Fly
Cost: Colorless · Colorless · Colorless
Damage: 30
Flip a coin. If heads, during your opponent's next turn, prevent all effects of attacks, including damage, done to Butterfree. If tails, this attack does nothing (not even damage).
Southern Islands / #9/18
Butterfree
Printed language: English · Pokémon
- Set (printed edition)
- Southern Islands
- Rarity (source)
- Common
- Illustrator
- Keiko Fukuyama
- Source reference
- si1-9
CARDEX BACKGROUND
The Pokémon’s story
Butterfree travels through meadows in search of nectar and carries it to its nest on the hairs of its legs. Its wings also help repel threats: by beating them rapidly, it scatters toxic powder. This protection even allows it to fly in rain. The Pokédex credits it with still more attentive behaviour: when a bird attacks a Caterpie, Butterfree may intervene by covering the attacker in its scales.
Background on the species in the video games; its forms and card versions may have appeared later.A detail worth noticing
Butterfree’s large eyes are not simple surfaces. Close observation reveals that they consist of a multitude of small eyes, explains Pokémon Sun. This anatomical detail belongs to an insect that must spot flowers, rivals and dangers during flight.
Card details
- HP
- 80
- Type (source)
- Grass
- Stage (source)
- Stage2
- Evolves from (printed name)
- Metapod
- Pokédex number
- 12
- Retreat cost
- 1 Energy
- Weakness (source)
- Fire ×2
- Resistance (source)
- Fighting -30
Printed card text — English
Quoted source text is retained in the card’s printed language so this exact printing can be identified. The CarDex background above is translated into English.
Description from the source
The poison scales on its wings are waterproof, allowing this Pokémon to be active even on rainy days.Attacks
Rainbow Powder
Cost: Grass · Grass · Colorless
Damage: 20
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. If tails, the Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned.Documented variants
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- Normal
- normal · standard
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