Metapod 2/192 · Rebel Clash

Rebel Clash is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on May 1, 2020. The printed size is 192. This checklist is longer, at 209 cards. Metapod is 2/192, in position 2 of 209 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.

Asako Ito illustrated this card. The same name is on 35 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 Asako Ito illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 3. 13 other cards of Metapod list a different HP.

Adaptive Evolution is listed as Ability. This Pokémon can evolve during your first turn or the turn you play it. The attack Ram lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "It is waiting for the moment to evolve. At this stage, it can only harden, so it remains motionless to avoid attack." The regulation mark is D.

I keep a set binder for Rebel Clash, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Rebel Clash 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.