AttackString Shot
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.
Caterpie 45/102 · Base
Base is a set in the Base series. It was released on January 9, 1999. The printed size is 102, and the checklist is the same length. Caterpie is 45/102, in position 45 of 102 on this checklist. Before it is 44 Bulbasaur, and after it is 46 Charmander. The listed rarity is Common.
Caterpie is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 40 HP. The card lists level 13. In the Pokédex this is Caterpie (#010), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists Metapod, Metapod (#011) under evolves to.
Ken Sugimori illustrated this card. The same name is on 1,112 other cards in the catalog.
Caterpie (#010) has 20 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 19 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2025. The earliest other card is Caterpie 68/130 in Base Set 2 (2000). Both list 40 HP. Both list the rarity Common. 12 other cards of Caterpie list a different HP.
The attack String Shot lists 10 damage. The cost is Grass. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Its short feet are tipped with suction pads that enable it to tirelessly climb slopes and walls."
I keep a set binder for Base, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Base set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Caterpie can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.
Card facts
- Number
- 45/102
- Set
- Base
- Series
- Base
- Released
- January 9, 1999
- Rarity
- Common
- Supertype
- Pokémon
- Subtypes
- Basic
- HP
- 40
- Type
- Grass
- Illustrator
- Ken Sugimori
- Pokédex
- Caterpie (#010)
- Level
- 13
- Evolves to
- Metapod
- Weakness
- Fire ×2
- Retreat
- 1
Attacks and card text
Flavor text
Its short feet are tipped with suction pads that enable it to tirelessly climb slopes and walls.
Binders this card belongs in
Other printings in the list
Next to it in the set
Questions about this card
Which set is Caterpie from?
Base, in the Base series. It was released on January 9, 1999. The printed size is 102.
What is the collector number?
45/102. It is entry 45 of 102 in this checklist.
Who illustrated it?
Ken Sugimori. The catalog lists 1,112 other cards with that illustrator.
What rarity is listed?
Common.
What Pokédex number does the card use?
Caterpie #010, generation 1 (Kanto).
Which attacks are printed?
String Shot (10).