Neo Discovery · #42 · 2001
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. · Unlimited: The regular print run of an early set — no edition stamp, many more copies. The affordable way to own a vintage print.
$1.41
down5% · 29dvia TCGplayer, updated Oct 7, 2026
Graded: Examined by a professional company, scored 1–10, and sealed in a labeled case. Graded copies trade at their own prices, grade by grade. PSA 10 $28.00 · CGC 10 $14.50 · PSA 8 $10.00
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 Neo Discovery
What This Card Trades At
Raw: An ungraded card — no slab, no label, no official score. The market price is the raw benchmark. · Unlimited
$1.41 (TCGplayer 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.)
PSA: Professional Sports Authenticator, the biggest grading company. Grades 1–10; PSA 10 is Gem Mint, and PSA slabs are the easiest to price and sell.
CGC: Certified Guaranty Company, one of the big three graders. Grades 1–10, with a Pristine 10 above Gem Mint 10; CGC slabs often sell a little below PSA.
BGS: Beckett Grading Services, one of the big three graders. Grades 1–10 in half steps; a Black Label 10 is perfect on all four subgrades.
Latest sold prices As of (a date): The price in force on the day we last checked — not a sale that closed that day. Rows marked “sold” carry the real sale day.. PSA and CGC grade on the same 1–10 scale, but the market prices them differently — what grades mean →
Sold data via Card Hedge
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Today's TCGplayer market price for Metapod is $1.41 for the Unlimited printing.
Among the 75 priced cards in Neo Discovery, it sits 53rd. (Umbreon leads the set at $753.) Since we started tracking it on Feb 8, 2024, it's risen 206.5% — from $0.46 to $1.41. Over the last year it's climbed 78.5%, from $0.79 to $1.41. The 90-day move: up 16.5%, $1.21 to $1.41. Its highest point since we started tracking (February 2024) was $1.60 in September 2026; its lowest, $0.38 in August 2024. Over the last 30 days it's touched $1.53 at the top and $1.41 at the bottom. That's the Unlimited printing — the same card also trades as the 1st Edition at $8.76. On Cardmarket, the European printings of this card go for about €1.05.
By Printing
By printing: Unlimited: The regular print run of an early set — no edition stamp, many more copies. The affordable way to own a vintage print. $1.41 · First edition: The very first print run, marked with a small “Edition 1” stamp on the card's left side. Far scarcer than the Unlimited run, and priced on its own. $8.76
TCGplayer prices each printing on its own — the Unlimited printing is the headline number on this page. Same card, same number — the print run or foil treatment is what changes.
Harden
Cost: 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
Cost: 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.
“Inside the shell, it is soft and weak as it prepares to evolve. It stays motionless in the shell.”
About $1.41 for an ungraded copy. That's the TCGplayer market price for the Unlimited printing, updated Oct 7, 2026. Graded copies in great shape usually sell for more. What grading means →
About $28.00 — the latest PSA 10 sold price we have, as of Sep 30, 2026. For comparison, an ungraded copy trades around $1.41 (TCGplayer market price). Sold data via Card Hedge.
Up about 17% over the last 3 months — from $1.21 to $1.41 (TCGplayer market price). Zoom out a whole year and it's up 79%. Prices move a little every day, so the chart on this page has the freshest line.
The highest market price we've logged is $1.60 — that was September 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 €1.05 on Cardmarket — they share one price there, because Cardmarket prices the physical card across languages. This English print trades at $1.41 on TCGplayer. Two marketplaces, two currencies — so watch both numbers instead of converting one into the other.
eBay is the easiest place — this page links straight to the live listings for Metapod (Neo Discovery #42). Check the photos and the seller's rating first. That's the rule.
Cards trading near $1.41 today.
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