Caterpie 56/112 · FireRed & LeafGreen

Caterpie is Pokédex #010, generation 1 (Kanto). Caterpie is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists Metapod, Metapod (#011) under evolves to.

Caterpie sits at 56/112 in FireRed & LeafGreen, position 56 of 116. Before it is 55 Bulbasaur, and after it is 57 Charmander. The set belongs to the EX series. It was released on September 1, 2004. The printed size is 112. This checklist is longer, at 116 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Signs of Evolution lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Search your deck for a Metapod and a Butterfree card, show them to your opponent, and put them into your hand. Shuffle your deck afterward. String Shot is another attack 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.

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 1999 to 2025. The earliest other card is Caterpie 45/102 in Base (1999). That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 50 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Atsuko Nishida illustrated this one. 11 other cards of Caterpie list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Atsuko Nishida. I count 408 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

FireRed & LeafGreen set binder is where a full FireRed & LeafGreen set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Caterpie can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.