Metapod 3/214 · Unbroken Bonds

Metapod is Pokédex #011, generation 1 (Kanto). Metapod is a Stage 1 Grass Pokémon with 70 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 3/214 in Unbroken Bonds, position 3 of 238. Before it is 2 Caterpie, and after it is 4 Butterfree. The set belongs to the Sun & Moon series. It was released on May 3, 2019. The printed size is 214. This checklist is longer, at 238 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Emerge is listed as Ability. Once during your turn (before your attack), you may flip a coin. If heads, search your deck for a card that evolves from this Pokémon and put it onto this Pokémon to evolve it. Then, shuffle your deck. The attack Bug Bite lists 30 damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "Its shell is filled with a thick liquid. All of the cells throughout its body are being rebuilt in preparation for evolution."

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). Both list 70 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Uncommon. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Shigenori Negishi illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 3. 10 other cards of Metapod list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Shigenori Negishi. I count 151 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Unbroken Bonds set binder is where a full Unbroken Bonds 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.