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Butterfree

Butterfree

Pokémon

Stage 2 — Grass

Whirlwind (Colorless, Colorless) 20

Your opponent switches the Defending Pokémon with 1 of his or her Benched Pokémon, if any. (Do the damage before switching the Pokémon.)

Mega Drain (Grass, Grass, Grass, Grass) 40

Remove a number of damage counters from Butterfree equal of half the damage done to the Defending Pokémon (after applying Weakness and Resistance) (rounded up to the nearest 10). If Butterfree has fewer damage counters that that, remove all of them.

HP 70

Evolves from Metapod

Weakness Fire ×2

Resistance Fighting -30

Retreat 0

In battle, it flaps its wings at high speed to release highly toxic dust into the air.

Format legality

Legality follows the dated TCGdex catalog snapshot.

For draft and prerelease, check the event’s release and rules. Missing statuses stay unavailable.

Official Pokémon rules
FormatStatus
StandardNot legal
ExpandedNot legal

For draft and prerelease, check the event’s release and rules.

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Legendary Collection

#21 · EN · Rare

Released 2002-05-24

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Printings 20

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Resources

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Card data: TCGdex. Pokémon and card artwork © Nintendo, Creatures and GAME FREAK, published by The Pokémon Company. Artist credit follows the printing.

Catalog snapshot: 2026-09-16T22:45:22.000Z

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