Caterpie 1/147 · Burning Shadows

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 1/147 in Burning Shadows, position 1 of 177. The next card is 2 Metapod. The set belongs to the Sun & Moon series. It was released on August 5, 2017. The printed size is 147. This checklist is longer, at 177 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Surprise Attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Grass. Flip a coin. If tails, this attack does nothing. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "When attacked by bird Pokémon, it resists by releasing a terrifically strong odor from its antennae, but it often becomes their prey."

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 Sekio illustrated this one. 11 other cards of Caterpie list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Sekio. I count 72 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Burning Shadows set binder is where a full Burning Shadows 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.