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Butterfree
#21/110 in Legendary Collection, Rare, 70 HP, Grass, illustrated by Kagemaru Himeno.
- Card number
- #21/110
- Rarity
- Rare
- HP
- 70 HP
- Type
- Grass
- Language
- English
- Release date
- May 24, 2002
- Illustrator
- Kagemaru Himeno
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Collector Notes
Butterfree
Butterfree appears in the English print of Legendary Collection, released on May 24, 2002. Butterfree is a rare rarity and 70 HP. The Legendary Collection set contains 110 cards.
Artist Info
This card's illustration was created by Kagemaru Himeno.
Collector Insights
Butterfree is a Grass-type Pokémon with 70 HP, featuring a Retreat cost of zero. It appears in the Legendary Collection set, released on May 24, 2002, as part of the Other series. The card is illustrated by Kagemaru Himeno and has a theme color of #b0b873. Butterfree possesses a resistance to Fighting-type attacks, reducing damage by 30, but is weak to Fire-type moves, which deal double damage. Its attacks include Whirlwind, a Colorless energy-cost move that deals 20 damage and allows switching the defending Pokémon with one of the opponent’s Benched Pokémon, and Mega Drain, a Grass energy-cost attack that deals 40 damage and removes damage counters from Butterfree based on the defending Pokémon’s damage after applying Weakness and Resistance. The flavor text describes Butterfree as releasing highly toxic dust into the air during battle. This Rare card carries a number 21 and is part of the Pokémon TCG’s extensive card database.
In battle, it flaps its wings at high speed to release highly toxic dust into the air.
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