No. 10 · Kanto · Bug
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Caterpie is a Bug-type Pokémon introduced in Kanto, number 10 in the National Pokédex. Its cards run from 1999 to 2025. Its cards are ordered by the art, the best first, rather than by set.
- Cards
- 21
- Sets
- 20
- Printed
- 1999–2025
- Illustrators
- 16
- Sightings
- 3
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The strongest Caterpie art
01/06Caterpie
Illustration rare
02/06Caterpie
Common
03/06Caterpie
Common
04/06Caterpie
Common
05/06Caterpie
Common
06/06Caterpie
Common
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Which is the better picture?
Two Caterpie cards, side by side.
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Nine of the strongest Caterpie artworks as a binder page. Add it to your binder and swap any card. No account needed.
Caterpie by scene
Where its cards are set. Each opens a search of just those Caterpie cards, the artwork that shows it most first.
How Caterpie gets drawn
Caterpie is usually drawn peaceful, playful and cute, sometimes rustic, usually crawling, in spring, often painted.
Across 17 Caterpie artworks, each picture counted once, next to how every other Pokémon is drawn.
1999–2025
Caterpie through the years
Its strongest card of each year it was printed.
1999 Base Set
2000 Base Set 2
2001 Neo Discovery
2002 Legendary Collection
2004 FireRed & LeafGreen
2008 Great Encounters- 2010 HeartGold SoulSilver
2014 Flashfire
2016 Evolutions- 2017 Burning Shadows
2019 McDonald's Collection 2019- 2020 Rebel Clash
- 2021 Fusion Strike
- 2023 151
- 2025 Journey Together
Evolves into
- Caterpiethis page · 21 cards
Metapod19 cards
Caterpie sightingsspotted in 3 other cards
Cards where Caterpie turns up in someone else's picture: behind them, beside them, or hiding.
Every Caterpie card
21 cards, strongest artwork first.
Caterpie in numbers
- Cards
- 21
- Sets
- 20since Base Set
- Illustrators
- 16most by Ken Sugimori
- Printed
- 1999–2025
- Printed as
- Basic
- Sightings
- 3in other cards' art
- HP on card
- 30–60
They span 20 sets, from Base Set to Journey Together. 16 illustrators have drawn it, most often Ken Sugimori, Sekio and Sumiyoshi Kizuki.
Who draws Caterpie
16 illustrators, by how many they have drawn.
Where it has been printed
20 sets, by how many Caterpie cards each holds.
- 1512
Base Set1
Base Set 21- Burning Shadows1
Evolutions1
Expedition Base Set1
FireRed & LeafGreen1
Flashfire1
Fusion Strike1
Generations1
Great Encounters1- HeartGold SoulSilver1
8 more sets
Rarity
Questions
- How many Caterpie cards are there?
- There are 21 Caterpie cards, printed between 1999 and 2025 across 20 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.
- Which Caterpie card has the best artwork?
- That's how this page is ordered: the strongest Caterpie art first, however common or rare the card.
- Who illustrates Caterpie cards?
- 16 illustrators have drawn Caterpie. Ken Sugimori has done the most at 4, followed by Sekio and Sumiyoshi Kizuki.
- What was the first Caterpie card?
- Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from Base Set, released in 1999. 19 of its 21 cards are Common.
