Kakuna 2 — what does this card actually do?

Name: Kakuna 2
Brand: Pokémon
Author: match

This card has 80 HP and a Fire weakness.

Grass · Stage 1 · Plasma Freeze · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026

What does Kakuna 2 do in a game?

Kakuna 2 is a Grass Pokémon card with 80 HP, printed as Stage 1.

Because of the Fire weakness, any Fire attack printed at 40 damage or more removes it in a single turn.

Grass Stage 1 Uncommon Unlimited and Expanded #014 Kakuna

Kakuna 2Plasma Freeze

80 HP · Grass · Stage 1 · retreat 2 · Fire weakness ×2

Hit points80 HP33.1% of 17,290 in the 80~120 band

Retreat cost2 Energy28.6% of 17,240 in the 2 band

Price trackUncommonPlasma Freeze22 printsranked among Stage 1 cardsWhat it costs today, how it moved, and where to buy it

Card classStage 1

RarityUncommon

SetPlasma Freeze

Card number2

Card data readJuly 28, 2026

What it sells for now$0.50Opens the price page — daily prices, every print variant, where to buy · read August 14, 2026 Removed in one hit by40 damage80 HP against a Fire ×2 weakness Cards that can do it1,014 cardsCounted across the whole card archive Other prints of this name22 printsPrinted HP and legality move from print to print Cards in the same line21 moreEvery print carrying Pokédex #014 Where it can be playedUnlimited and ExpandedRead from the official format list

How Kakuna 2 is built, on three measures

Strongest on Attack cost lightness — top 1.8% of the archive. Weakest on Hit points — bottom 38.6%.

Each spoke is this card's place among every card in the archive that prints that figure. Further out is stronger — retreat and attack cost are shown as lightness, so a cheap card reaches outward. Counted July 28, 2026.

How Kakuna 2 is built, on three measures
Measure	Percentile	Printed value
Hit points	38.6%	80 HP
Retreat lightness	45.3%	2 Energy
Attack cost lightness	98.2%	1 Energy

What it can do

Attack record

1EHidehas printed text—

1 attack printed on the card. The badge is the Energy it asks for.

Where it stands

No. 9,046of 17,290 cards ranked by printed HP

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Among the 17,290 cards in every card in the archive that carry printed HP, this one is number 9,046 at 80 HP.

Grass cardsNo. 1,001of 2,387 by printed HP Stage 1 cardsNo. 3,399of 5,102 by printed HP

This cardKakuna 2Plasma Freeze80 HP

Printed HP

The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 300 HP above this card.

Highest printed HPMega Emboar ex 273Ascended Heroes380 HP

What stands out on Kakuna 2

Hit points 80 HP puts it in the 80~120 band, where 33.1% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
Weakness A Fire attack printed at 40 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Legality 2 of the 22 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.

Kakuna 2 at a glance

What it is. A Grass Pokémon card with 80 HP printed as Stage 1, printed in Plasma Freeze.
What it can do. 1 attack printed on the card, the strongest at 0 damage for 0 Energy.
What it fears. A Fire weakness at ×2, which means 40 printed damage is enough to remove it.
What it costs to move. 2 Energy to retreat, discarded from the card itself.
Where it can be played. Unlimited and Expanded only.
What this page does not claim. Deck lists, tournament results and win rates are not published here, because the card files this site reads do not contain them.

Source: Card facts are read once from openly published card files and change only when a source corrects them.

What do the attacks on Kakuna 2 cost, and what do they hit for?

Every attack printed on the card, with the Energy it asks for.

Kakuna 2 — every printed attack, its cost and its damage
Attack	Energy cost	Cards of Energy	Printed damage	Damage per Energy	Effect
Hide	1 Grass	1	—	—	Flip a coin. If heads, prevent all effects of attacks, including damage, done to this Pokémon during your opponent's next turn.

Retreating costs a further 2 Energy, discarded from this card, and that cost is paid on top of anything in the table.

Hide1 Energy card

The Energy this attack asks a deck to attach before it can be used, drawn as the symbols printed on the card.

One Energy card attaches per turn, so the number of symbols is also the number of turns the attack waits.

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How does Kakuna 2 compare with every other card?

Each bar below is the whole archive cut by one printed figure, with the band this card falls into marked. A number on its own says nothing about whether it is high or low — the shape of the archive does.

Kakuna 2 — Plasma Freeze — KakunaPlasma Freeze 2

No.9,046by HP in the archive

Kakuna 2 prints 80 HP, which puts it at number 9,046 of the 17,290 cards in this archive that print an HP figure at all. The tallest figure printed on any card is 380 HP (Mega Emboar ex).

