Pokémon · Diamond & Pearl
Cacnea
Great Encounters · #62 · Common · 2008
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$0.33
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 62 / 106
- Release year
- 2008
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 50
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Cacturne
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Saya Tsuruta
- Pokédex #
- 331
- Series
- Diamond & Pearl
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Damage efficiency
- 20 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 Cacnea 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 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.
- Its main attack (Poison Sting) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Grass Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Grass type, weak to Fire ×2 — a Fire attacker doing ≥25 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
How to beat Cacnea
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥25 damage one-shots it.
- On the receiving end of a condition? Retreat, switch, or evolve to wipe it — conditions only stick to the Active.
Building around Cacnea?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"By storing water in its body, this desert dweller can survive 30 days without water."
CSand Attack
If the Defending Pokémon tries to attack during your opponent's next turn, your opponent flips a coin. If tails, that attack does nothing.
GCPoison Sting — 20
The Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned.
Weakness:R+10
Resistance:W-20
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
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 2026/07/03| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.10 | $0.31 | $19.98 | $0.33 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.86 | $1.79 | $19.98 | $1.34 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/19| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.09 |
| 7-day average | €0.09 |
| 30-day average | €0.13 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.09 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.05 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.19 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €1.03 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.76 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.73 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.13 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.67 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.97 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Cacnea is real?
Cacnea 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 Cacnea worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Cacnea is $0.33; 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 Cacnea from?
Cacnea is from the Pokémon set "Great Encounters" in the Diamond & Pearl series, released in 2008.
What rarity is Cacnea?
Cacnea is a Common card in the Great Encounters set.
Other Cacnea printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
