# Metapod #2/147 — Burning Shadows

## Summary

Metapod is an Uncommon pulled as filler between a Caterpie and the Butterfree everyone actually wanted, and its small cult rests on Kanto nostalgia and a quirky self-heal. Suwama Chiaki is a long-running Pokémon illustrator, so completionists build the set page around it anyway. A $0.19 modelled guide, down 14% over 30 days on 19 copies traded, says bulk, with 1,849 days of inventory sitting on the board, and the economics stop there: a PSA 10 guides at $32, 167 times raw, but PSA does not split this card’s population by finish, so no gem rate can be read for it.

## Identity

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Set | Burning Shadows |
| Number | 2/147 |
| Rarity | Uncommon |
| Era | SM |
| Illustrator | Suwama Chiaki |
| Release date | 2017-08-04 |
| Image | Unavailable |

## Card details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Card type | POKEMON |
| Stage | Stage1 |
| Evolves from | Caterpie |
| HP | 80 |
| Types | Grass |
| Attack: Ram | cost Grass — damage 20 |
| Attack: Shed Skin | cost Colorless/Colorless — Heal 40 damage from this Pokémon. |
| Weakness | Fire ×2 |
| Retreat | 2 |
| Legal | Standard no · Expanded yes |
| Pokédex entry | [Metapod #011](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/pokedex/metapod) |
| Finishes | Normal, Reverse Holo |
| Languages | EN |

## Current stats

- Headline price: **$0.19** (ITEM_MEDIAN; modelled guide price) — as of 2026-10-24T22:34:37.023Z
- Headline basis: MODELLED_GUIDE — The venue’s published daily market guide, which the venue itself declares MODELLED. Nothing is confirmed to have traded at it, no copy is listed at it, and it is not our estimate — it is theirs.
- 24h change: n/a · 7d change: n/a — as of 2026-10-24T22:34:37.023Z
- Floor delivered ask: $1.59 — as of 2026-10-24T22:34:37.023Z
- Quant score: 26/100, regime FLOOR_FORMING — as of 2026-10-24T22:34:37.023Z — 3 of 11 inputs · 29% weight · -35% confidence

## Provenance

- Catalog — observed 2017-08-04T00:00:00Z, confidence 98%
- Live ask — observed 2026-10-19T12:06:27.938Z, confidence 90%
- Guide price (modelled) — observed 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z, confidence 90%
- Price statistic — observed 2026-10-17T16:34:35.389Z, confidence 90%
- Confirmed sale — observed 2026-10-13T01:04:57.963Z, confidence 85%
- Inventory count — observed 2026-10-17T16:34:35.388Z, confidence 70%

## Links

- [View on Cardboard Alpha](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/burning-shadows/metapod-2)
- [JSON snapshot](https://cardboardalpha.com/api/terminal/raw~tcgdex%3Asm3-2%3AEN%3ANORMAL~NM)