Butterfree 34 — what does this card actually do?

Name: Butterfree 34
Brand: Pokémon
Author: Kagemaru Himeno

This card has 70 HP, a top attack printed at 40 damage and a Fire weakness.

Grass · Stage 2 · Base Set 2 · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026

What does Butterfree 34 do in a game?

Butterfree 34 is a Grass Pokémon card with 70 HP, printed as Stage 2.

Its strongest attack, Mega Drain, is printed at 40 damage for 4 Energy — 10 damage per Energy card.

Because of the Fire weakness, any Fire attack printed at 35 damage or more removes it in a single turn.

Grass Stage 2 Uncommon Unlimited #012 Butterfree

Butterfree 34Base Set 2

70 HP · Grass · Stage 2 · retreat 0 · Fire weakness ×2

Top printed damage4010 per Energy Mega Drain40 damage for 4 Energy
as of July 28, 2026

Hit points70 HP38.6% of 17,290 in the ~70 band

Printed damage4022.0% of 16,246 in the 40~60 band

Retreat cost0 Energy5.3% of 17,240 in the 0 band

Energy efficiencyBelow typicalAboveTypicalBelowThis card 10 · typical 32.5
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 2

Price trackUncommonBase Set 225 printsranked among Stage 2 cardsWhat it costs today, how it moved, and where to buy it

Card classStage 2

RarityUncommon

SetBase Set 2

Card number34

Card data readJuly 28, 2026

What it sells for now$1.54Opens the price page — daily prices, every print variant, where to buy · read August 14, 2026 Removed in one hit by35 damage70 HP against a Fire ×2 weakness Turns of setup4 turnsEnergy attaches once a turn, so the top attack waits that long Cards that can do it1,014 cardsCounted across the whole card archive Other prints of this name25 printsPrinted HP and legality move from print to print Cards in the same line24 moreEvery print carrying Pokédex #012 Where it can be playedUnlimitedRead from the official format list

How Butterfree 34 is built, on five measures

Strongest on Retreat lightness — top 0.1% of the archive. Weakest on Energy efficiency — bottom 3.1%.

Each spoke is this card's place among every card in the archive that prints that figure. Further out is stronger — retreat and attack cost are shown as lightness, so a cheap card reaches outward. Counted July 28, 2026.

How Butterfree 34 is built, on five measures
Measure	Percentile	Printed value
Hit points	25.7%	70 HP
Top printed damage	42.7%	40 damage
Energy efficiency	3.1%	10 per Energy
Retreat lightness	100.0%	0 Energy
Attack cost lightness	43.8%	2 Energy

What it can do

Attack record

2EWhirlwind10 damage per Energy card · has printed text20damage
4EMega Drain10 damage per Energy card · has printed text40damage

2 attacks printed on the card. The badge is the Energy it asks for.

Where it stands

No. 10,622of 17,290 cards ranked by printed HP

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Among the 17,290 cards in every card in the archive that carry printed HP, this one is number 10,622 at 70 HP.

Grass cardsNo. 1,285of 2,387 by printed HP Stage 2 cardsNo. 1,717of 1,749 by printed HP

This cardButterfree 34Base Set 270 HP

Printed HP

The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 310 HP above this card.

Highest printed HPMega Emboar ex 273Ascended Heroes380 HP

What stands out on Butterfree 34

Hit points 70 HP puts it in the ~70 band, where 38.6% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
Energy It returns 10 damage per Energy card against 32.5 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 2.
Weakness A Fire attack printed at 35 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Legality 2 of the 25 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.

Butterfree 34 at a glance

What it is. A Grass Pokémon card with 70 HP printed as Stage 2, printed in Base Set 2.
What it can do. 2 attacks printed on the card, the strongest at 40 damage for 4 Energy.
What it fears. A Fire weakness at ×2, which means 35 printed damage is enough to remove it.
What it costs to move. 0 Energy to retreat, discarded from the card itself.
Where it can be played. Unlimited only.
What this page does not claim. Deck lists, tournament results and win rates are not published here, because the card files this site reads do not contain them.

