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Metagross

HeartGold & SoulSilver

HS—Unleashed · #4 · Rare Holo · 2010

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Market reference

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Card facts

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Set position: 4 / 96
Release year: 2010
Rarity: Rare Holo
HP: 130
Subtype: Stage 2
Evolves from: Metang
Retreat cost: 4 energy
Illustrator: Wataru Kawahara
Pokédex #: 376
Series: HeartGold & SoulSilver

Card analysis

Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.

Primary role: Bench Damage
Damage efficiency: 60 damage; 30 per Energy
Prize liability: 1 Prize given up; Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
Setup: Stage 2; Needs its evolution line or Rare Candy to set up

Also does

Attacker

Strategy & play

How Metagross plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.

Its main attack (Pulse Blast) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
Needs Psychic Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
Psychic type, weak to Psychic ×2 — a Psychic attacker doing ≥65 effectively one-shots it.
A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
Retreat cost 4 — gets stranded Active if gusted; run Switch / Escape Rope or a Float Stone-style Tool.
A Stage 2 — without Rare Candy you lose ~2 turns setting it up, and it’s gust-bait before it’s online (you must draw Metang first).

How to beat Metagross

Exploit its Psychic weakness — ≥65 damage one-shots it.
Gust it before the evolution is set up.
Trap it Active — 4 retreat means it can’t escape without help.

Competitive performance

From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.

Meta inclusion: 8% of decks; 1.63 copies on average · 4850 decks
Match win rate: 49.4%; +2.3 pts vs the 47.1% 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.

Beldum

in 14% of decks · 697 seen

Drilbur

in 32% of decks · 1557 seen

Mega Excadrill ex

in 32% of decks · 1562 seen

Boomerang Energy

in 42% of decks · 2037 seen

Cofagrigus

in 5% of decks · 233 seen

Metang

in 46% of decks · 2244 seen

Beldum

in 33% of decks · 1593 seen

Slowpoke

in 53% of decks · 2543 seen

Budget alternatives

Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.

Kyurem

$0.18 · in 5% of decks

N's Darmanitan

$0.20 · in 4% of decks

Zeraora

$0.24 · in 2% of decks

Team Rocket's Sneasel

$0.19 · in 1% of decks

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About this card

HP: 130Type:PPsychicSubtype: Stage 2Evolves from: Metang

Poké-Body: Psychic Float

If you have any Psychic Energy attached to your Active Pokémon, the Retreat Cost for that Pokémon is 0.

CCPulse Blast — 60

PPPDouble Leg Hammer

Choose 2 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. This attack does 40 damage to each of them. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)

Weakness:P×2

Retreat cost:CCCC

Tournament legality

Current legal status across competitive formats.

unlimitedLegal

Tournament play

This printing of Metagross has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.

Metagross — Chaos Rising

Played in 2,626 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 2026/07/01

Variant	Low	Mid	High	Market	Direct Low
Holofoil	$8.78	$15.68	$100.00	$16.06	—
Reverse Holofoil	$16.99	$37.42	$66.60	$7.38	—

Cardmarket (EUR)

Updated 2026/07/01

Variant	Price
1-day average	€3.95
7-day average	€2.22
30-day average	€4.53
Low	€0.44
Trend price	€3.72
Low (excellent+)	€1.00
Reverse holo low	€0.44
reverseHoloAvg1	€1.99
Reverse holo 7-day	€3.42
reverseHoloSell	€3.70
averageSellPrice	€2.68
Reverse holo 30-day	€3.80
Reverse holo trend	€2.68

Frequently asked

How can I tell if my Metagross is real?

Metagross 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 Metagross worth?

As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Metagross is $16.06; 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 Metagross from?

Metagross is from the Pokémon set "HS—Unleashed" in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series, released in 2010.

What rarity is Metagross?

Metagross is a Rare Holo card in the HS—Unleashed set.