SM Black Star Promos · #SM181 · 2017
Market price: The going rate for an ungraded copy of this exact printing, from actual sales data — TCGplayer for USD, Cardmarket for EUR. Updated daily. · Holo: The artwork shines with a foil pattern. A separate printing from the plain card, and in vintage sets often worth many times more.
$5.20
up4% · 29dvia TCGplayer, updated Oct 9, 2026
Set rank: Where this card's market price ranks among the priced cards in its set — #1 is the set's most valuable card. in SM Black Star Promos
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Right now Melmetal trades at $5.20 for the Holofoil printing (TCGplayer market price).
That makes it the 166th most valuable of SM Black Star Promos's 248 priced cards. (Champions Festival leads the set at $700.) Since we started tracking it on Feb 8, 2024, it's risen 202.3% — from $1.72 to $5.20. Over the last year it's climbed 176.6%, from $1.88 to $5.20. The 90-day move: up 5.1%, $4.95 to $5.20. Its highest point since we started tracking (February 2024) was $5.26 in October 2026; its lowest, $1.71 in February 2024. Over the last 30 days it's touched $5.26 at the top and $5.00 at the bottom. On Cardmarket, the European printings of this card go for about €6.68.
Around the World
$5.20
USD is TCGplayer's market price for the English print; EUR is Cardmarket's, shared across the European printings (Cardmarket prices the physical card). Both update daily.
Ability Metal Eater
Once during your turn (before your attack), you may discard a Metal Pokémon from your hand. If you do, heal 100 damage from this Pokémon.
Heavy Impact130
Cost: Metal, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless
“Revered long ago for its capacity to create iron from nothing, for some reason it has come back to life after 3,000 years.”
About $5.20 for an ungraded copy. That's the TCGplayer market price for the Holofoil printing, updated Oct 9, 2026. Graded copies in great shape usually sell for more. What grading means →
Up about 5% over the last 3 months — from $4.95 to $5.20 (TCGplayer market price). Zoom out a whole year and it's up 177%. Prices move a little every day, so the chart on this page has the freshest line.
The highest market price we've logged is $5.26 — that was October 2026. We've been writing this card's price down since February 2024, so that's the record on our watch, not an all-time record.
The European printings list around €6.68 on Cardmarket — they share one price there, because Cardmarket prices the physical card across languages. This English print trades at $5.20 on TCGplayer. Two marketplaces, two currencies — so watch both numbers instead of converting one into the other.
eBay is the easiest place — this page links straight to the live listings for Melmetal (SM Black Star Promos #SM181). Check the photos and the seller's rating first. That's the rule.
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