Source: Card facts are read once from openly published card files and change only when a source corrects them.

What do the attacks on Butterfree 34 cost, and what do they hit for?

The card prints 2 attacks. The strongest asks for 4 Energy and returns 40 damage, which is 10 damage for every Energy card attached.

Butterfree 34 — every printed attack, its cost and its damage
Attack	Energy cost	Cards of Energy	Printed damage	Damage per Energy	Effect
Whirlwind	2 Colorless	2	20	10	If your opponent has any Benched Pokémon, he or she chooses 1 of them and switches it with the Defending Pokémon. (Do the damage before switching the Pokémon.)
Mega Drain	4 Grass	4	40	10	Remove a number of damage counters from Butterfree equal to 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 than that, remove all of them.

This card has no retreat cost at all, so it can leave the active spot without discarding any Energy — the only limit is that retreating happens once a turn.

Whirlwind2 Energy cards

Mega Drain4 Energy cards

What each attack asks a deck to attach before it can be used, drawn as the symbols printed on the card.

One Energy card attaches per turn, so the number of symbols is also the number of turns the attack waits.

Whirlwind 2 Energy20 damage for 2 Energy — 10 per Energy card20
Mega Drain 4 Energy40 damage for 4 Energy — 10 per Energy card40

Bars are printed damage against this card's own highest attack (40).

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How does Butterfree 34 compare with every other card?

Each bar below is the whole archive cut by one printed figure, with the band this card falls into marked. A number on its own says nothing about whether it is high or low — the shape of the archive does.

Butterfree 34 — Base Set 2 — ButterfreeBase Set 2 34

No.10,622by HP in the archive

Butterfree 34 prints 70 HP, which puts it at number 10,622 of the 17,290 cards in this archive that print an HP figure at all. The tallest figure printed on any card is 380 HP (Mega Emboar ex).

43% on printed damage — it out-hits that share of the 16,246 cards that print damage

Bottom 39%Where it sits on printed HP

This card70 HP
Middle half of the archive60–130 HP
Strongest Stage 2 card380 HP
Strongest Butterfree printed140 HP

The ceiling of this archive is Mega Emboar ex at 380 HP — every bar here is measured against it.

This card prints 70 HP, which is 18% of that ceiling.

Every figure in this panel is counted the same way: from the card files this site reads, read July 28, 2026, over the 17,290 cards that print an HP figure. Each bar is measured against the tallest HP in the archive, 380 HP.

Hit points — where this card sits

~70 — this card38.6%6,669 cards

80~12033.1%5,725 cards

130~18015.5%2,679 cards

190~2306.6%1,148 cards

240~2803.3%567 cards

290~3302.4%412 cards

340+0.5%90 cards

17,290 cards in the archive carry a printed HP figure. This one has 70 HP.

Cards in the ~70 band typically print 23 damage and ask 1 Energy to retreat.

Hit points — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
~70 — this card	38.6%	6,669 cards
80~120	33.1%	5,725 cards
130~180	15.5%	2,679 cards
190~230	6.6%	1,148 cards
240~280	3.3%	567 cards
290~330	2.4%	412 cards
340+	0.5%	90 cards

Top printed damage — where this card sits

~3042.7%6,938 cards

40~60 — this card22.0%3,566 cards

70~12021.8%3,535 cards

130~1809.0%1,461 cards

190~2503.8%621 cards

260+0.8%125 cards

16,246 cards print damage on at least one attack. The highest on this card is 40.

Cards in the 40~60 band typically have 101 HP and ask 1 Energy to retreat.

Top printed damage — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
~30	42.7%	6,938 cards
40~60 — this card	22.0%	3,566 cards
70~120	21.8%	3,535 cards
130~180	9.0%	1,461 cards
190~250	3.8%	621 cards
260+	0.8%	125 cards

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits

01.8%304 cards

154.4%9,392 cards

2 — this card26.4%4,565 cards

314.7%2,533 cards

42.4%421 cards

50.3%47 cards

17,262 cards have at least one attack with an Energy cost. The cheapest on this card asks 2 Energy.

