Caterpie (Vending S1)

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Caterpie LV.15
キャタピー Caterpie
Grass
CaterpieVendingS1.jpg
Illus. Aya Kusube
Evolution stage Basic Pokémon
Card name Caterpie
Type Grass
HP 50
weakness
Fire×2
resistance
None
retreat cost
 
Japanese expansion Expansion Sheet 1
Japanese rarity Common
Japanese Deck Kit Quick Starter Gift Set
Japanese Deck Green Deck
For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Caterpie.

Caterpie (Japanese: キャタピー Caterpie) is a Grass-type Basic Pokémon card. It was first released as part of Expansion Sheet 1.

Card text

  Tackle
たいあたり
10
  String Wrap
からまるいと
10
Flip a coin. If heads, until the end of your opponent's next turn, the Defending Pokémon can't retreat, and if the effect of an attack, Pokémon Power, Energy card, or Trainer card would change that player's Active Pokémon, that part of the effect does nothing.


Pokédex data

Caterpie - Worm Pokémon
No. Height Weight
010 1'0" (0.3 m) 6 lbs. (2.9 kg)
Pokédex entry
足は短いが吸盤になっているので坂でも壁でもくたびれることなく進んでゆく。


Release information

In Japan, this card was first available as a glossy card on sheets four and six of Expansion Sheet 1. It was later reprinted as a non-glossy card in the Green Deck of the Quick Starter Gift Set.

Trivia

Origin

Tackle is a move in the Pokémon games that Caterpie can learn. This card's Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Blue.


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