FireRed & LeafGreen

Butterfree

RGFR2· Rare
Butterfree RG 2

We are not buying this printing at the moment.

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What the card itself says

Its characteristics and effects in play, with the original text when available.

HP
100
Type
Grass
Stage
Stage 2
Retreat cost
0
Weakness
×2
Resistance
-30

Its Ability

Sooth DustPoussière apaisante

As long as Butterfree is your Active Pokémon, remove 1 damage counter from each of your Pokémon between turns.Tant que Papilusion est votre Pokémon Actif, retirez à chacun de vos Pokémon un marqueur de dégât entre deux tours.

Its attacks

WhirlwindCyclone

30

Your opponent switches the Defending Pokémon with 1 of his or her Benched Pokémon.Votre adversaire échange le Pokémon Défenseur avec un des Pokémon de son Banc.

GustTornade

50

What to make of it

Have a look at what it does well, then at what will get in your way. After that you'll know whether it belongs in your deck.

  1. A strength

    It retreats for free. You can pull it back to the Bench whenever you like, even with no Energy on it at all.

  2. A strength

    It has an Ability, Sooth Dust. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.

  3. Keep in mind

    None of the 3,453 tournament lists we have read runs it. That does not make it a bad card — it means we have not seen it on a table yet.

  4. Keep in mind

    It is a Stage 2. You have to come through Metapod to get here, or find a Rare Candy to skip the middle step.

  5. Keep in mind

    Weakness Lightning ×2. Against a Lightning Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,453 tournament lists we have read, 293 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Who plays it

None of the tournament lists we have read mentions this card. That happens with a card that has just come out, or one players have not tried yet.

The other cards of this Pokémon

Two cards of the same Pokémon can be worth wildly different amounts — it depends on the set, the rarity and the artwork. We put all 25 Butterfree cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Butterfree card and its price