Generations · #4 · 2016
Market price: The going rate for an ungraded copy of this exact printing, from actual sales data — TCGplayer for USD, Cardmarket for EUR. Updated daily. · Normal (non-holo): The plain printing — no foil anywhere. Price trackers say “Normal,” collectors say “non-holo”; usually the cheapest version of the card.
$0.37
down5% · 28dvia TCGplayer, updated Oct 11, 2026
Set rank: Where this card's market price ranks among the priced cards in its set — #1 is the set's most valuable card. in Generations
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Metapod sits at $0.37 on TCGplayer today for the Normal printing.
Inside Generations, that ranks 82nd out of 115 priced cards. The set's top card is Flareon-EX at $189. We've logged its price daily since Feb 8, 2024: $0.23 then, $0.37 now (up 60.9%). A year ago it sat around $0.28; today's $0.37 is 32.1% higher. Over the last 90 days it's up 5.7%, from $0.35. Since February 2024 it's run as high as $0.39 (August 2026) and as low as $0.22 (March 2024). Its 30-day range runs from $0.37 up to $0.39. The Normal printing is the headline number here; the Reverse Holofoil at $1.11 prices separately.
By Printing
By printing: Normal (non-holo): The plain printing — no foil anywhere. Price trackers say “Normal,” collectors say “non-holo”; usually the cheapest version of the card. $0.37 · Reverse holo: Everything except the artwork is foil — the reverse of a normal holo. It's a separate printing and prices on its own. $1.11
TCGplayer prices each printing on its own — the Normal printing is the headline number on this page. Same card, same number — the print run or foil treatment is what changes.
Ability Adaptive Evolution
This Pokémon can evolve during your first turn or the turn you play it.
Harden
Cost: Colorless, Colorless
During your opponent's next turn, if this Pokémon would be damaged by an attack, prevent that attack's damage done to this Pokémon if that damage is 60 or less.
“A steel-hard shell protects its tender body. It quietly endures hardships while awaiting evolution.”
About $0.37 for an ungraded copy. That's the TCGplayer market price for the Normal printing, updated Oct 11, 2026. Graded copies in great shape usually sell for more. What grading means →
Up about 6% over the last 3 months — from $0.35 to $0.37 (TCGplayer market price). Zoom out a whole year and it's up 32%. Prices move a little every day, so the chart on this page has the freshest line.
The highest market price we've logged is $0.39 — that was August 2026. We've been writing this card's price down since February 2024, so that's the record on our watch, not an all-time record.
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