Metagross – Plasma Freeze (bw9-52) Collector’s Guide

Character Intro

Metagross from Plasma Freeze is a Rare Holo with 140 HP, featuring the strategic Plasma Search ability and the Mind Bend attack. Numbered 52 in the set, it’s a notable pickup for Team Plasma and Psychic-type collectors.

Quick Facts

• Type: Psychic
• Stage: Stage 2, Team Plasma
• Evolves From: Metang
• Retreat Cost: 2
• Weakness: Psychic ×2
• Resistance: None
• Ability: Plasma Search – allows deck searching for a Team Plasma card once per turn.
• Attack: Mind Bend – deals 60 damage and Confuses the Defending Pokémon.
• Flavor Text: “With four linked brains, it’s more intelligent than a supercomputer, and it uses calculations to analyze foes.”
• Regulation Mark: Unknown
• Legal: unknown

Key Printings

This exact printing appears in Plasma Freeze (set code bw9) as card number 52. It’s a Rare Holo by 5ban Graphics, depicting Metagross in its Team Plasma Psychic-type form.

Variants & Identifiers

• No known print variants.
• Identifiers:
• Stage 2, Team Plasma subtype
• Plasma Search ability
• Psychic typing
• Retreat Cost of 2
• Official image: /images/bw9/bw9-52.jpg

Legality & Play Notes

Format status

• Legality status: unknown.
• However, it is not currently legal in Standard, Expanded, or Unlimited formats.

Play notes

• Plasma Search enables once-per-turn deck searching for a Team Plasma card.
• Mind Bend deals 60 damage and inflicts Confusion to disrupt the opponent.

Care & Storage Tips

Protect the holofoil by using sleeves and storing the card away from sunlight and moisture. Avoid bending or scratching—especially over the 5ban Graphics illustration—to preserve collector value.

Set-by-Set Micro-summaries

• Plasma Freeze: Team Plasma-focused cards with unique abilities like Plasma Search. Metagross bw9-52 stands out as a Psychic-type Stage 2 with disruptive utility and a rare holo finish. Release date is unknown.