Pokémon · HeartGold & SoulSilver
Kakuna
HS—Unleashed · #32 · Uncommon · 2010
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$0.50
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 32 / 96
- Release year
- 2010
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- HP
- 80
- Subtype
- Stage 1
- Evolves from
- Weedle
- Evolves to
- Beedrill
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- Kyoko Umemoto
- Pokédex #
- 14
- Series
- HeartGold & SoulSilver
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Search / Tutor
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Stage 1
- One evolution step from a Basic
Also does
Strategy & play
How Kakuna plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Not a main attacker — its job is search / tutoring. Run it as a consistency hub and protect it, because opponents will target the engine.
- 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 ≥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.
- 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
- 2% of decks
- 3.98 copies on average · 1406 decks
- Match win rate
- 46.5%
- -0.8 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
"Although it is a cocoon, it can move a little. It can extend its poison barb if it is attacked."
CSpeed Evolution
Search your deck for a card that evolves from Kakuna and put it onto Kakuna. (This counts as evolving Kakuna.) Shuffle your deck afterward.
GPoison Sting
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 281 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.27 | $0.50 | $19.98 | $0.50 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.37 | $1.34 | $30.10 | $1.85 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/03/13| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.15 |
| 7-day average | €0.27 |
| 30-day average | €0.32 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.31 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.20 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €1.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.80 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.74 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.38 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €1.09 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.78 |
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 $0.50; 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 "HS—Unleashed" in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series, released in 2010.
What rarity is Kakuna?
Kakuna is a Uncommon card in the HS—Unleashed set.
Other Kakuna printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
