Metapod #42 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 24 Aug 2026Related Metapod & chase cards
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Metapod #42 is one of those quietly charming cards from the Neo Discovery set, released back in 2001, and there is something nice about a card whose whole personality is just sitting still and getting ready. It is an Uncommon, illustrated by Sumiyoshi Kizuki, and if you are checking Metapod value today, the raw or ungraded price sits at $2. Not a card that makes headlines, but a solid little piece of early 2000s Pokemon history that plenty of collectors still enjoy tracking down.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $2.17, up 22% over the past year, with an all-time high of $2.25 in March 2023.
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Metapod price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 209 graded, only 34 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $41 | 34 | 10 / 24 |
| PSA 9 | $9.03 | 54 | 21 / 33 |
| PSA 8 | $9.00 | 66 | 5 / 61 |
| PSA 7 | $4.24 | 31 | 4 / 27 |
| PSA 6 | $3.00 | 13 | - / 13 |
| PSA 5 | $2.00 | 7 | 1 / 6 |
| PSA 4 | $2.00 | 3 | 1 / 2 |
| PSA 3 | $2.00 | 1 | 1 / - |
| PSA 2 | $2.00 | - | - / - |
| PSA 1 | - | - | - / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $2.17 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
Card details
- Card number
- 42 of 75
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Type
- Grass
- HP
- 70
- Stage
- Stage1
- Weakness
- Fire ×2
- Retreat cost
- 2
- Illustrator
- Sumiyoshi Kizuki
- Released
- 2001
Attacks
- HardenColorless · Colorless
During your opponent's next turn, whenever 20 or less damage is done to Metapod (after applying Weakness and Resistance), prevent that damage. (Any other effects of attacks still happen.)
- HatchGrass · Grass
Flip a coin. If heads, remove all damage counters from Metapod. Then, search your deck for a card that evolves from Metapod and attach that card to Metapod. This counts as evolving Metapod. Shuffle your deck afterward.
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The collector's take on Metapod
Is Metapod worth grading?
So is Metapod worth grading? Here is the honest math: a raw copy runs about $2, a Grade 9 sits at $9, and a PSA 10 gem mint copy is valued at $41, which works out to 20.7 times the raw price. That jump looks tempting on paper, but grading costs money and time, and there is no guarantee your copy comes back gem mint. Out of the copies graded so far, only a portion have hit that PSA 10 mark, so unless your card is genuinely sharp with clean edges and centering, you might spend more sending it in than you gain back. If it looks close to perfect under a good light, it could be worth the shot. If it has any soft corners or print lines, saving the grading fee and enjoying the card as is probably makes more sense.
How rare is Metapod?
Across every copy that has been submitted for grading, only 200 exist in total, and of those just 33 have earned that coveted PSA 10 label. That is a pretty tight population when you think about how many Metapod cards have circulated since 2001. It tells you that while the card itself is not rare in the Uncommon sense, a truly flawless copy is genuinely uncommon in the literal sense too, which is exactly why that PSA 10 price sits so far above the raw and Grade 9 numbers.
Where can you pull Metapod?
We track real pack openings across sites like mnstr, courtyard, and collector-crypt, and Metapod has turned up 34 times in our recorded pulls so far. It has shown up in Pack 1, the Pokémon Pro Pack, Pokémon Basic Pack, Pokémon Starter Pack, and the Elite Pokémon Gacha Pack, with the biggest recorded pull landing at $54. That is the kind of detail a price guide simply cannot give you, since it comes from watching actual openings happen rather than estimating from listings. Worth remembering though, most pack pulls do not turn a profit, so treat any opening as a bit of fun rather than a sure thing.
Questions people ask
How much is Metapod worth?+
A raw or ungraded Metapod #42 is valued at $2. Graded copies climb from there, with a Grade 9 at $9 and a PSA 10 gem mint copy reaching $41, so condition makes a real difference to what it is worth.
Is Metapod worth grading?+
It depends on the copy. A PSA 10 is worth 20.7 times the raw price, but only 33 out of 200 graded copies have hit that gem mint grade, so it is only worth the cost and risk if your card looks genuinely close to flawless.
What set is Metapod from?+
Metapod #42 comes from the Neo Discovery set, released in 2001. It is an Uncommon card illustrated by Sumiyoshi Kizuki, and it has since become a small favorite among collectors who enjoy tracking early era Pokemon prints.
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