Pokémon · Black & White
Metagross
Plasma Freeze · #52 · Rare Holo · 2013
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From
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Market reference
$10.78
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 52 / 122
- Release year
- 2013
- Rarity
- Rare Holo
- HP
- 140
- Subtype
- Stage 2 · Team Plasma
- Evolves from
- Metang
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- 5ban Graphics
- Pokédex #
- 376
- Series
- Black & White
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Ability Engine
- Damage efficiency
- 60 damage
- 15 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
Strategy & play
How Metagross plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Not a main attacker — its job is Ability-based draw/search. Run it as a consistency hub and protect it, because opponents will target the engine.
- Inflicts Confusion — they must flip to attack (tails fails and deals 30 to themselves). Soft, coin-flip disruption.
- Needs Psychic Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Psychic type, weak to Psychic ×2 — a Psychic attacker doing ≥70 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- 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 — ≥70 damage one-shots it.
- KO it to choke their draw / search engine.
- 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
- 10% of decks
- 1.56 copies on average · 7637 decks
- Match win rate
- 48.3%
- +1.3 pts vs the 47.0% 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.
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by 5ban Graphics
This card was illustrated by 5ban Graphics.
Building around Metagross?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"With four linked brains, it's more intelligent than a supercomputer, and it uses calculations to analyze foes."
Ability: Plasma Search
Once during your turn (before your attack), you may search your deck for a Team Plasma card, reveal it, and put it in your hand. Shuffle your deck afterward. You may not use an Ability with the same name during your turn.
PCCCMind Bend — 60
The Defending Pokémon is now Confused.
Weakness:P×2
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Metagross or Plasma Freeze.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Metagross was legal.
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 3,464 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $7.19 | $13.56 | $93.03 | $10.78 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $9.99 | $21.06 | $249.90 | $12.85 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/04| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €1.99 |
| 7-day average | €3.93 |
| 30-day average | €3.37 |
| Low | €0.59 |
| Trend price | €3.57 |
| Low (excellent+) | €1.90 |
| Reverse holo low | €1.00 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €6.99 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €4.06 |
| reverseHoloSell | €5.99 |
| averageSellPrice | €4.91 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €3.88 |
| Reverse holo trend | €4.76 |
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 $10.78; 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 "Plasma Freeze" in the Black & White series, released in 2013.
What rarity is Metagross?
Metagross is a Rare Holo card in the Plasma Freeze set.
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