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Metapod — Base #54, 1st Edition printing

The 1st edition printing itself, not the standard card.

CommonBase54/10219991st Edition

Metapod 54/102 · Base 1st Edition price

Raw 1st edition · near mint

$27.12

Recent sales $1 – $91Updated

From 33 near-mint sales of this printing.

Every printing, raw

  • 1st Editionthis page$27.12
  • Shadowless$4.69
  • Unlimitedhub$1.48
1st Edition sales
62
any condition, whole bake · 33 near mint
Last 90 days
50
sells often · 19 in 30
Fanatics, this printing
151
12 in 90 days
Latest sale
31 Oct 2026
1st edition

PSA population674 PSA 10s2,717 gradedHistorical PSA 10 rate 25%as of What the rate means →

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Live asks whose title names the 1st edition. Standard-printing copies are not in this list.

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1st Edition price history

1st Edition raw price history, 2021-01-01 to 2026-11-05 — closing on the figure above.

Raw 1st Edition · latest

$27.12▲ 82%over 366 days

2025-11-04 → 2026-11-05

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About the 1st Edition printing

Which object this page prices — and how to tell it from the standard Metapod.

The 1st Edition Metapod carries the first-print stamp on the left of the card, from the earliest Base print run before the unlimited reprint. Scarcer than unlimited by construction and priced as a separate product at every grade.

How to tell · bottom-left of the illustration window

A black “EDITION 1” stamp sits to the left of the picture, between the illustration and the card's lower text. No stamp means it is not 1st Edition, whatever else the listing says.

Search term sellers use: 1st edition

1st Edition population

How many copies each grader has graded, every grade, all time. A population counts what has been graded, not every copy that exists, and resubmissions count again.

PSA graded
2,717
PSA 10
674
PSA 9
1,014
Historical PSA 10 rate
24.8%
PSA 10s of all graded
GraderGraded10s9s10s share
PSA2,7176741,01424.8%
CGC604481497.9%
BGS320140.0%
PSA graded
2,717
10s
674
10s share
24.8%
every 10 label
Historical PSA 10 rate
24.8%
Every PSA grade (13)
PSA population by grade
GradeCopiesShare
1067424.8%
91,01437.3%
8.590.3%
857721.2%
72539.3%
61084.0%
5562.1%
4200.7%
330.1%
2.51<0.1%
230.1%
1.51<0.1%
190.3%

PSA’s count of 31 Oct 2026. The rate is PSA 10s over every copy PSA has graded.

CGC graded
604
10s
48
10s share
7.9%
every 10 label
Historical CGC gem rate
7.9%
gem: 10s, Pristine and Perfect 10s
Every CGC grade (13)
CGC population by grade
GradeCopiesShare
10487.9%
9.5274.5%
914924.7%
8.512620.9%
89916.4%
7.5447.3%
7264.3%
6.5223.6%
6233.8%
5.5172.8%
5101.7%
4.571.2%
Authentic61.0%

CGC’s count of 3 Nov 2026, from GemRate. 10s share counts every 10 label; CGC’s own gem is 10s, Pristine and Perfect 10s.

Beckett graded
32
10s
0
10s share
0.0%
every 10 label
Historical Beckett gem rate
18.8%
gem: 9.5s, Pristine and Black Label 10s
Every Beckett grade (5)
Beckett population by grade
GradeCopiesShare
9.5618.8%
91443.8%
8.5515.6%
8412.5%
739.4%

Beckett’s count of 3 Nov 2026, from GemRate. 10s share counts every 10 label; Beckett’s own gem is 9.5s, Pristine and Black Label 10s.

PSA’s count of 31 Oct 2026. CGC, Beckett and SGC as of 3 Nov 2026, from GemRate. CGC, Beckett and SGC 10s include Pristine, Perfect and Black Label 10s. Each grade’s own count and price: PSA 10 1st Edition · PSA 9 1st Edition. How population is measured →

1st Edition graded prices

Specific to the 1st edition printing: its own graded-sales ladder, refereed by our sales of this printing where we have five or more at a grade, with PriceCharting as the cross-reference. Each rung says which.

