Metapod
Sold price movement
- 12 months ago
- $2.28£1.72€2.01
- Today
- $1.06£0.80€0.93
- Change
- -$1.22-£0.92-€1.07 (-53.5%)
Market activity
| Price type | Pop share | PopulationPop | Sold 90d | Median | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raw | – | 127 | $1.60£1.20€1.41 | $1.06£0.80€0.93 | |
| PSA 3 | 1 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 5 | 1 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 6 | 1 | 1 | – | $19.99£15.05€17.60 | |
| PSA 7 | 5 | 1 | – | $17.97£13.53€15.83 | |
| PSA 8 | 13 | 7 | $25£18.82€22.02 | $26.70£20.10€23.51 | |
| PSA 9 | 64 | 12 | $35.44£26.67€31.21 | $28.44£21.41€25.05 | |
| CGC/BGS 9.5 | – | – | – | $35£26.34€30.82 | |
| PSA 10 | 49 | 4 | – | $86.50£65.10€76.18 | |
About these prices
36.6% of copies sent to PSA come back a 10. Sold and median are 90 days of PSA sales. The 9.5 is a CGC and BGS grade, so it carries no PSA population.
Priced from 837 completed sales, updated Sep 30, 2026.
Price history
Recent sales
837 completed listings on eBayShow 288 more, the newest 300 of 837
Metapod + Butterfree Base Set Jungle Unlimited Non Holo Pokemon Card WOTC LP 33/64$3.99£3€3.51
Pokemon TCG Metapod Regular Unlimited Uncommon Base Set 54/102 Lightly Played 054/102$1.17£0.88€1.039.5Pokemon TCG Vintage 1999 Metapod 054/102 Base Set Graded Mint+ CGC 9.5 054/102$35£26.34€30.821999 Pokémon Unlimited - Metapod - Base Set 54/102 - Unplayed TCG Card! 54/102$0.99£0.75€0.87Metapod 54/102 Common Base Set Unlimited Pokemon 1999 Lightly Played 54/102$2.49£1.87€2.19Metapod 2/149 Uncommon Sun & Moon Base Set Yuka Morii Pokemon Card 2/149$1.99£1.50€1.75Pokémon TCG Metapod Base Set 54/102 Regular Unlimited Common NM 054/102$4.49£3.38€3.95Metapod 54/102 Common Base Set Unlimited Pokemon Moderately Played 54/102$1.79£1.35€1.5810Pokemon Metapod 54/102 Base Set Unlimited Regular English 1999 PSA 10 054/102$85£63.97€74.86More from Base Set
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CGC has graded 1,335 copies. Where they landed:
These are CGC grades. The prices above are for PSA slabs, and a CGC 10 is not the same grade as a PSA 10, so read the two as separate markets rather than one.
Why the verdict weights the odds
Only 26.8% of copies reach a 10, which is why the top price is the wrong number to plan around. Weighting each grade’s PSA price by these odds, a submission is worth $41.41£31.17€36.47 on average against $101.05£76.05€88.99 for the card plus $79.99£60.20€70.44 at Regular, the cheapest level PSA will insure it at. That loses $59.64£44.89€52.52, so a copy is worth more raw.
What CGC copies sold for
Sold prices from listings that named the grader and the grade, not asking prices, and not a PSA figure converted across. A CGC 9 runs about 0.44x the PSA 9 on the cards where we hold both, but the spread is wide enough that it is only worth quoting where copies actually traded, which is what these are. The count beside each price is how many.
CGC 9 and 9.5 are one row on purpose. A CGC 9.5 sells for 3% more than a 9 across the corpus and is the cheaper of the two on nearly half of cards, so the market is not pricing them apart and splitting them here would invent a distinction. BGS is left split because there the same test says a 9.5 really is worth about 30% more.
| Grade | Median sold | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| CGC 9 or 9.5 | $14£10.54€12.33 | 14 |
| CGC 8 | $12.49£9.40€11 | 5 |
Card facts
- Card number
- 054/102
- Rarity
- Common
- Illustrator
- Ken Sugimori
- Set released
- Jan 9, 1999
- PSA population, all printings
- 1,238
- Printings priced
- 1
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The same card in other sets
Legendary Collection054/110$125£94.08€110.08
Expedition087/165$79£59.46€69.57
EX FireRed & LeafGreen39/112$30.33£22.83€26.71
Base Set (Shadowless)054/102$26.47£19.92€23.31
HeartGold SoulSilver46/123$12.56£9.45€11.06
Neo Discovery42/75$8.76£6.59€7.71
Rebel Clash002/192$4.32£3.25€3.80
Great Encounters47/106$3.98£3€3.51What moves the price of this card
The Metapod on this page is the Normal printing from Base Set, and it trades at $1.43£1.08€1.26 in near mint condition. Only one printing of this card was produced, so there is no cheaper version to confuse it with.
Graded, it runs PSA 6 $19.99£15.05€17.60, PSA 7 $17.97£13.53€15.83, PSA 8 $26.70£20.10€23.51, PSA 9 $28.44£21.41€25.05, CGC/BGS 9.5 $35£26.34€30.82, PSA 10 $86.50£65.10€76.18. PSA has graded 1,238 copies of it. 837 completed sales are on file.
What is a PSA 10 Metapod worth?
A PSA 10 Metapod from Base Set sells for $86.50. 36.6% of the copies PSA has graded came back a 10, so that price is the best case rather than the one a submission should expect.
Is Metapod from Base Set worth grading?
On the numbers, no. The average submission is worth $48.50 with every grade weighted by how often this card comes back at it, against $1.06 for a raw copy plus $99.99 to send it through PSA Regular, so it loses $52.55.
Condition does most of the work below the surface. A copy with soft corners or a print line off centre trades well under the market price shown here, and a copy clean enough to grade trades well above it, which is why the PSA 10 sits at $86.50£65.10€76.18. Before you value your own copy, look at the corners under a light and check the centring on the back, where most cards give themselves away.
What Metapod does
Stage1, evolves from Caterpie · 70 HP · retreat 2
StiffenFlip a coin. If heads, prevent all damage done to Metapod during your opponent's next turn. (Any other effects of attacks still happen.)
Stun Spore20Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.
Weak to Fire ×2. Tournament legal in neither standard nor expanded.