Bottom 48%Where it sits on printed HP

This card80 HP
Middle half of the archive60–130 HP
Strongest Stage 1 card380 HP
Strongest Kakuna printed80 HP

The ceiling of this archive is Mega Emboar ex at 380 HP — every bar here is measured against it.

This card prints 80 HP, which is 21% of that ceiling.

Every figure in this panel is counted the same way: from the card files this site reads, read July 28, 2026, over the 17,290 cards that print an HP figure. Each bar is measured against the tallest HP in the archive, 380 HP.

Hit points — where this card sits

~7038.6%6,669 cards

80~120 — this card33.1%5,725 cards

130~18015.5%2,679 cards

190~2306.6%1,148 cards

240~2803.3%567 cards

290~3302.4%412 cards

340+0.5%90 cards

17,290 cards in the archive carry a printed HP figure. This one has 80 HP.

Cards in the 80~120 band typically print 56 damage and ask 1 Energy to retreat.

Hit points — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
~70	38.6%	6,669 cards
80~120 — this card	33.1%	5,725 cards
130~180	15.5%	2,679 cards
190~230	6.6%	1,148 cards
240~280	3.3%	567 cards
290~330	2.4%	412 cards
340+	0.5%	90 cards

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits

01.8%304 cards

1 — this card54.4%9,392 cards

226.4%4,565 cards

314.7%2,533 cards

42.4%421 cards

50.3%47 cards

17,262 cards have at least one attack with an Energy cost. The cheapest on this card asks 1 Energy.

Cards whose cheapest attack costs 1 typically have 93 HP and print 49 damage.

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
0	1.8%	304 cards
1 — this card	54.4%	9,392 cards
2	26.4%	4,565 cards
3	14.7%	2,533 cards
4	2.4%	421 cards
5	0.3%	47 cards

Retreat cost — where this card sits

05.3%914 cards

149.3%8,503 cards

2 — this card28.6%4,926 cards

312.6%2,168 cards

44.2%729 cards

17,240 cards carry a retreat cost. This one costs 2 Energy to retreat.

Cards with a retreat cost of 2 typically have 132 HP and print 79 damage.

Retreat cost — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
0	5.3%	914 cards
1	49.3%	8,503 cards
2 — this card	28.6%	4,926 cards
3	12.6%	2,168 cards
4	4.2%	729 cards

No. 1,001of 2,387

That is where Kakuna 2 stands highest on HP — number 1,001 of 2,387 cards in Grass cards. Cut the archive a different way and the answer moves, which is what the bars below are for.

Every card in the archive — 20,444 cards No. 9,046 of 17,290 by HP · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380
Grass cards — 2,387 cards No. 1,001 of 2,387 by HP · top by HP: Mega Venusaur ex, 380
Stage 1 cards — 5,102 cards No. 3,399 of 5,102 by HP · top by HP: Wailord ex, 380
Plasma Freeze — 122 cards No. 64 of 108 by HP · top by HP: Heatran-EX, 180

Each bar is how far up this card sits when the archive is cut a different way. The bar is its place on HP; the tick is its place on printed damage. Counted from the card files this site reads, read July 28, 2026.

Hit points 80 HP~~middle half 60–130 HP~~
this card 80

Lowest to highest printed in the archive
Middle half of the archive
This card

Each row is stretched from the lowest printed figure to the highest, so the two rows are not on one shared scale — read each row on its own.

Read from the card files this site reads, July 28, 2026. The archive tops out at 380 HP and 350 printed damage.

Cards printed as Stage 1

5,102 on record

Cards in the same HP band

5,725 of 17,290 (33.1%)

Counted from the card files this site reads, one card at a time.

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What does being a Grass card do for Kakuna 2?

Type decides two things at once — which cards take double damage from this one, and which cards deal double to it. Both are read from the weakness printed on each group, not from a rule of thumb.

Deals double to this card 1,574 Fire cards carry that type A Fire attack printed at 40 damage is enough to remove this card in one turn.

Kakuna 2 · Stage 1 80 HP It prints no attack damage.

Takes double from this card 1,884 cards in groups that print a Grass weakness Against Fighting, printed damage from this card counts double.