  • PSA 7$26our sales
  • PSA 8$471.7× rawour sales
  • PSA 9$792.9× rawour salespage →
  • PSA 10$52719× rawour salespage →
  • BGS 10$656PriceCharting

Grading a clean 1st edition copy turns roughly $27 into about $527 at PSA 10 — PSA grades this card a 10 about 25% of the time, a census rate that overstates a fresh submission’s odds. Where a range is shown it is the recent low–high sale spread at that grade.

Every 1st Edition sale we can show you

Cert-verified sales and Fanatics’ sales re-homed to this printing, newest first. A cert number means PSA tied the sale to a specific 1st edition slab: click it to check on psacard.com. Standard-printing sales are on the card’s main page, not here.

Item soldGradeVenueDateCertificatePrice
1999 Pokemon Base Set Shadowless 1st Edition Metapod #54 PSA 6 EXMTPSA 6FanaticsAuction2026-10-19170697469$19.20
1999 Pokemon Base Set Shadowless 1st Edition Metapod #54 PSA 8 NM-MTPSA 8FanaticsAuction2026-10-19171668954$39.60
1999 Pokemon Base Set Shadowless 1st Edition Metapod #54 CGC 9.5 GEM MINTCGC 10FanaticsAuction2026-10-05—$110
1999 Pokémon Base Metapod 54/102 1st Edition · PSA 6PSA 6Collector CryptBestOffer2026-10-05141237423$33.30
1999 Pokémon Base Metapod 54/102 1st Edition · PSA 6PSA 6AltAuction2026-10-0197745692$52.80
1999 Pokémon Base Metapod 54/102 1st Edition · PSA 10PSA 10eBayFixedPrice2026-10-0124396066$527
1999 Pokemon Base Set Shadowless 1st Edition Metapod #54 CGC AUTHGraded UnknownFanaticsAuction2026-09-28—$13.20
1999 Pokemon Base Set Shadowless 1st Edition Metapod #54 CGC 10 GEM MINTCGC 10FanaticsAuction2026-09-28—$168
1999 Pokémon Base Metapod 54/102 1st Edition · PSA 10PSA 10eBayBestOffer2026-09-2852547633$625
1999 Pokémon Base Metapod 54/102 1st Edition · PSA 6PSA 6Collector CryptFixedPrice2026-09-26167013898$39.00
1999 Pokémon Base Metapod 54/102 1st Edition · PSA 9PSA 9eBayBestOffer2026-09-2652333230$79.34
1999 Pokémon Base Metapod 54/102 1st Edition · PSA 8PSA 8eBayFixedPrice2026-09-2656547654$56.57
1999 Pokémon Base Metapod 54/102 1st Edition · PSA 7PSA 7eBayAuction2026-09-22155396784$26.00
1999 Pokémon Base Metapod 54/102 1st Edition · PSA 6PSA 6eBayAuction2026-09-22155396785$41.00
1999 Pokémon Base Metapod 54/102 1st Edition · PSA 8PSA 8eBayAuction2026-09-22155396783$47.00

1–15 of 42 sales · 34 carry a PSA certificate, checkable on psacard.com.

At PSA 10 the 1st edition sells for $533 against $91 for the standard printing — 5.9×, from 6 1st edition and 6 standard cert-verified sales, not estimates.

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Frequently asked questions

How much is the 1st Edition Metapod (Base #54) worth?

As of 4 November 2026, a raw near-mint 1st Edition Metapod from Base is worth approximately $27 (recent sales $1 to $91), from 33 near-mint sales of this printing. The standard printing's raw price is $1; the two are separate products.

How do I tell the 1st Edition Metapod from the standard one?

Bottom-left of the illustration window: A black “EDITION 1” stamp sits to the left of the picture, between the illustration and the card's lower text. No stamp means it is not 1st Edition, whatever else the listing says.

What is a PSA 10 1st Edition Metapod worth?

About $527 — roughly 19× the raw 1st edition price. PSA grades this card a 10 about 25% of the time.

Does the 1st Edition sell for more than the standard Metapod?

At PSA 10, cert-verified sales put the 1st Edition at $533 against $91 for the standard printing — 5.9× more, from 6 1st edition and 6 standard sales.