Pokémon · Neo
Butterfree
Neo Discovery · #19 · Rare · 2001
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$3.25
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 19 / 75
- Release year
- 2001
- Rarity
- Rare
- HP
- 80
- Subtype
- Stage 2
- Evolves from
- Metapod
- Illustrator
- Atsuko Nishida
- Pokédex #
- 12
- Series
- Neo
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Damage efficiency
- 20 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
Also does
Strategy & play
How Butterfree plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- 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.
- 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.
- Its main attack (Magic Dust) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Grass Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Grass type, weak to Fire ×2 — a Fire attacker doing ≥40 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 Butterfree
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥40 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
- 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
- 0% of decks
- 3.41 copies on average · 17 decks
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 Atsuko Nishida
This card was illustrated by Atsuko Nishida.
Building around Butterfree?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It collects honey every day. It rubs honey onto the hairs on its legs to carry it back to its nest."
GCMagic Dust — 20
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now either Asleep, Confused, Paralyzed, or Poisoned (your choice).
GGCHyper Reverse
Does 10 damage times the number of Energy attached to the Defending Pokémon. After doing damage, remove a number of damage counters from Butterfree equal to the amount of damage done to the Defending Pokémon (after applying Weakness and Resistance).
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 | $2.49 | $4.11 | $38.10 | $3.25 | — |
| 1st Edition | $14.75 | $27.37 | $39.99 | $23.95 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €4.23 |
| 7-day average | €3.80 |
| 30-day average | €3.45 |
| Low | €0.29 |
| Trend price | €2.00 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.99 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €10.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €16.35 |
| averageSellPrice | €3.20 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €8.73 |
| Reverse holo trend | €15.33 |
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 $3.25; 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 "Neo Discovery" in the Neo series, released in 2001.
What rarity is Butterfree?
Butterfree is a Rare card in the Neo Discovery set.
Other Butterfree printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
