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Meltan, Professor's Research, Poké Ball, Melmetal, and Melmetal ex appear in an early sample of 3 public lists. Treat this as a starting point and compare the alternatives before calling it a stable recommendation.






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Data window: Jul 4, 2026Aug 2, 2026
UpdatedAug 3, 2026Compared with Aug 1, 2026
Use this Melmetal ex Melmetal page to understand the deck's game plan, core cards, and matchups before you build or pilot Melmetal ex Melmetal.
This 20-card baseline is reconstructed from average card counts across 3 public tournament decklists. It is more useful than a random sample list, but it is still an aggregate—not one player's submitted deck.
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Professor's Research
P-A-007

Poké Ball
P-A-005

Training Area
B2-153

Adaman
A2a-075

Steel Apron
A4-153

Pokémon Communication
A2-146

Red
A2b-071

Repel
A3a-064

Memory Light
A4a-068

May
B1-223

Potion
P-A-001

Copycat
B1-225

Metal Core Barrier
B2-148
Other cards found in tracked lists, kept out of the 20-card baseline.
Melmetal ex Melmetal Deck DNA
Copies are allocated with a largest-remainder calculation from aggregate copies per deck and capped at two per card. Inclusion percentages and matchup results remain visible below so you can see where lists disagree.
Meltan, Professor's Research, Poké Ball, Melmetal, and Melmetal ex appear in an early sample of 3 public lists. Treat this as a starting point and compare the alternatives before calling it a stable recommendation.
Adaman, Steel Apron, Skarmory, Pokémon Communication, and Red appear in an early sample of 3 public lists. Treat this as a starting point and compare the alternatives before calling it a stable recommendation.
Matchups ordered by sample size. The range is a 95% Wilson interval, which prevents tiny samples from looking more certain than they are.
There is not enough matchup data for this archetype yet.
Expansion sets and booster packs that supply Melmetal ex Melmetal’s core Pokémon (used in at least half of tracked decklists).
Daily snapshots preserve trends; card roles come from inclusion rates; matchup uncertainty is shown explicitly; player identities and private ownership are never stored.
Statistics are aggregated from public standard-Swiss Pokemon TCG Pocket tournaments on Limitless Tournament Platform. Player identity and individual deck ownership are not retained.
Tournament intelligence
Compare every tracked archetype by meta share, win rate, and core card usage.
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