Pokémon · XY
Butterfree
Generations · #5 · Rare Holo · 2016
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$3.55
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 5 / 117
- Release year
- 2016
- Rarity
- Rare Holo
- HP
- 130
- Subtype
- Stage 2
- Evolves from
- Metapod
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- miki kudo
- Pokédex #
- 12
- Series
- XY
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Search / Tutor
- Damage efficiency
- 70 damage
- 23.33 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
Also does
Strategy & play
How Butterfree plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Not a main attacker — its job is search / tutoring. Run it as a consistency hub and protect it, because opponents will target the engine.
- Needs Grass Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Grass type, weak to Lightning ×2 — a Lightning attacker doing ≥65 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 — ≥65 damage one-shots it.
- KO it to choke their draw / search engine.
- 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
- 3.42 copies on average · 19 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.
More by miki kudo
This card was illustrated by miki kudo.
Building around Butterfree?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It loves the honey of flowers and can locate flower patches that have even tiny amounts of pollen."
GQuiver Dance
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.
GCCGust — 70
Weakness:L×2
Resistance:F-20
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Butterfree or Generations.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Butterfree was legal.
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 2026/07/18| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $1.90 | $3.73 | $39.99 | $3.55 | $4.77 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $1.68 | $4.48 | $69.99 | $3.64 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €3.76 |
| 7-day average | €4.12 |
| 30-day average | €3.29 |
| Low | €0.20 |
| Trend price | €4.29 |
| Low (excellent+) | €1.49 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.20 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €3.80 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €4.42 |
| reverseHoloSell | €4.23 |
| averageSellPrice | €3.58 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €4.75 |
| Reverse holo trend | €4.98 |
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 $3.55; 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 "Generations" in the XY series, released in 2016.
What rarity is Butterfree?
Butterfree is a Rare Holo card in the Generations set.
Other Butterfree printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