How the archive splits by energy type

Psychicmost often weak to Psychic13.5%2,335 cards

Watermost often weak to Lightning14.1%2,435 cards

Colorlessmost often weak to Fighting12.6%2,173 cards

Firemost often weak to Water9.1%1,574 cards

Fightingmost often weak to Grass10.9%1,884 cards

Lightningmost often weak to Fighting8.8%1,520 cards

Grass — this cardmost often weak to Fire13.8%2,387 cards

Metalmost often weak to Fire5.4%925 cards

Darknessmost often weak to Fighting7.2%1,249 cards

Dragonmost often weak to Fairy3.1%530 cards

Fairymost often weak to Metal1.4%237 cards

17,249 cards carry an energy type. The note under each name is the weakness printed most often on that group.

How the archive splits by energy type
Group	Share	Value
Psychic	13.5%	2,335 cards
Water	14.1%	2,435 cards
Colorless	12.6%	2,173 cards
Fire	9.1%	1,574 cards
Fighting	10.9%	1,884 cards
Lightning	8.8%	1,520 cards
Grass — this card	13.8%	2,387 cards
Metal	5.4%	925 cards
Darkness	7.2%	1,249 cards
Dragon	3.1%	530 cards
Fairy	1.4%	237 cards

Grassweak to Fire

Fightingweak to Grass

Read from the weakness printed on each group. The first row is this card; the rest are groups that most often print a Grass weakness.

What being a Grass card is worth

Groups that most often print a Grass weakness: Fighting (1,884 cards). Against those, this card's printed damage counts double. Going the other way, Grass cards are themselves most exposed to Fire.

Every energy type in the archive

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What knocks out Kakuna 2 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

Weakness doubles the damage a Fire attack deals to this card, so the bar it has to clear is 40 printed damage rather than 80.

Cards that remove it in one attack

1,014

Fire damage needed to knock it out

Counted across the whole card archive. 80 HP against a Fire weakness at ×2 decides all three figures.

Removes it in one attackChi-YuMega Evolution 3140 damage

×2Fire weakness · 40 printed damage is enough
40 damage becomes 80 against this card

This cardKakuna 2Plasma Freeze 280 HP

Why this card was picked to stand opposite

Of the 999 cards in the archive that can remove Kakuna 2 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 40 printed damage against a bar of 40. Anything printed higher removes it just as surely, so this is where the line actually sits, and this print is legal in Standard play today.

Kakunaweak to Fire ×2

Read from the weakness printed in the lower-left corner of the card.

Fire cards that remove Kakuna in one attack
Card	Set	HP	Printed damage	After weakness
Charizard ex (183)	151	330	330	660
Charizard ex (199)	151	330	330	660
Charizard ex (161)	Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos	330	330	660
Mega Emboar ex (31)	Ascended Heroes	380	320	640
Mega Emboar ex (273)	Ascended Heroes	380	320	640
Charizard VSTAR (19)	Crown Zenith	280	320	640

80 HP against a Fire ×2 weakness means any Fire attack printed at 40 damage or more is enough. 1,014 cards in the archive clear that bar.

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What is Kakuna as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

Kakuna 2 is one print of Kakuna. The figures below are about the Pokémon rather than this single card — how many times it has been printed, how tough those prints run, and how many of them can still be played.

Kakuna has been printed 22 times, and the printed numbers move from one print to the next. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.

The three toughest Kakuna cards ever printedPokédex #014Prints on record 22Toughest print 80 HPThis card 80 HP

22prints

Legal in Standard2Older prints, not in Standard20

Every Kakuna print on record, split by whether it can still be entered in Standard play.

Legality is read from the print rather than from the Pokémon, so an older copy of the same Pokémon is a different card for tournament purposes.

Kakuna 2 is the toughest Kakuna ever printed

Bars are printed HP, measured against the record for this Pokémon

Kakuna 033/102the toughest Kakuna ever printedBase Set (Shadowless)80 HP

Read from the printed card face of every Kakuna print on record. Printed HP does not change after a card is issued.

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What has to be in play before Kakuna 2 can be?

Kakuna evolves from Weedle, so the whole line has to be built before this card reaches the field.

The Kakuna line, oldest stage first

Weedle21 prints on record · Base Set (Shadowless)

+20 HP

Kakuna22 prints on record · Skyridge

+60 HP · +90 damage

Beedrill19 prints on record · Base Set (Shadowless)

Weedle → Kakuna → Beedrill

This card cannot be played from your hand onto an empty spot — it goes on top of Weedle.
It is not the end of the line either — Beedrill evolves from this card, so a deck can keep going past it.
The line runs 3 stages, so the first card has to be in play 2 turns before this one can be.

