Pokémon · Platinum
Kakuna
Rising Rivals · #66 · Common · 2009
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From
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Market reference
$0.35
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 66 / 120
- Release year
- 2009
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 80
- Subtype
- Stage 1
- Evolves from
- Weedle
- Evolves to
- Beedrill
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- Midori Harada
- Pokédex #
- 14
- Series
- Platinum
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 3% 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
- 3% of decks
- 3.98 copies on average · 1293 decks
- Match win rate
- 46.6%
- -0.6 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.
More by Midori Harada
This card was illustrated by Midori Harada.
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."
Poké-Body: Exoskeleton
Any damage done to Kakuna by attacks is reduced by 20 (after applying Weakness and Resistance).
GDangerous Evolution
The Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned. Flip a coin. If heads, search your deck for an Evolution card that evolves from Kakuna and put it onto Kakuna. (This counts as evolving Kakuna.) Shuffle your deck afterward.
Weakness:R+20
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 407 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 | $0.13 | $0.35 | $19.62 | $0.35 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $1.92 | $2.55 | $25.99 | $1.79 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/19| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.10 |
| 7-day average | €0.15 |
| 30-day average | €0.12 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.15 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.25 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.25 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.53 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.73 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.31 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.88 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.61 |
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 "Rising Rivals" in the Platinum series, released in 2009.
What rarity is Kakuna?
Kakuna is a Common card in the Rising Rivals set.
Other Kakuna printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
