Butterfree 19/75 · Neo Discovery

Butterfree is Pokédex #012, generation 1 (Kanto). Butterfree is a Stage 2 Grass Pokémon with 80 HP. The card lists level 24. The card says it evolves from Metapod. In this catalog that name is Metapod (#011).

Butterfree sits at 19/75 in Neo Discovery, position 19 of 75. Before it is 18 Beedrill, and after it is 20 Espeon. The set belongs to the Neo series. It was released on June 1, 2001. The printed size is 75, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Rare.

The attack Magic Dust lists 20 damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now either Asleep, Confused, Paralyzed, or Poisoned (your choice). Hyper Reverse is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Grass, Grass, Colorless. 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 is Fire ×2. Resistance is Fighting -30. The flavor text reads "It collects honey every day. It rubs honey onto the hairs on its legs to carry it back to its nest."

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 80 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Atsuko Nishida illustrated this one. 21 other cards of Butterfree list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Atsuko Nishida. I count 408 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Neo Discovery set binder is where a full Neo Discovery set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Butterfree can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Atsuko Nishida cards, early series and Berries and fruit. I still need this card.