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Metapod
Base Set 2 · #81 · Common
🎨 Illustrated by Ken Sugimori
PokémonGrass
$0.87
HP 70·GGrass·Stage 1·Evolves from Caterpie
CCStiffen
Flip a coin. If heads, prevent all damage done to Metapod during your opponent's next turn. (Any other effects of attacks still happen.)
GGStun Spore20
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.
Weakness R ×2Retreat CC
It is vulnerable to attack because its shell is soft, exposing its weak and tender body.
Metapod is card #81 of 130 in Base Set 2 (2000), a Common illustrated by Ken Sugimori. At about $0.87 it is the #90 most valuable card in the set. In a Base Set 2 booster it turns up about once every 6 packs. It is one of 19 Metapod cards printed so far.
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In the Base Set 2 set
- 📅 2000 · Base · 130 cards
- 🎯 Appears about 1 in 6 Base Set 2 packs
- 💎 The #90 most valuable card in Base Set 2 (of 130)
What it's worth graded
Ungraded
$0.87
PSA 8 · NM-Mint
$1.57
PSA 9 · Mint
$3.48
PSA 9.5 · Mint+
$6.09
PSA 10 · Gem Mint
$11.31
Estimates: the ungraded market price times the typical premium a slab of that grade gets for a card from this era. Real sales vary, especially for PSA 10s. How grading adds value
Metapod through the years
1999Base Set
2000Base Set 2
2001Neo Discovery
2004FireRed & LeafGreen
2010HeartGold & SoulSilver
2016Generations
2019Unbroken Bonds
2021Fusion StrikeMore by Ken Sugimori
More from Base Set 2
Alakazam
#1$53.94
Blastoise
#2$171
Chansey
#3$30.79
Charizard
#4$418
Clefable
#5$36.06
Clefairy
#6$27.34
Gyarados
#7$57.44
Hitmonchan
#8$25.68
Magneton
#9$26.76
Mewtwo
#10$130
Nidoking
#11$40.47
Nidoqueen
#12$40.13
Ninetales
#13$34.41
Pidgeot
#14$39.08
Poliwrath
#15$21.67
Raichu
#16$64.05
Scyther
#17$32.75
Venusaur
#18$116
See the full Base Set 2 card list
Questions
How much is Metapod (Base Set 2) worth?
An ungraded Metapod from Base Set 2 sells for about $0.87. A PSA 10 is worth more, roughly $11.31 by our estimate, and a PSA 9 around $3.48.
How rare is Metapod?
It is a Common, and it shows up about once every 6 Base Set 2 packs.
Who illustrated Metapod?
Ken Sugimori drew the art for this card.
Can I open Base Set 2 packs for free?
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