Butterfree (Jungle 33)

Butterfree LV.28
バタフリー Butterfree

Illus. Kagemaru Himeno

Evolution stage

Stage 2 Pokémon
Evolves from Metapod

Card name

Butterfree

Type

Grass

HP

70

weakness ×2	resistance -30	retreat cost None

English expansion	Jungle
Rarity
English card no.	33/64
Japanese expansion	Pokémon Jungle
Japanese rarity

Expansion	Base Set 2
Rarity
English card no.	34/130

Card GB set	Evolution
Card GB ID	B06
Card GB 2 set	Legendary Power
Card GB 2 ID	B04

Expansion	Legendary Collection
Rarity
English card no.	21/110

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Butterfree.

Butterfree (Japanese: バタフリー Butterfree) is a Grass-type Stage 2 Pokémon card. It was first released as part of the Jungle expansion.

Card text

Jungle print

	Whirlwind ふきとばし	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.)

	Mega Drain メガドレイン	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).

Base Set 2 print

	Whirlwind ふきとばし	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.)

	Mega Drain メガドレイン	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). If Butterfree has fewer damage counters than that, remove all of them.

Legendary Collection print

	Whirlwind ふきとばし	20

Your opponent switches the Defending Pokémon with 1 of his or her Benched Pokémon, if any. (Do the damage before switching the Pokémon.)

	Mega Drain メガドレイン	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). If Butterfree has fewer damage counters than that, remove all of them.

Pokédex data

Butterfree - Butterfly Pokémon
No.	Height	Weight
012	3'7" (1.1 m)	71 lbs. (32 kg)
Pokédex entry
In battle, it flaps its wings at high speed to release highly toxic dust into the air.
羽は水をはじくリンプンに守られている。雨の日でも空を飛ぶことができる。

Release information

This card was included in the Jungle expansion, first released in the Japanese Pokémon Jungle expansion. It was later reprinted in the Base Set 2 and Legendary Collection expansions.

Early prints of the 1st Edition Jungle version of this card were printed with a symbol that appeared to look like "Edition d" instead of "Edition 1" due to the presence of an ink bubble during printing.

Gallery

GB1 Evolution sprite

GB2 Legendary Power sprite

Trivia

Origin

Whirlwind and Mega Drain are both moves in the Pokémon games that Butterfree can learn. This card's English Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Red and Blue, though it is slightly reworded. The Japanese entry comes from Pokémon Red and Green.

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