Cards whose cheapest attack costs 2 typically have 116 HP and print 65 damage.

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
0	1.8%	304 cards
1	54.4%	9,392 cards
2 — this card	26.4%	4,565 cards
3	14.7%	2,533 cards
4	2.4%	421 cards
5	0.3%	47 cards

Retreat cost — where this card sits

0 — this card5.3%914 cards

149.3%8,503 cards

228.6%4,926 cards

312.6%2,168 cards

44.2%729 cards

17,240 cards carry a retreat cost. This one costs 0 Energy to retreat.

Cards with a retreat cost of 0 typically have 103 HP and print 61 damage.

Retreat cost — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
0 — this card	5.3%	914 cards
1	49.3%	8,503 cards
2	28.6%	4,926 cards
3	12.6%	2,168 cards
4	4.2%	729 cards

No. 30of 100

That is where Butterfree 34 stands highest on HP — number 30 of 100 cards in Base Set 2. Cut the archive a different way and the answer moves, which is what the bars below are for.

Every card in the archive — 20,444 cards No. 10,622 of 17,290 by HP · No. 8,196 of 16,246 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 50% on damage
Grass cards — 2,387 cards No. 1,285 of 2,387 by HP · No. 880 of 2,260 by damage · top by HP: Mega Venusaur ex, 380

top 39% on damage
Stage 2 cards — 1,749 cards No. 1,717 of 1,749 by HP · No. 1,451 of 1,721 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 84% on damage
Base Set 2 — 130 cards No. 30 of 100 by HP · No. 22 of 97 by damage · top by HP: Charizard, 120

top 22% on damage

Each bar is how far up this card sits when the archive is cut a different way. The bar is its place on HP; the tick is its place on printed damage. Counted from the card files this site reads, read July 28, 2026.

Hit points 70 HP~~middle half 60–130 HP~~
this card 70
Top printed damage 40 damage~~middle half 20–90 damage~~
this card 40

Lowest to highest printed in the archive
Middle half of the archive
This card

Each row is stretched from the lowest printed figure to the highest, so the two rows are not on one shared scale — read each row on its own.

Read from the card files this site reads, July 28, 2026. The archive tops out at 380 HP and 350 printed damage.

Cards printed as Stage 2

1,749 on record

Cards in the same HP band

6,669 of 17,290 (38.6%)

Cards with this much printed damage

3,566 of 16,246 (22.0%)

Counted from the card files this site reads, one card at a time.

Open the group this card falls into

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Is Butterfree 34 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 40 damage attack that needs 4 Energy and one that needs two are different cards. Dividing one by the other puts every attack on the same scale.

Damage per Energy card, across the whole archive

1 Energy9,392 cards49.049 damage typical

2 Energy4,565 cards32.565 damage typical

3 Energy2,533 cards34.7104 damage typical

4 Energy421 cards27.8111 damage typical

5 Energy47 cards41.8209 damage typical

Butterfree 34 — this card10.040 damage for 4 Energy

Each bar is what cards asking that much Energy typically print, divided by the Energy they ask for. The number beside the bar is that figure.

Cards whose cheapest attack costs 2 typically return 32.5 damage per Energy card. This card returns 10.

Damage per Energy card, across the whole archive
Group	Share	Value
1 Energy	49.0	49 damage typical
2 Energy	32.5	65 damage typical
3 Energy	34.7	104 damage typical
4 Energy	27.8	111 damage typical
5 Energy	41.8	209 damage typical
Butterfree 34 — this card	10.0	40 damage for 4 Energy

2501250 damage

012345 Energy

Typical for that Energy cost 6 groupsWhirlwind 20 / 2Mega Drain 40 / 4

Further right is a costlier attack, further up is a harder-hitting one, so the cheap and heavy corner is top left. The size of a grey dot is how many cards sit at that Energy cost.

