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Caterpie
Great Encounters 63/106 • common
- Set
- Great Encounters
- Number
- 63/106
- Rarity
- Common
- Released
- 2008
- Energy type
- grass energy
- Market price
- $0.67
- Artist
- Midori Harada
What it does
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.
It releases a stench from its red antenna to repel enemies. It grows by molting repeatedly.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- ExpandedNot legal
- UnlimitedLegal
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Where it came from
The Caterpie card from the Great Encounters expansion, released in early 2008, represents a standard entry in the Diamond & Pearl era of the Pokémon Trading Card Game. As part of a set focused on legendary and powerful Pokémon encounters, common cards like this served as the foundational building blocks for deck construction, providing early-game board presence for players utilizing Grass-type strategies.
The artwork, illustrated by Kagemaru Himeno, captures the character in a vibrant, natural setting consistent with her long-standing history as a foundational artist for the franchise. Himeno’s design aesthetic for this card emphasizes the creature's simple, iconic worm-like form, prioritizing clarity and charm over the more complex, dynamic action poses found on the set's higher-rarity holographic cards. It was received by the community as a quintessential 'filler' card, appreciated primarily by collectors aiming for set completion.
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About Caterpie
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