Caterpie #172 Value
151 · Card 172/207 · Illustration rare · 2023
Caterpie #172 is the little illustration rare that keeps surprising people, a soft, storybook take on the bug-type starter drawn by Teeziro for the Scarlet & Violet 151 set back in 2023. It is not flashy in the way a big Charizard pull is, but collectors love it precisely because it feels charming and personal, and that is exactly why so many people search Caterpie value before they buy or sell one. Right now this card sits at $17 raw, which is a friendly entry point if you just want to own a piece of that artwork.
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Caterpie price at every grade
The market value at each PSA grade, with how many exist (population). 5,777 graded copies exist — only 1,953 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Raw / Ungraded | $17 | — |
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $190 | 1,953 |
| Grade 9 | $29 | 2,820 |
| Grade 8 | $20 | 806 |
| Grade 7 | $18 | 138 |
| Grade 6 | $4.25 | 44 |
| Grade 5 | $3.00 | 11 |
| Grade 4 | $3.00 | 3 |
| Grade 3 | $3.00 | 2 |
| Grade 2 | $3.00 | – |
| Grade 1 | – | – |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Grade values are PSA-based; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
Card details
- Set
- 151
- Card number
- 172 of 207
- Rarity
- Illustration rare
- Type
- Grass
- HP
- 50
- Stage
- Basic
- Weakness
- Fire ×2
- Retreat cost
- 1
- Illustrator
- Teeziro
- Released
- 2023
Attacks
- Leaf Munch10+Grass
If your opponent's Active Pokémon is a {G} Pokémon, this attack does 30 more damage.
Caterpie — collector's take
Is Caterpie worth grading?
So is Caterpie worth grading? Here is the honest math: a raw copy runs $17, a Grade 9 brings $29, and a PSA 10 jumps all the way to $190, which works out to about 11.0 times the raw price. That gap looks tempting, but gem mint is genuinely hard to hit on illustration rares like this one because the art panels show every little edge ding or centering flaw under a grader's light. Add in grading fees and turnaround time, and grading only really makes sense if your copy already looks clean to the naked eye, since a Grade 9 result barely covers your costs while a 10 is where the real reward lives.
How rare is it?
Across all the copies that have been sent in for grading, 5,777 have come back with a slab, and only 1,953 of those earned the PSA 10 label. That means a little over a third of graded Caterpies reach gem mint, which is not razor thin but is still selective enough to keep PSA 10 pricing well above the raw and Grade 9 tiers. For a card from a set as widely opened as 151, that population split tells you gem mint copies are earned, not common, and that scarcity is a big part of why the PSA 10 price holds up.
Where to pull it
PackSpy has tracked 100 recorded pulls of Caterpie across collector-crypt and courtyard, with the biggest single pull landing at $1,010, so this is a card that genuinely does show up in live breaks rather than just trading hands after the fact. People have pulled it from a spread of products including the Starter Pokémon Gacha Pack, Pokémon Starter Pack, Wildcard Starter Pack, Pokémon Ultra Pack, and Elite Pokémon Gacha Pack. Worth saying plainly, opening packs is a gamble and most rips do not cover their cost, but tracking real pulls like this across pack sites is exactly the kind of data a price guide alone cannot give you.
Questions people ask
How much is Caterpie worth?
A raw, ungraded Caterpie #172 currently sits at $17. Graded copies climb from there, with a Grade 9 valued at $29 and a PSA 10 reaching $190, so condition makes a real difference to Caterpie price.
Is Caterpie worth grading?
It can be, since a PSA 10 is worth about 11.0 times the raw price. But gem mint is genuinely tough to land, and with 5,777 copies graded against only 1,953 hitting PSA 10, grading only pays off if your copy is already sharp before you send it in.
What set is Caterpie from?
Caterpie #172 comes from the Scarlet & Violet 151 set, released in 2023, and is illustrated by Teeziro as part of that set's illustration rare lineup.
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