Caterpie 172/165 · 151

151 is a set in the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on September 22, 2023. The printed size is 165. This checklist is longer, at 207 cards. Caterpie is 172/165, in position 172 of 207 on this checklist. Before it is 171 Wartortle, and after it is 173 Pikachu. The collector number is above the printed set size of 165. The listed rarity is Illustration Rare.

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

Teeziro illustrated this card. The same name is on 70 other cards in the catalog.

Caterpie (#010) has 20 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 20 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. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Illustration Rare. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Teeziro illustrated this one. 11 other cards of Caterpie list a different HP.

The attack Leaf Munch lists 10+ damage. The cost is Grass. If your opponent's Active Pokémon is a Grass Pokémon, this attack does 30 more damage. 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." The regulation mark is G.

I keep a set binder for 151, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the 151 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.