# Metal Goggles #148/181 — Team Up

## Summary

Metal Goggles is a Pokémon Tool that gave Steel-type decks a durable shield, trimming incoming damage and blanking effects that place damage counters, so it saw honest play beside Metagross-GX builds. As an uncommon in a big set it was never a chase pull, which keeps it a cheap utility pickup. A $0.40 modelled guide, down 2% over 30 days on 16 copies traded, says bulk, with 90 days of inventory on the board, and the economics stop there: a PSA 10 guides at $33, 83 times raw, but PSA does not split this card’s population by finish, so no gem rate can be read for it.

## Identity

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Set | Team Up |
| Number | 148/181 |
| Rarity | Uncommon |
| Era | SM |
| Illustrator | Yoshinobu Saito |
| Release date | 2019-01-31 |
| Image | Unavailable |

## Card details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Card type | TRAINER |
| Subtype | Tool |
| Legal | Standard no · Expanded yes |
| Finishes | Normal, Reverse Holo |
| Languages | EN |

## Current stats

- Headline price: **$0.40** (ITEM_MEDIAN; modelled guide price) — as of 2026-10-22T22:54:43.176Z
- Headline basis: MODELLED_GUIDE — The venue’s published daily market guide, which the venue itself declares MODELLED. Nothing is confirmed to have traded at it, no copy is listed at it, and it is not our estimate — it is theirs.
- 24h change: n/a · 7d change: -9.10% — as of 2026-10-22T22:54:43.176Z
- Floor delivered ask: $1.49 — as of 2026-10-17T21:45:02.614Z
- Quant score: 24/100, regime FLOOR_FORMING — as of 2026-10-22T22:54:43.176Z — 5 of 11 inputs · 55% weight · -22% confidence

## Provenance

- Catalog — observed 2019-01-31T00:00:00Z, confidence 98%
- Live ask — observed 2026-10-20T11:01:40.440Z, confidence 90%
- Guide price (modelled) — observed 2026-10-22T00:00:00.000Z, confidence 90%
- Price statistic — observed 2026-10-18T02:17:32.058Z, confidence 90%
- Confirmed sale — observed 2026-10-16T03:42:35.377Z, confidence 85%
- Inventory count — observed 2026-10-18T02:17:32.057Z, confidence 70%

## Links

- [View on Cardboard Alpha](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/team-up/metal-goggles-148)
- [JSON snapshot](https://cardboardalpha.com/api/terminal/raw~tcgdex%3Asm9-148%3AEN%3ANORMAL~NM)