151

Butterfree

MEWFR12· Uncommon
Butterfree MEW 12

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
130
Type
Grass
Stage
Stage 2
Retreat cost
1
Weakness
×2
Regulation mark
G
Number
12/165
Set
151MEWSet guide
Illustrated by
Tika Matsuno

Its attacks

WhirlwindCyclone

60

Switch out your opponent's Active Pokémon to the Bench. (Your opponent chooses the new Active Pokémon.)Envoyez le Pokémon Actif de l'adversaire sur le Banc. (Votre adversaire choisit le nouveau Pokémon Actif.)

Bye-Bye FlightVol d'Adieu

Choose 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. Shuffle that Pokémon and all attached cards into their deck, and then shuffle this Pokémon and all attached cards into your deck. If your opponent has no Benched Pokémon, this attack does nothing.Choisissez l'un des Pokémon de Banc de votre adversaire. Mélangez avec son deck ce Pokémon-là et toutes les cartes qui lui sont attachées. Ensuite, mélangez avec votre deck ce Pokémon-ci et toutes les cartes qui lui sont attachées. Si votre adversaire n'a aucun Pokémon de Banc, cette attaque ne fait rien.

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

    Retreat cost 1. One Energy to discard and it is back on the Bench, which matters a lot on the turn you need to swap attackers.

  2. A strength

    Whirlwind hits for 60 on 1 Energy. Nothing in 151 hits harder for that price.

  3. Keep in mind

    None of the 3,811 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 Fire ×2. Against a Fire Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,811 tournament lists we have read, 914 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

  6. Keep in mind

    Mark G. It is not among the marks currently accepted in Standard: H, I, and J. A legal reprint may still provide an exception.

Standard format: source checked on September 22, 2026. TCGdex

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.

When it came out

151 landed here on 22 September 2023.

In Japan these cards were already in shops on 16 June 2023, under the code SV2a. That is 98 days ahead of us.

Every set, with both of its dates

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