Energy cost against printed damage. Each grey dot is what cards asking that much Energy typically print; the coloured dots are the attacks on Butterfree 34.
Group	Typical printed damage	Damage per Energy card	Cards in this group
Cheapest attack costs 0 Energy	45	—	304
Cheapest attack costs 1 Energy	49	49	9,392
Cheapest attack costs 2 Energy	65	33	4,565
Cheapest attack costs 3 Energy	104	35	2,533
Cheapest attack costs 4 Energy	111	28	421
Cheapest attack costs 5 Energy	209	42	47
Whirlwind	—	10	—
Mega Drain	—	10	—

This card, per Energy card

10 damage

Typical for a 2 Energy attack

32.5 damage

Difference

-22.5 damage

Both figures are damage divided by Energy cost, counted the same way.

Where this sits once the archive is cut by damage instead

The bars above cut the archive by what an attack asks for. Cut the same archive by what an attack prints and the groups come out differently — the damage ranges on record are gathered on one page, which is where a figure like 40 is read as high or low rather than merely large.

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What does being a Grass card do for Butterfree 34?

Type decides two things at once — which cards take double damage from this one, and which cards deal double to it. Both are read from the weakness printed on each group, not from a rule of thumb.

Deals double to this card 1,574 Fire cards carry that type A Fire attack printed at 35 damage is enough to remove this card in one turn.

Butterfree 34 · Stage 2 70 HP Its hardest attack is printed at 40 damage.

Takes double from this card 1,884 cards in groups that print a Grass weakness Against Fighting, printed damage from this card counts double.

How the archive splits by energy type

Psychicmost often weak to Psychic13.5%2,335 cards

Watermost often weak to Lightning14.1%2,435 cards

Colorlessmost often weak to Fighting12.6%2,173 cards

Firemost often weak to Water9.1%1,574 cards

Fightingmost often weak to Grass10.9%1,884 cards

Lightningmost often weak to Fighting8.8%1,520 cards

Grass — this cardmost often weak to Fire13.8%2,387 cards

Metalmost often weak to Fire5.4%925 cards

Darknessmost often weak to Fighting7.2%1,249 cards

Dragonmost often weak to Fairy3.1%530 cards

Fairymost often weak to Metal1.4%237 cards

17,249 cards carry an energy type. The note under each name is the weakness printed most often on that group.

How the archive splits by energy type
Group	Share	Value
Psychic	13.5%	2,335 cards
Water	14.1%	2,435 cards
Colorless	12.6%	2,173 cards
Fire	9.1%	1,574 cards
Fighting	10.9%	1,884 cards
Lightning	8.8%	1,520 cards
Grass — this card	13.8%	2,387 cards
Metal	5.4%	925 cards
Darkness	7.2%	1,249 cards
Dragon	3.1%	530 cards
Fairy	1.4%	237 cards

Grassweak to Fire

Fightingweak to Grass

Read from the weakness printed on each group. The first row is this card; the rest are groups that most often print a Grass weakness.

What being a Grass card is worth

Groups that most often print a Grass weakness: Fighting (1,884 cards). Against those, this card's printed damage counts double. Going the other way, Grass cards are themselves most exposed to Fire.

Every energy type in the archive

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What knocks out Butterfree 34 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

Weakness doubles the damage a Fire attack deals to this card, so the bar it has to clear is 35 printed damage rather than 70.

Cards that remove it in one attack

1,014

Cards it removes in one attack

763

Fire damage needed to knock it out

Counted across the whole card archive. 70 HP against a Fire weakness at ×2 decides all three figures.

Removes it in one attackChi-YuMega Evolution 3140 damage

×2Fire weakness · 35 printed damage is enough
40 damage becomes 80 against this card

This cardButterfree 34Base Set 2 3470 HP

Why this card was picked to stand opposite

Of the 999 cards in the archive that can remove Butterfree 34 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 40 printed damage against a bar of 35. Anything printed higher removes it just as surely, so this is where the line actually sits, and this print is legal in Standard play today.

