Pokémon · EX
Butterfree
FireRed & LeafGreen · #2 · Rare Holo · 2004
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Market reference
$42.97
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 2 / 116
- Release year
- 2004
- Rarity
- Rare Holo
- HP
- 100
- Subtype
- Stage 2
- Evolves from
- Metapod
- Illustrator
- Atsuko Nishida
- Pokédex #
- 12
- Series
- EX
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 50 damage
- 16.67 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Stage 2
- Needs its evolution line or Rare Candy to set up
Strategy & play
How Butterfree plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Its main attack (Gust) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Needs Grass Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Grass type, weak to Lightning ×2 — a Lightning attacker doing ≥50 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- A Stage 2 — without Rare Candy you lose ~2 turns setting it up, and it’s gust-bait before it’s online (you must draw Metapod first).
How to beat Butterfree
- Exploit its Lightning weakness — ≥50 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 3.41 copies on average · 17 decks
Plays well with
Cards most often run alongside this one in tournament decks over the last 180 days — ranked by how distinctive the pairing is.
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by Atsuko Nishida
This card was illustrated by Atsuko Nishida.
Building around Butterfree?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
Poké-Body: Sooth Dust
As long as Butterfree is your Active Pokémon, remove 1 damage counter from each of your Pokémon between turns.
CCWhirlwind — 30
Your opponent switches the Defending Pokémon with 1 of his or her Benched Pokémon.
GCCGust — 50
Weakness:L×2
Resistance:F-30
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Pricing reference
Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.
TCGPlayer (USD)
Updated 2026/07/04| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $75.00 | $75.00 | $75.00 | $42.00 | — |
| Holofoil | $42.25 | $55.00 | $509.90 | $42.97 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $60.00 | $85.49 | $299.90 | $38.21 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €15.80 |
| 7-day average | €8.38 |
| 30-day average | €9.41 |
| Low | €1.29 |
| Trend price | €8.78 |
| Low (excellent+) | €6.30 |
| Reverse holo low | €3.48 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €31.50 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €15.21 |
| reverseHoloSell | €16.00 |
| averageSellPrice | €8.26 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €11.33 |
| Reverse holo trend | €11.05 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Butterfree is real?
Butterfree is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the back-light test (real cards have a black inner layer that blocks light; counterfeits glow through), the rosette dot pattern on the back under magnification, font weight and kerning on the card name, and the holofoil pattern if applicable. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.
What is Butterfree worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Butterfree is $42.97; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.
What set is Butterfree from?
Butterfree is from the Pokémon set "FireRed & LeafGreen" in the EX series, released in 2004.
What rarity is Butterfree?
Butterfree is a Rare Holo card in the FireRed & LeafGreen set.
Other Butterfree printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
