Pokémon · Black & White
Cacturne
Plasma Freeze · #10 · Rare · 2013
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Market reference
$0.50
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 10 / 122
- Release year
- 2013
- Rarity
- Rare
- HP
- 90
- Subtype
- Stage 1
- Evolves from
- Cacnea
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Suwama Chiaki
- Pokédex #
- 332
- Series
- Black & White
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Bench Damage
- Damage efficiency
- 60 damage
- 60 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Stage 1
- One evolution step from a Basic
Also does
Strategy & play
How Cacturne plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Needs Grass Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Grass type, weak to Fire ×2 — a Fire attacker doing ≥45 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- A Stage 1 — one step up from Cacnea; doesn’t help your opening hand, but quick to set up.
How to beat Cacturne
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥45 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
Building around Cacturne?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It becomes active at night, seeking prey that is exhausted from the day's desert heat."
GRapid-Fire Needles — 60
Does 30 damage to 1 of your Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
GCPayback — 30+
If your opponent has only 1 Prize card left, this attack does 60 more damage and discard an Energy attached to the Defending Pokémon.
Weakness:R×2
Resistance:W-20
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
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Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Cacturne 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 2026/07/27| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.25 | $0.50 | $23.49 | $0.50 | $0.30 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.59 | $1.69 | $96.89 | $1.84 | $96.89 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.90 |
| 7-day average | €0.57 |
| 30-day average | €0.59 |
| Low | €0.14 |
| Trend price | €0.62 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.14 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.60 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €1.99 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €2.15 |
| reverseHoloSell | €1.49 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.57 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €1.73 |
| Reverse holo trend | €2.19 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Cacturne is real?
Cacturne 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 Cacturne worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Cacturne is $0.50; 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 Cacturne from?
Cacturne is from the Pokémon set "Plasma Freeze" in the Black & White series, released in 2013.
What rarity is Cacturne?
Cacturne is a Rare card in the Plasma Freeze set.
Other Cacturne printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
