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Metal Core Barrier
Trainer
“Metal Core Barrier” (B2-148) is a Trainer card from the Fantastical Parade set in Pokémon TCG Pocket. Its type is Tool, and its effect is: If this card is attached to 1 of your Pokémon, discard it at the end of your opponent's turn. The {M} Pokémon this card is attached to takes −50 damage from attacks from your opponent's Pokémon.
Use this Metal Core Barrier page to confirm its set, pack sources, and deck roles before adding Metal Core Barrier to your collection.
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Metal Core Barrier Card Details
Illustrator·Studio Bora Inc.Effect
If this card is attached to 1 of your Pokémon, discard it at the end of your opponent's turn. The {M} Pokémon this card is attached to takes −50 damage from attacks from your opponent's Pokémon.
How to get Metal Core Barrier
Deck snapshot
Where Metal Core Barrier is played
Observed use in sampled public tournaments. These figures are not ladder usage, a card win rate, or a recommendation to play a particular number of copies. Versions with the same effect are combined. Examples retain their source artwork.
- Tournament usage
- 0.9%
- 27 / 2,986 lists
- Most common count
- 2 copies
- 63.0% of lists using it
Decks that use “Metal Core Barrier”
Small sample; interpret with care.
Event window: Sep 20, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026
Metal Core Barrier versions and alt art
3 matching cards
Daily tournament data
Build with Metal Core Barrier
Seen in 0.9% of 2,986 sampled tournament lists. Most lists that use it run 2 copies.
Small sample; interpret with care.
- Tournament usage
- 0.9%
- 27 / 2,986 lists
- Most common count
- 2 copies
- 63.0% of lists using it
- Average copies
- 1.63
- Among lists using it
- Archetypes
- 3
- Current decks using it
Decks that use “Metal Core Barrier”
- Mega Scizor ex Revavroom
- 1 copy
- 53.8% (7)
- 2 copies
- 46.2% (6)
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- Inclusion
- 100.0%
- Meta share
- 0.4%
Real 2-copy list
- 2× Varoom
- 1× Orthworm
- 2× Scyther
- 2× Mega Scizor ex
- 2× Revavroom
- 1× Cyrus
- 1× Red
- 2× Copycat
- 2× Metal Core Barrier
- 1× Training Area
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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- Mega Mawile ex
- 1 copy
- 0.0% (0)
- 2 copies
- 100.0% (5)
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- Inclusion
- 100.0%
- Meta share
- 0.2%
Real 2-copy list
- 1× Mega Mawile ex
- 2× Sabrina
- 1× Cyrus
- 2× Irida
- 1× Big Malasada
- 1× Repel
- 1× Steel Apron
- 2× Copycat
- 2× Metal Core Barrier
- 1× Soothing Shore
- 2× Rainbow Cave
- 2× Team Rocket's Master Plan
- 2× Professor's Research
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- Melmetal ex Melmetal
- 1 copy
- 0.0% (0)
- 2 copies
- 100.0% (3)
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- Inclusion
- 100.0%
- Meta share
- 0.1%
Real 2-copy list
- 2× Meltan
- 1× Melmetal
- 2× Melmetal ex
- 1× Sabrina
- 1× Cyrus
- 1× Red
- 1× Steel Apron
- 1× Heavy Helmet
- 2× Copycat
- 2× Lucky Ice Pop
- 2× Metal Core Barrier
- 1× Training Area
- 1× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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Tournament intelligence
Metal Core Barrier in tournament decks
This card appears in 3 current and 3 historical tournament archetypes.
Tournament deck data sourced from Limitless Tournament Platform.
Historical decks featuring this card
Archived tournament profiles where this card appeared in at least half of tracked decklists.
Tournament synergy
Cards commonly played with Metal Core Barrier
These cards appear in the same tournament archetypes as Metal Core Barrier. Rankings use archetype-level samples and inclusion; they do not measure how often two cards occur in the exact same list.
Professor's Research
P-A-007
- shared archetypes
- 3
- avg. inclusion
- 100.0%
Cyrus
A2-150
- shared archetypes
- 3
- avg. inclusion
- 95.2%
Copycat
B1-225
- shared archetypes
- 3
- avg. inclusion
- 95.2%
Poké Ball
P-A-005
- shared archetypes
- 3
- avg. inclusion
- 81.0%
Sabrina
A1-225
- shared archetypes
- 3
- avg. inclusion
- 57.1%
Red
A2b-071
- shared archetypes
- 2
- avg. inclusion
- 100.0%
