Metapod Great Encounters #47

Card #47 · Illustrated by Ken Sugimori

70 HPGrassPokémonStage 1

Ungraded · blended

$3.88

▲ 1.0% · 30d

Range $4 → $4
2 grading companies tracked
Confidence high · How we price →

Raw$3.88

PSA 93.6× raw$14

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Metapod is a Uncommon Pokémon card from Great Encounters (#47), illustrated by Ken Sugimori. It's a Stage 1 Grass-type Pokémon with 70 HP, evolving from Caterpie, weak to Fire +20. Its current blended market value is $3.88 ungraded. Prices are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.

Prices last updated 2 July 2026.

#6 most valuable Metapod of 19 #66 most valuable in Great Encounters of 106

Raw price by condition

Reverse Holofoil · live market via TCGplayer

NMNear Mint$3.88

LPLightly Played$2.93

MPModerately Played$2.36

DMGDamaged$2.00

7-dayflat

30-day▲ 1.0%

90-day▲ 16.9%

All-time high$4

All-time low$2

Other printingsNormal · $0.63

Price by variant

Reverse Holo$4

Normal$1

TCGplayer market price per printing — reverse holo, 1st edition and unlimited often differ sharply.

Graded prices

Ungraded (raw)$3.88

PSA graded price estimates by grade
Grade	Relative value	Price
PSA 9		$14$14–$14

“Sold” = median of real recent eBay sold listings at that grade. Other figures are blended marketplace estimates. Confidence reflects the price spread — not PSA-official values.

Price history · raw near-mint

1 Aug 20231 Jul 2026

Current

$1.51

Period high

$3.51

Period low

$0.99

Change

▲ 52.5%

Recent sold prices

No recent sold listings tracked.

Population across graders

CGC100 gradedCGC 10 · 52 · 52% gem rate

1052

9.514

918

8.54

Real graded population from PSA, CGC & BGS — a lower gem rate means a Metapod 10 is harder to pull.

Should you grade it?

−$60

Raw $3.88 → graded PSA 9 ≈ $13.85
after ~$70.13 grading fee → 3.6× the raw value

Target grade	Est. value	Grading fee	Net vs raw	Multiple
PSA 9	$13.85	$70.13	−$60	3.6×

Net = graded value − raw value − grading cost (tier fee + ~$20 round-trip shipping), using PSA fees as of 2026-06-28; the paused PSA Value tier is excluded so this isn't overstated. Real outcome depends on the grade achieved; PSA 10 is best-case.

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Where to buy

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Check recent sold prices

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Cross-market prices

3% spread

TCGplayer · cheapest$4

PriceCharting · dearest$4

Currently 3% cheaper on TCGplayer than PriceCharting. These are independent market prices for the same card — a wide gap can mean a buying opportunity. Informational only, not arbitrage advice.

Market signal

Momentum · 30dFlat +1%

Cross-marketMarkets agree 3% gap

Derived from this card's 90-day price history, recent trend and cross-market price gap. Informational, not advice.

🇪🇺 Cardmarket price · Europe

93% cheaper than the US

Cardmarket · Europe's largest card market$0

Buy on CardmarketEU

Card text

Evolves from Caterpie.

Emerge · Poké-Power

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.

Ram30

Grass · Colorless

Weakness Fire +20Retreat 2

“A steel-hard shell protects its tender body. It quietly endures hardships while awaiting evolution.”

About the Pokémon

Cocoon PokémonGEN ICaterpie → Metapod → Butterfree

This POKéMON is vulnerable to attack while its shell is soft, exposing its weak and tender body.

Card details

SetGreat Encounters →

Number#47

RarityUncommon

PokémonAll Metapod cards →

GenerationGen I · Kanto →

ArtistKen Sugimori →

SupertypePokémon

SubtypesStage 1

TypeGrass

HP70

Evolves fromCaterpie

WeaknessFire +20

Retreat cost2

National Pokédex#11

Card IDdp4-47

SourceAggregated marketplaces

Other Metapod cards

There are 9 different Metapod printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Great Encounters #47 (Uncommon).