Caterpie 68/130 · Base Set 2

Base Set 2 is a set in the Base series. It was released on 24 February 2000. The printed size is 130, and the checklist is the same length. Caterpie is 68/130, in position 68 of 130 on this checklist. Before it is 67 Bulbasaur, and after it is 69 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 1999 to 2025. The earliest other card is Caterpie 45/102 in Base (1999). 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 Set 2, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Base Set 2 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.