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CATERPIE CARDS GUIDE (JP VER.?How do you tell Caterpie cards apart?Check the number and rarity letters in the bottom corner. Promo numbers end in -P (e.g. 261/SV-P). The earliest cards (1996–2001) have no number — use the set symbol and rarity mark.)
FIRST CATERPIE · OCT 20, 1996?Caterpie was in the first Japanese Pocket Monster card game Base Set, released October 20, 1996 — over two years before the English TCG.

JAPANESE CATERPIE CARD CHECKLIST

[8 CARDS] 1996 BASE SET TO 2023

Caterpie has been printed many times in Japan since the 1996 Base Set, almost always as a common. These 8 are the ones worth finding. The 4 marked ★ are the ones to look for first: the 1996 no-rarity original, the 1998 Vending glossy, the 2001 e-Reader sample and the 151 Art Rare 172/165.

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★ LOOK FOR→ GET ITEM:1996 · BASE SETCaterpieNO RARITY · 1ST PRINT(eBay) → GET ITEM:1996+ · BASE SETCaterpie● COMMON MARK · REPRINT(eBay) ★ LOOK FOR→ GET ITEM:1998 · VENDINGCaterpieSERIES 1 (BLUE) · GLOSSY(eBay) → GET ITEM:2000 · NEOCaterpieCROSSING THE RUINS...(eBay) ★ LOOK FOR→ GET ITEM:2001 · SAMPLECaterpieE-READER SAMPLE SET(eBay) → GET ITEM:2016 · CP6Caterpie003/087 · 20TH(eBay) → GET ITEM:2023 · 151Caterpie010/165 · SV2a(eBay) ★ LOOK FOR→ GET ITEM:2023 · 151Caterpie172/165 AR(eBay)