Great Encounters

Caterpie

GEFR63· Common
Caterpie GE 63

We are not buying this printing at the moment.

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What the card itself says

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

HP
40
Type
Grass
Stage
Basic
Retreat cost
1
Weakness
+10
Number
63/106
Set
Great EncountersGE
Illustrated by
Midori Harada

Its Ability

PupateSortir de sa chrysalide

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.Une seule fois lors de votre tour (avant votre attaque), si Chenipan est votre Pokémon Actif, vous pouvez lancer une pièce. Si c'est face, cherchez dans votre deck une carte qui évolue de Chenipan et placez-la sur Chenipan. (Vous le faites ainsi évoluer.) Ensuite, mélangez votre deck. Ce pouvoir ne peut pas être utilisé si Chenipan est affecté par un État Spécial.

Its attacks

TackleCharge

20

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, Pupate. 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 3,826 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 +10. Against a Fire Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,826 tournament lists we have read, 916 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.

When it came out

Great Encounters landed here on 1 February 2008.

Every set, with both of its dates

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 22 Caterpie cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Caterpie card and its price