Butterfree 3/149 · Sun & Moon

Butterfree is Pokédex #012, generation 1 (Kanto). Butterfree is a Stage 2 Grass Pokémon with 130 HP. The card says it evolves from Metapod. In this catalog that name is Metapod (#011).

Butterfree sits at 3/149 in Sun & Moon, position 3 of 173. Before it is 2 Metapod, and after it is 4 Paras. The set belongs to the Sun & Moon series. It was released on February 3, 2017. The printed size is 149. This checklist is longer, at 173 cards. The listed rarity is Rare.

The attack Psy Bolt lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Whirlwind is another attack lists 80 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Your opponent switches their Active Pokémon with 1 of their Benched Pokémon. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Close examination of its large eyes reveals that each eye is composed of a myriad of tiny eyes."

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. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and chibi illustrated this one. 19 other cards of Butterfree list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads chibi. I count 40 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Sun & Moon set binder is where a full Sun & Moon 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). I still need this card.