Metal Energy (Neo Genesis 19)

Metal Energy (Japanese: 鋼エネルギー Steel Energy) is a . It was first released in the expansion.
==Card text==
==e-Reader data==
The print includes a Dot Code strip for use with the e-Reader, and has the card ID C-59-#. The short strip contains a brief card summary. There is no long strip for this card.
==Release information==
Metal Energy was included in the expansion with artwork by Milky Isobe, first released in Japan in the expansion. The set symbol on the English print is gray instead of white. It was reprinted in the Chikorita Side Deck of the Japanese . This card was released utilizing the e-card layout in the , having been previously reprinted in the expansion. This print altered the card text so that only damage done by attacks were affected by the card effect; the negative effect applied to non--type Pokémon also only applied to attacks. It was later reprinted in the expansion with the original Neo Genesis card text, previously released in the expansion.
At the beginning of the EX Series, Metal Energy was reprinted with the newly introduced card layout in the expansion, first released in the Japanese . The card text was altered again, so that non--type Pokémon do not receive the additional effect instead of dealing 10 less damage. This card was also awarded as a prize to those who attended the throughout January 2004. The standard prize is a Cosmos Holographic version of the EX Ruby & Sapphire print, and winner versions have a "Winner" stamp in the bottom right corner of the artwork. of the winner prints were also distributed as prizes. In Japan, a promotional print of this card was given away during the Gym Challenge Spring 2005. This card was reprinted in the expansion, previously reprinted in the Side Deck of the Japanese . Later reprints were included in the , , and , with the latter originating from the Lucario Quarter Deck of the Japanese . This print of Metal Energy was finally reprinted in the expansion, later released in Japan in the .
In the expansion, this card was reprinted with new artwork by Takumi Akabane, first released in Japan in the expansion. This print was later reprinted in the (originating from the Japanese expansion), , and (originating from the ) expansions. In Japan, it was reprinted in the expansion.
Metal Energy received new artwork by Kent Kanetsuna in the expansion, first released in the Japanese expansion and . A Crosshatch Holo version of this print was the League Promo during the February 2011 Block Smash Season of the 2010-2011 cycle. It was reprinted in the expansion.
===Gallery===
==Trivia==
*This card and are the most reprinted Special Energy cards.
*Though both it and Darkness Energy represented a type that was eventually as prevalent as the other seven TCG types, only four of this Energy could be included in a deck. This was a major hindrance to the inclusion of Pokémon of these two types in decks until introduced a basic form of this card.
===Origin===
Metal Energy was introduced to provide Energy for Pokémon of the newly-introduced , which consisted of all Pokémon from the games.
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de:Metall-Energie (Spezial)
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