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Metapod

Great Encounters · #47 · Uncommon
🎨 Illustrated by Ken Sugimori
PokémonGrass
$3.98
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HP 70·GGrass·Stage 1·Evolves from Caterpie
Poké-PowerEmerge
Once during your turn (before your attack), if Metapod is your Active Pokémon, you may flip a coin. If heads, search your deck for a card that evolves from Metapod and put it onto Metapod. (This counts as evolving Metapod.) Shuffle your deck afterward. This power can't be used if Metapod is affected by a Special Condition.
GCRam30
Weakness R +20Retreat CC
A steel-hard shell protects its tender body. It quietly endures hardships while awaiting evolution.

Metapod is card #47 of 106 in Great Encounters (2008), a Uncommon illustrated by Ken Sugimori. At about $3.98 it is the #78 most valuable card in the set. In a Great Encounters booster it turns up about once every 10 packs. It is one of 19 Metapod cards printed so far.

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In the Great Encounters set

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What it's worth graded

Ungraded
$3.98
PSA 8 · NM-Mint
$5.97
PSA 9 · Mint
$11.14
PSA 9.5 · Mint+
$17.91
PSA 10 · Gem Mint
$31.84
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

Metapod1999Base SetMetapod2001Neo DiscoveryMetapod2004FireRed & LeafGreenMetapod2008Great EncountersMetapod2010HeartGold & SoulSilverMetapod2016GenerationsMetapod2019Unbroken BondsMetapod2021Fusion Strike
See Metapod in all 15 years

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Questions

How much is Metapod (Great Encounters) worth?

An ungraded Metapod from Great Encounters sells for about $3.98. A PSA 10 is worth more, roughly $31.84 by our estimate, and a PSA 9 around $11.14.

How rare is Metapod?

It is a Uncommon, and it shows up about once every 10 Great Encounters packs.

Who illustrated Metapod?

Ken Sugimori drew the art for this card.

Can I open Great Encounters packs for free?

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