1WeedleHardest attack printed at this stage: 30 damage60 HP
2KakunaHardest attack printed at this stage: 30 damage. Evolving here adds 20 HP over the stage before it80 HP
3BeedrillHardest attack printed at this stage: 120 damage. Evolving here adds 60 HP over the stage before it140 HP

Bars are the highest HP ever printed on that stage, measured against the top of this line (140 HP). The note beside each bar is the hardest attack printed at that stage.

Every print of a stage is counted, not just the one shown in the chain above, so the bar is the ceiling that stage has reached rather than one card from it.

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Is this the strongest Kakuna print, and can the older ones still be played?

22 prints carry this name in the archive. They share a Pokémon but not a card — printed HP, printed damage and tournament legality all move from one print to the next.

Bar height and the number above each bar = highest HP that year; the two digits below = the year.

Rows run from the toughest print down. Bars are printed HP, measured against the toughest print of this name shown here (80 HP), and the highlighted row is the card this page is about.

Kakuna prints — can each one still be played?
Print	Set	Regulation mark	Standard
Kakuna 033/102	Base Set (Shadowless)	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Kakuna 014/165	SV: Scarlet & Violet 151	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Kakuna 4/181	SM - Team Up	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Kakuna 32/95	Unleashed	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Kakuna 66/111	Rising Rivals	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Kakuna 050/110	Legendary Collection	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Kakuna 73/106	Great Encounters	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Kakuna 047/130	Base Set 2	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Kakuna 2/116	Plasma Freeze	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Kakuna 2/160	XY - Primal Clash	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Kakuna 2/111	SM - Crimson Invasion	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Kakuna 6/108	XY - Evolutions	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Kakuna 03/73	Champion's Path	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Kakuna 002/185	SWSH04: Vivid Voltage	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Kakuna 002/198	SWSH06: Chilling Reign	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Kakuna 002/086	ME04: Chaos Rising	Mark J	Legal in Standard
Kakuna 070/144	Skyridge	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Kakuna 36/112	EX FireRed & LeafGreen	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Kakuna 41/75	Neo Discovery	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Kakuna 4/146	XY Base Set	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Kakuna 46/113	EX Delta Species	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Koga's Kakuna 047/132	Gym Challenge	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard

2 of the 22 prints listed here are legal in Standard play. An older print of the same Pokémon is a different card for legality, because legality is read from the print rather than from the name — so owning the cheap old copy does not always mean you can enter with it.

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What can you use instead of Kakuna 2?

Every card below asks a deck for the same kind of slot, so the comparison is between what they print, not what they cost.

Cards that fill the same slot as Kakuna 2
Card	Set	HP	Top damage	Retreat
Muk	Aquapolis	70	10	1
Cacturne ex	Emerald	110	50	1
Exeggutor	Aquapolis	80	40	1
Ledian	Skyridge	70	50	0
Nidorina	Legendary Collection	70	30	1
Ivysaur	Legendary Collection	60	30	1

This card itself is 80 HP, 0 top damage and 2 retreat, and every card here is Grass like it.

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Every card below carries the same Pokédex number as this one, so they are the same Pokémon printed as different cards — different stages, different mechanics and different names all sit in this group.

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What was printed next to Kakuna 2 in Plasma Freeze?

A card is met inside a set, not on its own, and the number on it is the order that set gave it. The cards either side are the ones a collector actually turns past to reach this one.

Cards printed either side of this one

These are the cards numbered either side of #2 in Plasma Freeze. The badge on each card is its printed HP. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.

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Which rules apply to Kakuna 2, and where can it be played?

Two kinds of rule meet on one card — the sentence printed on the card face, and the rulebook clauses that apply because of what the card carries.

Rulebook clauses that apply to Kakuna 2
Clause	What the rulebook says	Cards it applies to	Share of the archive
Weakness	Some Pokemon have Weakness or Resistance to Pokemon of certain types, marked in the lower-left corner of the card.	16,744 cards	81.9%
Retreat	Retreat your Active Pokemon (only once per turn).	17,244 cards	84.3%
Energy per turn	You can attach Energy just once each turn!	17,180 cards	84.0%

Counted across 20,444 English cards. A clause applies to this card because the card carries the property the clause names, not because we judged it to.

Kakuna 2 — tournament formats
Format	Status	What that means
Standard	Not listed	This card is not listed for this format
Expanded	Legal	Can be played in this format
Unlimited	Legal	Can be played in this format

Read from the format list recorded with the card. Formats rotate on a schedule set by the organiser, and that schedule is not published on this page.

Where this card can be played

This card is legal in Unlimited and Expanded play. It was released on May 8, 2013.

