Pokémon · Base
Butterfree
Jungle Set · #33 · Uncommon · 1999
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$1.94
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 33 / 64
- Release year
- 1999
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- HP
- 70
- Subtype
- Stage 2
- Evolves from
- Metapod
- Illustrator
- Kagemaru Himeno
- Pokédex #
- 12
- Series
- Base
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 40 damage
- 10 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Stage 2
- Needs its evolution line or Rare Candy to set up
Strategy & play
How Butterfree plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Its main attack (Mega Drain) needs 4 Energy — a turn-4 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Needs Grass Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Grass type, weak to Fire ×2 — a Fire attacker doing ≥35 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- A Stage 2 — without Rare Candy you lose ~2 turns setting it up, and it’s gust-bait before it’s online (you must draw Metapod first).
- Seen in 0% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 3 copies.
How to beat Butterfree
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥35 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 3.39 copies on average · 23 decks
- Match win rate
- 33.6%
- -13.6 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 Kagemaru Himeno
This card was illustrated by Kagemaru Himeno.
Building around Butterfree?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"In battle, it flaps its wings at high speed to release highly toxic dust into the air."
CCWhirlwind — 20
If your opponent has any Benched Pokémon, he or she chooses 1 of them and switches it with the Defending Pokémon. (Do the damage before switching the Pokémon.)
GGGGMega Drain — 40
Remove a number of damage counters from Butterfree equal to half the damage done to the Defending Pokémon (after applying Weakness and Resistance) (rounded up to the nearest 10).
Weakness:R×2
Resistance:F-30
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 2026/07/07| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unlimited | $0.25 | $1.03 | $30.00 | $1.94 | — |
| 1st Edition | $4.86 | $9.61 | $159.70 | $14.43 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €1.37 |
| 7-day average | €14.61 |
| 30-day average | €4.32 |
| Low | €0.05 |
| Trend price | €9.01 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.29 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.10 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.48 |
| averageSellPrice | €3.31 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.48 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.41 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Butterfree is real?
Butterfree 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 Butterfree worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Butterfree is $1.94; 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 Butterfree from?
Butterfree is from the Pokémon set "Jungle Set" in the Base series, released in 1999.
What rarity is Butterfree?
Butterfree is a Uncommon card in the Jungle Set set.
Other Butterfree printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