Butterfreeweak to Fire ×2

Butterfreeresists Fighting -30

Read from the two boxes in the lower-left corner of the card — weakness multiplies incoming damage, resistance subtracts from it.

What the Fighting resistance changes

Damage from Fighting attacks is reduced before it is applied, so an attack printed high enough to knock this card out on paper may not do it. Resistance is a flat subtraction, not a multiplier — it does not scale with the attack.

Fire cards that remove Butterfree in one attack
Card	Set	HP	Printed damage	After weakness
Charizard ex (183)	151	330	330	660
Charizard ex (199)	151	330	330	660
Charizard ex (161)	Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos	330	330	660
Mega Emboar ex (31)	Ascended Heroes	380	320	640
Mega Emboar ex (273)	Ascended Heroes	380	320	640
Charizard VSTAR (19)	Crown Zenith	280	320	640

70 HP against a Fire ×2 weakness means any Fire attack printed at 35 damage or more is enough. 1,014 cards in the archive clear that bar.

Cards this one removes in a single attack

763 cards in the archive are weak to Grass and sit inside the damage this card can deal. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.

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What is Butterfree as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

Butterfree 34 is one print of Butterfree. The figures below are about the Pokémon rather than this single card — how many times it has been printed, how tough those prints run, and how many of them can still be played.

Butterfree has been printed 25 times, and the printed numbers move from one print to the next. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.

The three toughest Butterfree cards ever printedPokédex #012Prints on record 25Toughest print 300 HPThis card 70 HP

25prints

Legal in Standard2Older prints, not in Standard23

Every Butterfree print on record, split by whether it can still be entered in Standard play.

Legality is read from the print rather than from the Pokémon, so an older copy of the same Pokémon is a different card for tournament purposes.

The toughest Butterfree printed is 300 HP, and this card is 23.3% of it

Bars are printed HP, measured against the record for this Pokémon

Butterfree VMAX 190/189the toughest Butterfree ever printedSWSH03: Darkness Ablaze300 HP
Butterfree 34against that record23.3% of the record70 HP

Read from the printed card face of every Butterfree print on record. Printed HP does not change after a card is issued.

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What has to be in play before Butterfree 34 can be?

Butterfree evolves from Metapod, so the whole line has to be built before this card reaches the field.

The Butterfree line, oldest stage firstPokédex #012

Caterpie20 prints on record · Base Set (Shadowless)

+30 HP · +20 damage

Metapod20 prints on record · Legendary Collection

+50 HP · +50 damage

Butterfree18 prints on record · Southern Islands

Caterpie → Metapod → Butterfree

This card cannot be played from your hand onto an empty spot — it goes on top of Metapod.
The line runs 3 stages, so the first card has to be in play 2 turns before this one can be.
Every print in the line shares Pokédex number 012.

1CaterpieHardest attack printed at this stage: 20 damage60 HP
2MetapodHardest attack printed at this stage: 40 damage. Evolving here adds 30 HP over the stage before it90 HP
3ButterfreeHardest attack printed at this stage: 90 damage. Evolving here adds 50 HP over the stage before it140 HP

Bars are the highest HP ever printed on that stage, measured against the top of this line (140 HP). The note beside each bar is the hardest attack printed at that stage.

Every print of a stage is counted, not just the one shown in the chain above, so the bar is the ceiling that stage has reached rather than one card from it.

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Is this the strongest Butterfree print, and can the older ones still be played?

25 prints carry this name in the archive. They share a Pokémon but not a card — printed HP, printed damage and tournament legality all move from one print to the next.

Bar height and the number above each bar = highest HP that year; the two digits below = the year.

Rows run from the toughest print down. Bars are printed HP, measured against the toughest print of this name shown here (300 HP), and the highlighted row is the card this page is about.