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Kakuna 2 in depth — what these figures add up to

Three readings of the same card, side by side: what it costs to get going, where it sits among the cards it will be compared with, and what takes it off the field.

What it asks a deck for

Moving it out of the active spot costs 2 more Energy, discarded from the card itself.
It cannot start the game in play — Weedle has to be on the field first.

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

Every card in the archiveNo. 9,046 of 17,290

Grass cardsNo. 1,001 of 2,387

Stage 1 cardsNo. 3,399 of 5,102

Plasma FreezeNo. 64 of 108

What actually removes it

A Fire attack printed at 40 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 80 HP.
1,014 cards in the archive clear that bar.

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Kakuna 2 card record

Kakuna 2 — the printed record, field by field
Hit points	80 HP	Type	Grass
Weakness	Fire ×2	Retreat cost	2 Energy
Evolves from	Weedle	Card type	Stage 1
Pokédex number	#014	Set	Plasma Freeze
Card number	2 of 116	Series	Black & White
Released	May 8, 2013	Rarity	Uncommon
Illustrator	match
Tournament legality	Unlimited and Expanded only

Read from the printed card face, the set listing and the official format list.

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What does Kakuna 2 cost?

This page is about what the card does. The figure below is the one number worth carrying across, read on August 14, 2026.

Market price today

$0.50

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August 14, 2026

One figure only — the price record, the daily chart and the marketplaces live on the price page.

Kakuna 2 priceOne year of daily prices, every print variant, and where to buy it.Open the price page

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Kakuna 2 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Kakuna 2?

Kakuna 2 has 80 HP and a Fire weakness at ×2, so a Fire attack printed at 40 damage or more removes it in one turn. Any other type has to print the full 80.

What is the retreat cost of Kakuna 2?

2 Energy, discarded from this card to move it out of the active spot. Retreating is allowed once per turn.

Can an older Kakuna print be played in a tournament?

Legality is read from the print, not from the Pokémon. Of the 22 prints listed on this page, 2 are legal in Standard play. The rest can still be played in formats that accept them, and the table on this page names the regulation mark each print carries.

What does Kakuna evolve from?

Weedle. It cannot be played straight from your hand onto an empty spot — the earlier stage has to be in play first.

Can Kakuna 2 be played in a tournament?

It is legal in Unlimited and Expanded play. Standard events run on a rotating list of sets, so check the current rotation before entering one.

Does this page say how good Kakuna 2 is in a deck?

No. Every figure here is read from the printed card. Deck lists, tournament results and win rates are not published on this site, because the card files it reads do not contain them.

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Where these card facts come from

Card facts are read once from openly published card files and do not change between readings — a printed card cannot gain HP. The places below are where the same information can be checked. Last updated: July 28, 2026 — the counts and rankings on this page were taken from the card files read on that day.

Primary official source

First-party official sources — the body that issues the data itself, such as a government agency, a statutory register or a rights holder publishing its own records.

The Pokémon Company International — official rules, tournament format and rotation announcements www.pokemon.com

Industry source

Second-party sources — marketplaces, trade associations, research institutes and companies that compile data about the market.

Pokémon TCG Data — openly published card files (card text, HP, attacks, weakness, retreat cost, illustrator credits) github.com

TCGdex card database — openly licensed card files (set membership and card numbering) github.com

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Kakuna 2 — what does this card actually do?

What does Kakuna 2 do in a game?

Kakuna 2 performance summary

What it can do

Where it stands

Kakuna 2 at a glance

What do the attacks on Kakuna 2 cost, and what do they hit for?

How does Kakuna 2 compare with every other card?

What does being a Grass card do for Kakuna 2?

What knocks out Kakuna 2 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

What is Kakuna as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

What has to be in play before Kakuna 2 can be?

Is this the strongest Kakuna print, and can the older ones still be played?

What can you use instead of Kakuna 2?

Which other cards share the Pokémon behind Kakuna 2?

What was printed next to Kakuna 2 in Plasma Freeze?

Which rules apply to Kakuna 2, and where can it be played?

Kakuna 2 in depth — what these figures add up to

What it asks a deck for

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

What actually removes it

Kakuna 2 card record

What does Kakuna 2 cost?

Kakuna 2 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Kakuna 2?

What is the retreat cost of Kakuna 2?

Can an older Kakuna print be played in a tournament?

What does Kakuna evolve from?

Can Kakuna 2 be played in a tournament?

Does this page say how good Kakuna 2 is in a deck?

Where these card facts come from

Before you rely on these figures

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