Pokémon · Base
Caterpie
Base Set · #45 · Common · 1999
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$1.48
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 45 / 102
- Release year
- 1999
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 40
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Metapod
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Ken Sugimori
- Pokédex #
- 10
- Series
- Base
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Damage efficiency
- 10 damage
- 10 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Also does
Strategy & play
How Caterpie plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- A Basic — hits the board turn 1 with no evolution tax.
- Inflicts Paralysis — the Defending Pokémon can’t attack or retreat for a turn. A reliable one-turn lock; chain it to stall the opponent out.
- Needs Grass Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Grass type, weak to Fire ×2 — a Fire attacker doing ≥20 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Seen in 0% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 4 copies.
How to beat Caterpie
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥20 damage one-shots it.
- 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
- 0% of decks
- 3.65 copies on average · 20 decks
- Match win rate
- 35.4%
- -11.9 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 Ken Sugimori
This card was illustrated by Ken Sugimori.
Building around Caterpie?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"Its short feet are tipped with suction pads that enable it to tirelessly climb slopes and walls."
GString Shot — 10
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.
Weakness:R×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Caterpie or Base Set.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Caterpie was legal.
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 2026/07/07| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.25 | $0.86 | $40.00 | $1.48 | $0.69 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/06/22| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.29 |
| 7-day average | €1.32 |
| 30-day average | €1.63 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €1.62 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.20 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.35 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.32 |
| averageSellPrice | €1.59 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.32 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.35 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Caterpie is real?
Caterpie 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 Caterpie worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Caterpie is $1.48; 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 Caterpie from?
Caterpie is from the Pokémon set "Base Set" in the Base series, released in 1999.
What rarity is Caterpie?
Caterpie is a Common card in the Base Set set.
Other Caterpie printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
