Metapod 46/123 · HeartGold & SoulSilver

Metapod is Pokédex #011, generation 1 (Kanto). Metapod is a Stage 1 Grass Pokémon with 80 HP. The card says it evolves from Caterpie. In this catalog that name is Caterpie (#010). The card lists Butterfree, Butterfree (#012) under evolves to.

Metapod sits at 46/123 in HeartGold & SoulSilver, position 46 of 124. Before it is 45 Mantine, and after it is 47 Miltank. The set belongs to the HeartGold & SoulSilver series. It was released on February 10, 2010. The printed size is 123. This checklist is longer, at 124 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Green Shield is listed as Poké-Body. Each of your Grass Pokémon has no Weakness. The attack Sharpen lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It prepares for evolution by hardening its shell as much as possible to protect its soft body."

Metapod (#011) has 18 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 18 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2025. The earliest other card is Metapod 54/102 in Base (1999). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Uncommon. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Tomokazu Komiya illustrated this one. 13 other cards of Metapod list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Tomokazu Komiya. I count 248 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

HeartGold & SoulSilver set binder is where a full HeartGold & SoulSilver set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Metapod can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.