Pokémon · E-Card
Kakuna
Skyridge · #70 · Common · 2003
Listings
No active listings
From
—
Market reference
$8.26
TCGPlayer
Current listings on The Game Traders
No active listings for this card right now.
Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 70 / 182
- Release year
- 2003
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 70
- Subtype
- Stage 1
- Evolves from
- Weedle
- Evolves to
- Beedrill
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- Hisao Nakamura
- Pokédex #
- 14
- Series
- E-Card
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- 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.
- 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 ≥35 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 — ≥35 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
- 2% of decks
- 3.98 copies on average · 1413 decks
- Match win rate
- 46.7%
- -0.5 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.
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by Hisao Nakamura
This card was illustrated by Hisao Nakamura.
Building around Kakuna?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
Poké-Body: Exoskeleton
All damage by attacks to Kakuna is reduced by 10 (after applying Weakness and Resistance).
GPoisonpowder
The Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned.
Weakness:R×2
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 290 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 2026/07/05| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $9.99 | $11.63 | $120.70 | $8.26 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $65.00 | $210.00 | $513.00 | $43.00 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/01/16| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €4.00 |
| 7-day average | €2.23 |
| 30-day average | €1.95 |
| Low | €0.40 |
| Trend price | €2.30 |
| Low (excellent+) | €1.20 |
| Reverse holo low | €6.95 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €1.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €12.73 |
| reverseHoloSell | €21.70 |
| averageSellPrice | €2.19 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €11.13 |
| Reverse holo trend | €15.59 |
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 $8.26; 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 "Skyridge" in the E-Card series, released in 2003.
What rarity is Kakuna?
Kakuna is a Common card in the Skyridge set.
Other Kakuna printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
