Butterfree 5/83 · Generations

Generations is a set in the XY series. It was released on February 22, 2016. The printed size is 83. This checklist is longer, at 117 cards. Butterfree is 5/83, in position 5 of 117 on this checklist. Before it is 4 Metapod, and after it is 6 Paras. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Butterfree is a Stage 2 Grass Pokémon with 130 HP. 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).

miki kudo illustrated this card. The same name is on 57 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 130 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare Holo. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and miki kudo illustrated this one. 19 other cards of Butterfree list a different HP.

The attack Quiver Dance lists no damage number. The cost is Grass. Search your deck for a basic Energy card and attach it to this Pokémon. Shuffle your deck afterward. If you attached Energy in this way, heal 40 damage from this Pokémon. Gust is another attack lists 70 damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -20. Retreat cost is 1. 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 Generations, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Generations 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.