Butterfree FB 17/147 · Supreme Victors

Supreme Victors is a set in the Platinum series. It was released on August 19, 2009. The printed size is 147. This checklist is longer, at 153 cards. Butterfree FB is 17/147, in position 17 of 153 on this checklist. Before it is 16 Articuno, and after it is 18 Camerupt. The listed rarity is Rare.

Butterfree FB is a Basic SP Grass Pokémon with 90 HP. The card lists level 50. In the Pokédex this is Butterfree (#012), generation 1 (Kanto).

Lee HyunJung illustrated this card. The same name is on 28 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 is named Butterfree, while this one is Butterfree FB. That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Lee HyunJung illustrated this one. 24 other cards of Butterfree list a different HP.

Compound Eyes is listed as Poké-Body. If your opponent's Active Pokémon has any Poké-Bodies, each of Butterfree FB's attacks does 30 more damage to the Active Pokémon (before applying Weakness and Resistance). The attack Select Powder lists 30 damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless, Colorless. Choose either Burned or Poisoned. The Defending Pokémon is now affected by that Special Condition. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Fighting -20. Retreat cost is 1.

I keep a set binder for Supreme Victors, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Supreme Victors 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.