Caterpie · Base
Back · 6.5 — corners 3.5 · edges 7.0 · surface 8.0
Centering is graded on both faces, and the final grade weights the front more heavily.
Centering is the weakest sub-score, so it's the most likely thing to cost this card a grade. How evenly the border frames the art, front and back. PSA publishes a tolerance per grade — it is the one sub-score you can measure yourself before you send.
Worth about $1.14 raw. See what it's worth in every grade →
An estimate from one photo — not a grade, and not affiliated with PSA. Lighting, angle and photo quality all move these numbers, and a grader sees the card in person.
Square, 1600×1600, with the grade and our mark along the bottom — sized so eBay's square crop doesn't cut your card.
The short version
Caterpie is playing for a mid grade.
The card is held back by one thing: centering at 8.0, against surface at 9.0. Fix nothing and it grades where centering allows — but it also means a sharper, straighter-on photo is worth taking, because a single weak reading is the one most likely to be the camera rather than the card.
Worth repeating: this is one photo read by a model, not a grade. Lighting and angle move these numbers, and a grader has the card in hand.
Grade one of yours free →What each score measures
Noticeably off-centre. This is the kind of margin that caps a card at 8 even when everything else is clean.
How evenly the border frames the art, front and back. PSA publishes a tolerance per grade — it is the one sub-score you can measure yourself before you send.
Corners are clean with at most a touch of softness on one.
Sharpness under magnification. Softening from shuffling or a binder shows here first, and corners cost more grades than anything else.
Edges are strong, with only the faintest wear visible.
Whitening and nicks along the card's edge, most visible on dark borders.
Surface is strong, with nothing obvious beyond the odd faint mark.
Print lines, scratches, dimples and gloss. Holo cards scratch easily and it rarely photographs well.
How many already exist
CGC has graded 2,269 copies of Caterpie.
PSA has graded 1,342 copies of Caterpie.
PSA has graded 1,308 copies of Caterpie.
TAG has graded 139 copies of Caterpie.
A large or fast-growing gem population dilutes the premium a 10 carries, so this matters alongside the current price — not just how much a 10 is worth today.
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