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Kakuna 33/102

Set: Base Set Released: Jan 9, 1999
Pokémon: Kakuna Grass Type Uncommon Illustrator: Keiji Kinebuchi Pull Rate:1 in 10.7 packs (9.3%) Evolves From: Weedle Evolves To: Beedrill

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Kakuna #33/102 FAQs: Price, Grading & Collecting

Answers about Kakuna #33/102 from Base Set — live market value, pull rates, PSA grading returns and tournament legality.

Over the last 30 days, an ungraded Kakuna has moved down 16.8% to $1.29. PSA 10 copies are down 12.2% over the same period.

Kakuna #33/102 appears roughly 1 in 10.7 packs, which works out at 9.3% per pack. That makes it one of the harder cards to pull from Base Set.

Kakuna #33/102 is a Uncommon, one of the higher rarity tiers in Base Set.

At $1.29 raw, you need a PSA 10 to profit. A PSA 10 sells for $106.46, giving a net return of +$63.33 after grading costs and selling fees. PSA 9 returns +$14.54 and PSA 8 returns −$2.08, so a PSA 9 or 10 can profit, while anything below that loses money on this card.

PSA have graded 1,067 copies of Kakuna #33/102, of which 264 came back as PSA 10. That is a gem rate of 24.7%, or roughly 1 in 4.0 graded copies.

No. At a 24.7% gem rate, Kakuna grades better than the Base Set average by 7.1 points. Most submitted copies come back clean.

Kakuna #33/102 was illustrated by Keiji Kinebuchi, who has illustrated 406 Pokémon cards in total.

Kakuna #33/102 was released on 9 January 1999 as part of Base Set. It belongs to the Vintage era and features a Generation 1 Pokémon from the Kanto region.