Beedrill · XY Evolutions, what to know.
About the Beedrill card
Numbered 7 of 113 in XY Evolutions, released in November 2016, Beedrill is a Rare, a Stage 2 Grass-type carrying 120 HP.
It evolves from Kakuna, so Beedrill is a later-stage card that set-builders usually slot into a full evolution run rather than buy alone.
Illustrated by Ken Sugimori. Sugimori is the lead character designer of Pokémon itself, so his card art carries the tight, on-model look that defined how the creatures appear in the games.
Printed on the card, the Beedrill Pokédex entry reads: "May appear in a swarm. Flies at violent speeds, all the while stabbing with the toxic stinger on its rear."
About Beedrill in the Pokémon world
The Bug-Poison final form of the Weedle line. Three drill-tipped stingers and a wasp silhouette. Notoriously strong in early tournament play before defensive Pokémon caught up. Base Set Beedrill is a rare non-holo. Jungle reprinted it. Both have steady collector demand, with the Base Set print being meaningfully scarcer in high grade.
What is Beedrill worth?
Beedrill is a non-holo Rare. In XY Evolutions, value concentrates in the holo rares, so a Beedrill trades modestly, though a clean, well-centered 1st Edition copy in PSA 10 is scarcer than the print run suggests and carries a real premium. Check the live price above for the figure by grade.
Print variants and how to spot them
Confirm the print and finish on Beedrill before pricing it, since variant and rarity set the market more than the card name alone.
Grading and condition
Non-holo Rares like Beedrill are easier on surface but no kinder on centering. These cards were less protected than the holos, so high-grade Beedrill survivors can be scarcer than expected, with edge whitening the usual cap.
If you are collecting Beedrill
For Beedrill, check centering by eye, edge whitening on all four sides, and surface under angled light. Submission math on Beedrill rarely works unless the card has independent demand.
