Butterfree #34/130

Base Set 2 · Base · Uncommon · 2000

Market price: $2.05 (TCGplayer, raw)

Pokémon · Stage 2 · Type: Grass · 70 HP · Evolves from Metapod

In battle, it flaps its wings at high speed to release highly toxic dust into the air.

Illustrated by Kagemaru Himeno

Market price by printing

Printing	TCGplayer (USD)	Cardmarket (EUR)
Normal	$2.05	€2.61
Reverse Holo	—	€0.65

Raw (ungraded) market prices, refreshed several times a day. Updated 2026-10-14.

Attacks

Whirlwind — 20 (Colorless, Colorless)
If your opponent has any Benched Pokémon, he or she chooses 1 of them and switches it with the Defending Pokémon. (Do the damage before switching the Pokémon.)

Mega Drain — 40 (Grass, Grass, Grass, Grass)
Remove a number of damage counters from Butterfree equal to half the damage done to the Defending Pokémon (after applying Weakness and Resistance) (rounded up to the nearest 10). If Butterfree has fewer damage counters than that, remove all of them.