. The card is illustrated by artist Takumi Akabane. Its flavor text describes a mechanic where damage dealt to a Metal-type Pokémon attached to Metal Energy is reduced by 10, excluding Weakness and Resistance effects. This benefit applies only if the attached Pokémon is Metal-type. The card functions as a special Energy card, providing Metal Energy without counting as a basic Energy. It does not include any attacks or additional abilities listed in the data. The card’s design emphasizes its role in modifying damage calculations for specific Pokémon types.

Damage done by attacks to the Pokémon that Metal Energy is attached to is reduced by 10 (after applying Weakness and Resistance). Ignore this effect if the Pokémon that Metal Energy is attached to isn't Metal. Metal Energy provides Metal Energy. (Doesn't count as a basic Energy card.)

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