HeartGold & SoulSilver · #46 · 2010
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.
$3.03
up9% · 29dvia TCGplayer, updated Oct 9, 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 HeartGold & SoulSilver
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Metapod sits at $3.03 on TCGplayer today for the Normal printing.
Inside HeartGold & SoulSilver, that ranks 69th out of 124 priced cards. (Lugia LEGEND leads the set at $390.) Since we started tracking it on Feb 8, 2024, it's risen 506% — from $0.50 to $3.03. Over the last year it's climbed 159%, from $1.17 to $3.03. The 90-day move: up 40.9%, $2.15 to $3.03. Its highest point since we started tracking (February 2024) was $3.04 in October 2026; its lowest, $0.50 in February 2024. Over the last 30 days it's touched $3.04 at the top and $2.78 at the bottom. That's the Normal printing — the same card also trades as the Reverse Holofoil at $13.63. On Cardmarket, the European printings of this card go for about €1.51.
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. $3.03 · Reverse holo: Everything except the artwork is foil — the reverse of a normal holo. It's a separate printing and prices on its own. $13.63
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.
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About $3.03 for an ungraded copy. That's the TCGplayer market price for the Normal printing, updated Oct 9, 2026. Graded copies in great shape usually sell for more. What grading means →
Up about 41% over the last 3 months — from $2.15 to $3.03 (TCGplayer market price). Zoom out a whole year and it's up 159%. Prices move a little every day, so the chart on this page has the freshest line.
The highest market price we've logged is $3.04 — that was October 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.
The European printings list around €1.51 on Cardmarket — they share one price there, because Cardmarket prices the physical card across languages. This English print trades at $3.03 on TCGplayer. Two marketplaces, two currencies — so watch both numbers instead of converting one into the other.
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