Butterfree (Jungle 33)

Butterfree LV.28 バタフリー Butterfree

Illus. Kagemaru Himeno

Evolution stage Stage 2 Pokémon Evolves from Metapod Card name Butterfree Type Grass HP 70 weakness ×2 resistance -30 retreat cost None English expansion Jungle Rarity English card no. 33/64 Japanese expansion Pokémon Jungle Japanese rarity Expansion Base Set 2 Rarity English card no. 34/130 TCG GB1 set Evolution TCG GB1 ID B06 TCG GB2 set Legendary Power TCG GB2 ID B04 Expansion Legendary Collection Rarity English card no. 21/110 For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Butterfree.

Butterfree (Japanese: バタフリー Butterfree) is a Grass-type Stage 2 Pokémon card. It was first released as part of the Jungle expansion.

Card text

Jungle print

Whirlwind ふきとばし 20

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 メガドレイン 40

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).

Base Set 2 print

Whirlwind ふきとばし 20

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 メガドレイン 40

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.

Legendary Collection print

Whirlwind ふきとばし 20

Your opponent switches the Defending Pokémon with 1 of his or her Benched Pokémon, if any. (Do the damage before switching the Pokémon.)

Mega Drain メガドレイン 40

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.

Pokédex data

Butterfree - Butterfly Pokémon
No.	Height	Weight
012	3'7" (1.1 m)	71 lbs. (32 kg)
Pokédex entry
In battle, it flaps its wings at high speed to release highly toxic dust into the air.
羽は水をはじくリンプンに守られている。雨の日でも空を飛ぶことができる。

Release information

This card was released in the English Jungle expansion , originating from the Japanese Pokémon Jungle expansion. It was later reprinted in the English Base Set 2 expansion, and the English Legendary Collection expansion.

Early prints of the 1st Edition version of this card were printed with a symbol that appeared to look like "Edition d" instead of "Edition 1" due to the presence of an ink bubble during printing.

Trivia

Origin

Whirlwind and Mega Drain are both moves in the Pokémon games that Butterfree can learn. Both moves' effects are similar to those of their corresponding card attacks, as Mega Drain deals damage then restores the user's health by an amount equal to half the damage done to the opponent while Whirlwind causes the opponent's Pokémon to switch out for another one. This card's English Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Red and Blue, though it is slightly reworded. The Japanese entry comes from Pokémon Red and Green.

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