No. 12 · Kanto · Flying/Bug
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Butterfree is a Flying/Bug-type Pokémon introduced in Kanto, number 12 in the National Pokédex. Its cards run from 1999 to 2025. Its cards are ordered by the art, the best first, rather than by set.
- Cards
- 25
- Sets
- 21
- Printed
- 1999–2025
- Illustrators
- 18
- Sightings
- 7
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The strongest Butterfree art
01/06Butterfree V
Ultra Rare
02/06Butterfree VMAX
Holo Rare VMAX
03/06Butterfree
Rare
04/06Butterfree
Uncommon
05/06Butterfree
Rare
06/06Butterfree
Holo Rare
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Which is the better picture?
Two Butterfree cards, side by side.
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Nine of the strongest Butterfree artworks as a binder page. Add it to your binder and swap any card. No account needed.
Butterfree by scene
Where its cards are set. Each opens a search of just those Butterfree cards, the artwork that shows it most first.
How Butterfree gets drawn
Butterfree is usually drawn peaceful, wondrous and dreamy, almost always flying, backlit, in spring.
Across 21 Butterfree artworks, each picture counted once, next to how every other Pokémon is drawn.
1999–2025
Butterfree through the years
Its strongest card of each year it was printed.
1999 Jungle
2000 Base Set 2
2001 Southern Islands
2002 Legendary Collection
2004 FireRed & LeafGreen
2008 Great Encounters- 2009 Supreme Victors
2010 HeartGold SoulSilver
2014 Flashfire
2016 Generations- 2017 Burning Shadows
2019 Hidden Fates- 2020 Darkness Ablaze
- 2021 Fusion Strike
- 2023 151
- 2025 Journey Together
Evolves from
Metapod19 cards- Butterfreethis page · 25 cards
Butterfree sightingsspotted in 7 other cards
Cards where Butterfree turns up in someone else's picture: behind them, beside them, or hiding.
Every Butterfree card
25 cards, strongest artwork first.
Butterfree in numbers
- Cards
- 25
- Sets
- 21since Jungle
- Illustrators
- 18most by Kagemaru Himeno
- Printed
- 1999–2025
- Printed as
- Basic, Stage 2, VMAX
- Sightings
- 7in other cards' art
- HP on card
- 70–300
They span 21 sets, from Jungle to Journey Together. 18 illustrators have drawn it, most often Kagemaru Himeno, Sumiyoshi Kizuki and Atsuko Nishida. It has been printed as Basic, Stage 2 and VMAX.
Who draws Butterfree
18 illustrators, by how many they have drawn.
Where it has been printed
21 sets, by how many Butterfree cards each holds.
- Darkness Ablaze4
Expedition Base Set2- 1511
Base Set 21
Burning Shadows1
FireRed & LeafGreen1
Flashfire1- Fusion Strike1
Generations1
Great Encounters1
HeartGold SoulSilver1
Hidden Fates1
9 more sets
Rarity
Questions
- How many Butterfree cards are there?
- There are 25 Butterfree cards, printed between 1999 and 2025 across 21 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.
- Which Butterfree card has the best artwork?
- That's how this page is ordered: the strongest Butterfree art first, however common or rare the card.
- Who illustrates Butterfree cards?
- 18 illustrators have drawn Butterfree. Kagemaru Himeno has done the most at 3, followed by Sumiyoshi Kizuki and Atsuko Nishida.
- What was the first Butterfree card?
- Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from Jungle, released in 1999. 15 of its 25 cards are Rare.
