Pokémon · EX
Team Aqua's Cacnea
Team Magma vs Team Aqua · #24 · Uncommon · 2004
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Market reference
$2.67
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 24 / 97
- Release year
- 2004
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- HP
- 50
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Cacturne
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- K. Utsunomiya
- Pokédex #
- 331
- Series
- EX
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Damage efficiency
- 10 damage
- 5 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 Team Aqua's 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 Paralysis — the Defending Pokémon can’t attack or retreat for a turn. A reliable one-turn lock; chain it to stall the opponent out.
- Its main attack (Pin Missile) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Attacks on any Energy (Colorless cost) — splashable into any deck regardless of type.
- Grass / Darkness 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 Team Aqua's 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.
More by K. Utsunomiya
This card was illustrated by K. Utsunomiya.
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About this card
CParalyzing Gaze
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.
CCPin Missile — 10×
Flip 4 coins. This attack does 10 damage times the number of heads.
This Pokémon is both Grass Darkness type.
Weakness:R×2
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 2026/06/19| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $2.04 | $3.06 | $35.90 | $2.67 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $8.99 | $19.99 | $97.50 | $9.42 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/06/19| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €1.80 |
| 7-day average | €1.36 |
| 30-day average | €1.40 |
| Low | €0.10 |
| Trend price | €2.13 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.88 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.90 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €10.99 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €4.27 |
| reverseHoloSell | €2.86 |
| averageSellPrice | €1.79 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €3.30 |
| Reverse holo trend | €4.49 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Team Aqua's Cacnea is real?
Team Aqua's 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 Team Aqua's Cacnea worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Team Aqua's Cacnea is $2.67; 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 Team Aqua's Cacnea from?
Team Aqua's Cacnea is from the Pokémon set "Team Magma vs Team Aqua" in the EX series, released in 2004.
What rarity is Team Aqua's Cacnea?
Team Aqua's Cacnea is a Uncommon card in the Team Magma vs Team Aqua set.
