Mela (Paradox Rift 167)

Trainer Supporter

Mela メロコ Meloco

Paradox Rift Regular print Illus. kirisAki English expansion Paradox Rift Rarity English card no. 167/182 Japanese expansion Ancient Roar Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 066/066 English expansion Paradox Rift Rarity English card no. 236/182 Japanese expansion Ancient Roar Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 087/066 English expansion Paradox Rift Rarity English card no. 254/182 Japanese expansion Ancient Roar Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 092/066 Japanese expansion Terastal Fest ex Japanese card no. 179/187 Japanese expansion Terastal Fest ex Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 198/187

Mela (Japanese: メロコ Meloco) is a Supporter card. It was first released as part of the Paradox Rift expansion.

Card text

All prints

You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.

You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.

Team Plasma

Team Plasma

You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.

FLARE

(Prism Star) Rule You can't have more than 1 card with the same name in your deck. If a card would go to the discard pile, put it in the Lost Zone instead.

TAG TEAM

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VSTAR Power

You can use this card only if any of your Pokémon were Knocked Out during your opponent's last turn. Attach a Basic Energy card from your discard pile to 1 of your Pokémon. If you do, draw cards until you have 6 cards in your hand.

Do Nothing   At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn.

Do Nothing   At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn.

Do Nothing   At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn.

You may play only 1 Supporter card during your turn.

Release information

This card was included as a Regular card, a Full Art ultra rare card, and a special illustration rare card in the Paradox Rift expansion, first released in the Japanese Ancient Roar expansion. The Regular and ultra rare prints feature artwork by kirisAki, while the special illustration rare print features artwork by rika.

In Japan, the Regular print is reprinted in the Terastal Fest ex subset alongside a Full Art ultra rare card with new artwork by Naoki Saito.

Gallery

Paradox Rift Regular print Illus. kirisAki	Paradox Rift Ultra rare print Illus. kirisAki	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
Paradox Rift Special illustration rare print Illus. rika	Terastal Fest ex Ultra rare print Illus. Naoki Saito	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori

Trivia

Origin

Mela is the boss of Team Star's Fire crew, the Schedar Squad. The Schedar Squad's Base is featured in the Paradox Rift Regular and Full Art ultra rare print's illustration. The Paradox Rift special illustration rare print artwork depicts Torkoal, a Pokémon which Mela uses in all games in which she appears as an opponent. The Terastal Fest ex ultra rare print depicts Mela in her Naranja Academy uniform as seen in the Pokémon Scarlet and Violet post-game.

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