Pokémon · Black & White
Cacnea
Plasma Freeze · #9 · Common · 2013
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Market reference
$0.30
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 9 / 122
- Release year
- 2013
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 70
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Cacturne
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- Midori Harada
- Pokédex #
- 331
- Series
- Black & White
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
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.
- Needs Grass Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Grass type, weak to Fire ×2 — a Fire attacker doing ≥35 effectively one-shots it.
How to beat Cacnea
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥35 damage one-shots it.
- On the receiving end of a condition? Retreat, switch, or evolve to wipe it — conditions only stick to the Active.
More by Midori Harada
This card was illustrated by Midori Harada.
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 for 30 days without water."
GPoison Sting
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned.
Weakness:R×2
Resistance:W-20
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
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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 2026/06/17| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.10 | $0.29 | $19.98 | $0.30 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.25 | $0.63 | $19.99 | $0.31 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/06/17| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.02 |
| 7-day average | €0.10 |
| 30-day average | €0.14 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.10 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.11 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €1.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €1.23 |
| reverseHoloSell | €1.06 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.13 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.79 |
| Reverse holo trend | €1.03 |
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 $0.30; 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 "Plasma Freeze" in the Black & White series, released in 2013.
What rarity is Cacnea?
Cacnea is a Common card in the Plasma Freeze set.
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