Pokémon · Diamond & Pearl
Caterpie
Great Encounters · #63 · Common · 2008
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$0.61
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 63 / 106
- Release year
- 2008
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 40
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Metapod
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Midori Harada
- Pokédex #
- 10
- Series
- Diamond & Pearl
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Ability Engine
- Damage efficiency
- 20 damage
- 20 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.
- Not a main attacker — its job is Ability-based draw/search. Run it as a consistency hub and protect it, because opponents will target the engine.
- 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.
- KO it to choke their draw / search engine.
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%
- -11.8 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.
Metapod
in 100% of decks · 22 seen
Butterfree
in 100% of decks · 22 seen
Neutralization Zone
in 45% of decks · 10 seen
Celebi
in 64% of decks · 14 seen
Forest of Vitality
in 100% of decks · 22 seen
Energy Retrieval
in 50% of decks · 11 seen
Sacred Ash
in 82% of decks · 18 seen
Bug Catching Set
in 86% of decks · 19 seen
More by Midori Harada
This card was illustrated by Midori Harada.
Building around Caterpie?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It releases a stench from its red antenna to repel enemies. It grows by molting repeatedly."
Poké-Power: Pupate
Once during your turn (before your attack), if Caterpie is your Active Pokémon, you may flip a coin. If heads, search your deck for a card that evolves from Caterpie and put it onto Caterpie. (This counts as evolving Caterpie.) Shuffle your deck afterward. This power can't be used if Caterpie is affected by a Special Condition.
GTackle — 20
Weakness:R+10
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 | $0.30 | $0.50 | $19.72 | $0.61 | $0.53 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $10.56 | $17.25 | $362.88 | $13.76 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/19| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.60 |
| 7-day average | €0.26 |
| 30-day average | €0.22 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.24 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.39 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.80 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €1.10 |
| reverseHoloSell | €1.32 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.21 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €1.61 |
| Reverse holo trend | €1.40 |
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 $0.61; 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 "Great Encounters" in the Diamond & Pearl series, released in 2008.
What rarity is Caterpie?
Caterpie is a Common card in the Great Encounters set.
Other Caterpie printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
