Pokémon · Black & White
Kakuna
Plasma Freeze · #2 · Uncommon · 2013
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$0.35
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Current listings on The Game Traders
No active listings for this card right now.
Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 2 / 122
- Release year
- 2013
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- HP
- 80
- Subtype
- Stage 1
- Evolves from
- Weedle
- Evolves to
- Beedrill
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- match
- Pokédex #
- 14
- Series
- Black & White
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Stage 1
- One evolution step from a Basic
Strategy & play
How Kakuna plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- 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 Stage 1 — one step up from Weedle; doesn’t help your opening hand, but quick to set up.
- Seen in 2% 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.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 2% of decks
- 3.98 copies on average · 1352 decks
- Match win rate
- 46.6%
- -0.7 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.
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."
GHide
Flip a coin. If heads, prevent all effects of attacks, including damage, done to this Pokémon during your opponent's next turn.
Weakness:R×2
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Kakuna was legal.
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 346 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 2026/07/27| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.10 | $0.34 | $23.49 | $0.35 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.25 | $0.49 | $19.98 | $0.50 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.15 |
| 7-day average | €0.13 |
| 30-day average | €0.14 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.13 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.03 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.20 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.75 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.82 |
| reverseHoloSell | €1.18 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.15 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.58 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.96 |
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 $0.35; 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 "Plasma Freeze" in the Black & White series, released in 2013.
What rarity is Kakuna?
Kakuna is a Uncommon card in the Plasma Freeze set.
Other Kakuna printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
