Pokémon · Diamond & Pearl
Weedle
Great Encounters · #93 · Common · 2008
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From
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Market reference
$0.39
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 93 / 106
- Release year
- 2008
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 50
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Kakuna
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Mitsuhiro Arita
- Pokédex #
- 13
- Series
- Diamond & Pearl
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Search / Tutor
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Also does
Strategy & play
How Weedle plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Not a main attacker — its job is search / tutoring. Run it as a consistency hub and protect it, because opponents will target the engine.
- Inflicts Paralysis — the Defending Pokémon can’t attack or retreat for a turn. A reliable one-turn lock; chain it to stall the opponent out.
- Needs Grass Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Grass type, weak to Fire ×2 — a Fire attacker doing ≥25 effectively one-shots it.
- Seen in 3% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 4 copies.
How to beat Weedle
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥25 damage one-shots it.
- KO it to choke their draw / search engine.
- On the receiving end of a condition? Retreat, switch, or evolve to wipe it — conditions only stick to the Active.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 3% of decks
- 4 copies on average · 1394 decks
- Match win rate
- 46.4%
- -0.8 pts vs the 47.2% field average
Plays well with
Cards most often run alongside this one in tournament decks over the last 180 days — ranked by how distinctive the pairing is.
More by Mitsuhiro Arita
This card was illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita.
Building around Weedle?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It eats its weight in leaves every day. It fends off attackers with the needle on its head."
CCall for Family
Search your deck for a Basic Pokémon and put it onto your Bench. Shuffle your deck afterward.
GString Shot
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.
Weakness:R+10
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Tournament play
This printing of Weedle has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Weedle — Chaos Rising
Played in 360 recent decks
Pricing reference
Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.
TCGPlayer (USD)
Updated 2026/07/03| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.09 | $0.35 | $1.39 | $0.39 | $0.40 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $13.99 | $47.60 | $75.00 | $4.46 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/01/16| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.48 |
| 7-day average | €0.36 |
| 30-day average | €0.15 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.30 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.03 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.19 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.50 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.79 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.99 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.13 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.95 |
| Reverse holo trend | €1.03 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Weedle is real?
Weedle is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the back-light test (real cards have a black inner layer that blocks light; counterfeits glow through), the rosette dot pattern on the back under magnification, font weight and kerning on the card name, and the holofoil pattern if applicable. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.
What is Weedle worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Weedle is $0.39; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.
What set is Weedle from?
Weedle is from the Pokémon set "Great Encounters" in the Diamond & Pearl series, released in 2008.
What rarity is Weedle?
Weedle is a Common card in the Great Encounters set.
Other Weedle printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
