Sandstorm

Cacnea SS 57/100

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Cacnea SS 57

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What you might be wondering about this card

How can you tell your card is this one?
Look at the bottom of your card: you should read SS 57/100 there. Its illustration is signed Atsuko Nishida.
Which set does it come from?
It comes from the Sandstorm set, released here on 18 September 2003.

When it came out

Sandstorm landed here on 18 September 2003.

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What the card itself says

Its characteristics and effects in play, with the original text when available.

HP
50
Type
Grass
Stage
Basic
Retreat cost
1
Weakness
×2
Number
57/100
Set
SandstormSS
Illustrated by
Atsuko Nishida

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Its Ability

Poison Payback

If Cacnea is your Active Pokémon and is damaged by an opponent's attack (even if Cacnea is Knocked Out), the Attacking Pokémon is now Poisoned.

Its attacks

Light Punch

10

What to make of it

Have a look at what it does well, then at what will get in your way. After that you'll know whether it belongs in your deck.

  1. A strength

    Retreat cost 1. One Energy to discard and it is back on the Bench, which matters a lot on the turn you need to swap attackers.

  2. A strength

    It has an Ability, Poison Payback. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.

  3. A strength

    It is a Basic Pokémon. You can put it down on your very first turn, with nothing to evolve through.

  4. Keep in mind

    None of the 5,427 tournament lists we have read runs it. That does not make it a bad card — it means we have not seen it on a table yet.

  5. Keep in mind

    Weakness Fire ×2. Against a Fire Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 5,427 tournament lists we have read, 1,255 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Who plays it

None of the tournament lists we have read mentions this card. That happens with a card that has just come out, or one players have not tried yet.

The other cards of this Pokémon

Two cards of the same Pokémon can be worth wildly different amounts — it depends on the set, the rarity and the artwork. We put all 16 Cacnea cards on one page, priciest first.

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