Butterfree 14/106 · Great Encounters

Great Encounters is a set in the Diamond & Pearl series. It was released on February 1, 2008. The printed size is 106, and the checklist is the same length. Butterfree is 14/106, in position 14 of 106 on this checklist. Before it is 13 Beedrill, and after it is 15 Claydol. The listed rarity is Rare.

Butterfree is a Stage 2 Grass Pokémon with 120 HP. The card lists level 36. In the Pokédex this is Butterfree (#012), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Metapod. In this catalog that name is Metapod (#011).

Sumiyoshi Kizuki illustrated this card. The same name is on 212 other cards in the catalog.

Butterfree (#012) has 24 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 20 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2025. The earliest other card is Butterfree 33/64 in Jungle (1999). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 120 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Sumiyoshi Kizuki illustrated this one. 20 other cards of Butterfree list a different HP.

The attack Parallel Drain lists 30 damage. The cost is Grass. After your attack, remove from 1 of your Pokémon the number of damage counters equal to the damage you did to the Defending Pokémon. Dozing Scales is another attack lists 60 damage. The cost is Grass, Grass, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Asleep. If tails, the Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned. Weakness is Fire +30. The flavor text reads "It loves the honey of flowers and can locate flower patches that have even tiny amounts of pollen."

I keep a set binder for Great Encounters, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Great Encounters set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Butterfree can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.