Butterfree 3/106 · Flashfire

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 3/106 in Flashfire, position 3 of 110. Before it is 2 Metapod, and after it is 4 Pineco. The set belongs to the XY series. It was released on May 7, 2014. The printed size is 106. This checklist is longer, at 110 cards. The listed rarity is Rare.

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."

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 sui illustrated this one. 19 other cards of Butterfree list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads sui. I count 194 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Flashfire set binder is where a full Flashfire 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 Flower Pokémon and Berries and fruit. I still need this card.