Metapod #42/75

Neo Discovery · Neo · Uncommon · 2001

Market price: $8.64 (TCGplayer, raw)

Pokémon · Stage 1 · Type: Grass · 70 HP · Evolves from Caterpie

Inside the shell, it is soft and weak as it prepares to evolve. It stays motionless in the shell.

Illustrated by Sumiyoshi Kizuki

Market price by printing

Printing	TCGplayer (USD)	Cardmarket (EUR)
1st Edition	$8.64	—
Normal	$1.51	€1.07

Raw (ungraded) market prices, refreshed several times a day. Updated 2026-10-14.

Attacks

Harden (Colorless, 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).

Hatch (Grass, 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.