Pokémon · Diamond & Pearl
Kakuna
Great Encounters · #73 · Common · 2008
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$0.27
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 73 / 106
- Release year
- 2008
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 80
- Subtype
- Stage 1
- Evolves from
- Weedle
- Evolves to
- Beedrill
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- Ken Sugimori
- Pokédex #
- 14
- Series
- Diamond & Pearl
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Damage efficiency
- 10 damage
- 10 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Stage 1
- One evolution step from a Basic
Also does
Strategy & play
How Kakuna plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Inflicts Poison — guaranteed chip damage every turn between turns (no coin flip). It stacks with your attack math to cross KO thresholds the attack alone misses.
- Needs Grass Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Grass type, weak to Fire ×2 — a Fire attacker doing ≥40 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- A Stage 1 — one step up from Weedle; doesn’t help your opening hand, but quick to set up.
- Seen in 3% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 4 copies.
How to beat Kakuna
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥40 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
- On the receiving end of a condition? Retreat, switch, or evolve to wipe it — conditions only stick to the Active.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 3% of decks
- 3.98 copies on average · 1394 decks
- Match win rate
- 46.4%
- -0.8 pts vs the 47.2% field average
Plays well with
Cards most often run alongside this one in tournament decks over the last 180 days — ranked by how distinctive the pairing is.
More by Ken Sugimori
This card was illustrated by Ken Sugimori.
Building around Kakuna?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"While awaiting evolution, it hides from predators under leaves and in nooks of branches."
Stiffen
During your opponent's next turn, any damage done to Kakuna by attacks is reduced by 30 (after applying Weakness and Resistance).
GSpit Poison — 10
The Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned.
Weakness:R+20
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Tournament play
This printing of Kakuna has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Kakuna — Chaos Rising
Played in 357 recent decks
Pricing reference
Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.
TCGPlayer (USD)
Updated 2026/07/03| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.15 | $0.26 | $19.98 | $0.27 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $1.25 | $1.54 | $26.20 | $1.31 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.05 |
| 7-day average | €0.12 |
| 30-day average | €0.13 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.15 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.05 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.50 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.40 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €1.79 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.40 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.14 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €1.12 |
| Reverse holo trend | €1.68 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Kakuna is real?
Kakuna is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the back-light test (real cards have a black inner layer that blocks light; counterfeits glow through), the rosette dot pattern on the back under magnification, font weight and kerning on the card name, and the holofoil pattern if applicable. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.
What is Kakuna worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Kakuna is $0.27; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.
What set is Kakuna from?
Kakuna is from the Pokémon set "Great Encounters" in the Diamond & Pearl series, released in 2008.
What rarity is Kakuna?
Kakuna is a Common card in the Great Encounters set.
Other Kakuna printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
