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Metagross

POP

POP Series 1 · #2 · Rare · 2004

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Card facts

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Set position: 2 / 17
Release year: 2004
Rarity: Rare
HP: 100
Subtype: Stage 2
Evolves from: Metang
Retreat cost: 3 energy
Illustrator: Ken Sugimori
Pokédex #: 376
Series: POP

Card analysis

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Primary role: Attacker
Damage efficiency: 50 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

Strategy & play

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

Its main attack (Hyper Beam) needs 4 Energy — a turn-4 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
Needs Metal Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
Metal type, weak to Fire ×2 — a Fire attacker doing ≥50 effectively one-shots it.
A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
Retreat cost 3 — 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 Fire weakness — ≥50 damage one-shots it.
Gust it before the evolution is set up.
Trap it Active — 3 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; 1.64 copies on average · 4502 decks
Match win rate: 49.3%; +2.1 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.

Drilbur

in 30% of decks · 1379 seen

Beldum

in 14% of decks · 642 seen

Mega Excadrill ex

in 30% of decks · 1384 seen

Boomerang Energy

in 43% of decks · 1981 seen

Cofagrigus

in 5% of decks · 251 seen

Metang

in 45% of decks · 2058 seen

Beldum

in 32% of decks · 1458 seen

Slowpoke

in 54% of decks · 2486 seen

Budget alternatives

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

Lillie's Clefairy ex

$1.77 · in 22% of decks

Dreepy

$0.28 · in 21% of decks

Dusknoir

$0.28 · in 10% of decks

Yveltal

$0.25 · in 10% of decks

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About this card

HP: 100Type:MMetalSubtype: Stage 2Evolves from: Metang

MCMetal Claw — 30

CCCCHyper Beam — 50

Flip a coin. If heads, discard 1 Energy attached to the Defending Pokémon.

Weakness:R×2

Resistance:G-30

Retreat cost:CCC

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 2,460 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 2026/07/04

Variant	Low	Mid	High	Market	Direct Low
Normal	$4.26	$11.51	$213.00	$10.10	—
Holofoil	$5.00	$12.05	$299.80	$9.19	—

Cardmarket (EUR)

Updated 2026/07/01

Variant	Price
1-day average	€24.00
7-day average	€15.85
30-day average	€12.65
Low	€2.49
Trend price	€15.03
Low (excellent+)	€4.50
reverseHoloAvg1	€24.99
Reverse holo 7-day	€8.14
averageSellPrice	€24.99
Reverse holo 30-day	€4.33
Reverse holo trend	€18.29

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 $9.19; 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 "POP Series 1" in the POP series, released in 2004.

What rarity is Metagross?

Metagross is a Rare card in the POP Series 1 set.