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 Hit Points 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 Card GB set Evolution Card GB ID B06 Card GB 2 set Legendary Power Card GB 2 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 is part of the Jungle expansion.

Card text

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).

Pokédex data

Butterfree - Butterfly Pokémon
No.	Height	Weight
012	3'7" (1.1 m)	71 lbs. (32.0 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 reprinted in the Base Set 2 and Legendary Collection reprint sets, which were only released outside of Japan.

Trivia

A number of 1st Edition prints 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. The error was corrected for later 1st Edition print runs, but the "Edition d" Butterfree, as it has become commonly known, remains a sought after error card.

Origin

Whirlwind and Mega Drain are both moves in the Pokémon games that Butterfree can learn. 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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