Caterpie GEN 3/83

Name: Caterpie GEN 3/83
Brand: Pokémon

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Seller location

Caterpie has appeared in several sets: Flashfire (FLF 1) and Generations (GEN 3). It is the same card every time — it plays the same, only the artwork and the price change. Here is what it does once it is on the table.

The market for this printing

Finish unspecified

No quotation can be assigned to this reference until its finish is identified. Card language: English. Sellers: European Union. Asking prices, excluding shipping and import charges.

When it came out

Generations landed here on 22 February 2016.

Every set, with both of its dates

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: ×2
Number: 3/83
Set: GenerationsGENSet guide
Illustrated by: Sumiyoshi Kizuki

Its Ability

Adaptive Evolution

This Pokémon can evolve during your first turn or the turn you play it.

Its attacks

Bug Bite

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.

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.
A strength
It has an Ability, Adaptive Evolution. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
A strength
It is a Basic Pokémon. You can put it down on your very first turn, with nothing to evolve through.
Keep in mind
None of the 8,073 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.
Keep in mind
Weakness Fire ×2. Against a Fire Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 8,073 tournament lists we have read, 1,846 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Every version of this card

Look at the number printed at the bottom of your card. That is what tells you which version you are holding. Tap yours to open its page.

Caterpie FLF 1/106FlashfireCommonCommon
Caterpie GEN 3/83GenerationsCommonThe one you are looking atCommon

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 22 Caterpie cards on one page, priciest first.

View all Caterpie cards

Caterpie GEN 3/83

The market for this printing

When it came out