Metapod 2/147 · Burning Shadows

Burning Shadows is a set in the Sun & Moon series. It was released on August 5, 2017. The printed size is 147. This checklist is longer, at 177 cards. Metapod is 2/147, in position 2 of 177 on this checklist. Before it is 1 Caterpie, and after it is 3 Butterfree. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

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

Suwama Chiaki illustrated this card. The same name is on 102 other cards in the catalog.

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 Suwama Chiaki illustrated this one. 13 other cards of Metapod list a different HP.

The attack Ram lists 20 damage. The cost is Grass. Shed Skin is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Heal 40 damage from this Pokémon. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "Its shell is filled with its soft innards. It doesn't move much because of the risk it might carelessly spill its innards out."

I keep a set binder for Burning Shadows, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Burning Shadows set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Metapod can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.