Butterfree 3/147 · Burning Shadows

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

Butterfree sits at 3/147 in Burning Shadows, position 3 of 177. Before it is 2 Metapod, and after it is 4 Oddish. The set belongs to the Sun & Moon series. It was released on August 5, 2017. The printed size is 147. This checklist is longer, at 177 cards. The listed rarity is Rare.

The attack Bye-Bye Heal lists no damage number. The cost is Grass. Heal all damage from all of your Pokémon. Shuffle this Pokémon and all cards attached to it into your deck. Stun Spore is another attack lists 60 damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed. 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 120 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Shin Nagasawa illustrated this one. 20 other cards of Butterfree list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Shin Nagasawa. I count 303 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Burning Shadows set binder is where a full Burning Shadows 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.