Southern Islands

Butterfree

Name: Butterfree SI 9
Brand: Pokémon

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What the card itself says

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

HP: 80
Type: Grass
Stage: Stage 2
Retreat cost: 1
Weakness: ×2
Resistance: -30
Number: 9/18
Set: Southern IslandsSI
Illustrated by: Keiko Fukuyama

The French text is not available yet. Text shown: English.

Its attacks

Fly

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).

Rainbow Powder

Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. If tails, the Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned.

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.

A strength
80 HP. Only 1 cards in Southern Islands carry more.
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.
A strength
Fly hits for 30 on 3 Energy. Nothing in Southern Islands hits harder for that price.
Keep in mind
None of the 3,810 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.
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.
Keep in mind
Weakness Fire ×2. Against a Fire Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,810 tournament lists we have read, 914 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.

When it came out

Southern Islands landed here on 31 July 2001.

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

What the card itself says

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

HP: 80
Type: Grass
Stage: Stage 2
Retreat cost: 1
Weakness: ×2
Resistance: -30
Number: 9/18
Set: Southern IslandsSI
Illustrated by: Keiko Fukuyama

The French text is not available yet. Text shown: English.

Its attacks

Fly

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).

Rainbow Powder

Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. If tails, the Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned.

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.

A strength
80 HP. Only 1 cards in Southern Islands carry more.
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.
A strength
Fly hits for 30 on 3 Energy. Nothing in Southern Islands hits harder for that price.
Keep in mind
None of the 3,810 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.
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.
Keep in mind
Weakness Fire ×2. Against a Fire Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,810 tournament lists we have read, 914 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

What the card itself says

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

HP: 80
Type: Grass
Stage: Stage 2
Retreat cost: 1
Weakness: ×2
Resistance: -30
Number: 9/18
Set: Southern IslandsSI
Illustrated by: Keiko Fukuyama

The French text is not available yet. Text shown: English.

Its attacks

Fly

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).

Rainbow Powder

Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. If tails, the Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned.

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.

A strength
80 HP. Only 1 cards in Southern Islands carry more.
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.
A strength
Fly hits for 30 on 3 Energy. Nothing in Southern Islands hits harder for that price.
Keep in mind
None of the 3,810 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.
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.
Keep in mind
Weakness Fire ×2. Against a Fire Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,810 tournament lists we have read, 914 run at least one Pokémon of that type.