Pokémon · EX
Cacnea
Sandstorm · #57 · Common · 2003
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Market reference
$0.52
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 57 / 100
- Release year
- 2003
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 50
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Cacturne
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Atsuko Nishida
- Pokédex #
- 331
- Series
- EX
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Damage efficiency
- 10 damage
- 10 per Energy
- 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 Cacnea plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- A Basic — hits the board turn 1 with no evolution tax.
- Inflicts Poison — guaranteed chip damage every turn between turns (no coin flip). It stacks with your attack math to cross KO thresholds the attack alone misses.
- Attacks on any Energy (Colorless cost) — splashable into any deck regardless of type.
- Grass type, weak to Fire ×2 — a Fire attacker doing ≥25 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
How to beat Cacnea
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥25 damage one-shots it.
- On the receiving end of a condition? Retreat, switch, or evolve to wipe it — conditions only stick to the Active.
More by Atsuko Nishida
This card was illustrated by Atsuko Nishida.
Building around Cacnea?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
Poké-Body: Poison Payback
If Cacnea is your Active Pokémon and is damaged by an opponent's attack (even if Cacnea is Knocked Out), the Attacking Pokémon is now Poisoned.
CLight Punch — 10
Weakness:R×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
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 2026/07/04| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.36 | $0.59 | $20.59 | $0.52 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $5.75 | $39.99 | $99.99 | $25.34 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/21| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.20 |
| 7-day average | €0.44 |
| 30-day average | €0.38 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.59 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.10 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.09 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €1.99 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €4.24 |
| reverseHoloSell | €5.26 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.30 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €3.74 |
| Reverse holo trend | €3.75 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Cacnea is real?
Cacnea 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 Cacnea worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Cacnea is $0.52; 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 Cacnea from?
Cacnea is from the Pokémon set "Sandstorm" in the EX series, released in 2003.
What rarity is Cacnea?
Cacnea is a Common card in the Sandstorm set.
Other Cacnea printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