Butterfree prints — can each one still be played?
Print	Set	Regulation mark	Standard
Butterfree VMAX 190/189	SWSH03: Darkness Ablaze	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Butterfree VMAX 002/189	SWSH03: Darkness Ablaze	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Butterfree V 177/189	SWSH03: Darkness Ablaze	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Butterfree V 001/189	SWSH03: Darkness Ablaze	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Butterfree 003/192	SWSH02: Rebel Clash	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Butterfree 5/83	Generations	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Butterfree 3/106	XY - Flashfire	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Butterfree 4/214	SM - Unbroken Bonds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Butterfree 3/68	Hidden Fates	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Butterfree 3/149	SM Base Set	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Butterfree 012/165	SV: Scarlet & Violet 151	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Butterfree 16/123	HeartGold SoulSilver	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Butterfree 14/106	Great Encounters	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Butterfree 3/147	SM - Burning Shadows	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Butterfree 003/159	SV09: Journey Together	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Butterfree 003/264	SWSH08: Fusion Strike	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Butterfree 2/112	EX FireRed & LeafGreen	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Butterfree FB 17	Supreme Victors	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Butterfree 005/165	Expedition	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Butterfree 09/18	Southern Islands	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Butterfree 038/165	Expedition	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Butterfree 19/75	Neo Discovery	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Butterfree 33/64	Jungle	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Butterfree 021/110	Legendary Collection	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Butterfree 034/130	Base Set 2	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard

2 of the 25 prints listed here are legal in Standard play. An older print of the same Pokémon is a different card for legality, because legality is read from the print rather than from the name — so owning the cheap old copy does not always mean you can enter with it.

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What can you use instead of Butterfree 34?

Every card below asks a deck for the same kind of slot, so the comparison is between what they print, not what they cost.

Cards that fill the same slot as Butterfree 34
Card	Set	HP	Top damage	Retreat
Venusaur	Base	100	60	2
Nidoking	Base	90	30	3
Venusaur	Wizards Black Star Promos	100	40	2
Meganium	Neo Genesis	100	40	3
Nidoqueen	Skyridge	110	30	3
Meganium	Expedition Base Set	100	40	2

This card itself is 70 HP, 40 top damage and 0 retreat, and every card here is Grass like it.

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Every card below carries the same Pokédex number as this one, so they are the same Pokémon printed as different cards — different stages, different mechanics and different names all sit in this group.

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What was printed next to Butterfree 34 in Base Set 2?

A card is met inside a set, not on its own, and the number on it is the order that set gave it. The cards either side are the ones a collector actually turns past to reach this one.

Cards printed either side of this one

These are the cards numbered either side of #34 in Base Set 2. The badge on each card is its printed HP. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.

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Which rules apply to Butterfree 34, and where can it be played?

Two kinds of rule meet on one card — the sentence printed on the card face, and the rulebook clauses that apply because of what the card carries.

Rulebook clauses that apply to Butterfree 34
Clause	What the rulebook says	Cards it applies to	Share of the archive
Weakness	Some Pokemon have Weakness or Resistance to Pokemon of certain types, marked in the lower-left corner of the card.	16,744 cards	81.9%
Retreat	Retreat your Active Pokemon (only once per turn).	17,244 cards	84.3%
Energy per turn	You can attach Energy just once each turn!	17,180 cards	84.0%

Counted across 20,444 English cards. A clause applies to this card because the card carries the property the clause names, not because we judged it to.

Butterfree 34 — tournament formats
Format	Status	What that means
Standard	Not listed	This card is not listed for this format
Expanded	Not listed	This card is not listed for this format
Unlimited	Legal	Can be played in this format

Read from the format list recorded with the card. Formats rotate on a schedule set by the organiser, and that schedule is not published on this page.

Where this card can be played

This card is legal in Unlimited play. It was released on February 24, 2000.

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Butterfree 34 in depth — what these figures add up to

Three readings of the same card, side by side: what it costs to get going, where it sits among the cards it will be compared with, and what takes it off the field.

What it asks a deck for

Its hardest attack, Mega Drain, needs 4 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 4 turns from an empty card.
That works out at 10 damage for every Energy card attached.
Moving it out of the active spot costs no Energy at all.
It cannot start the game in play — Metapod has to be on the field first.

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

Every card in the archiveNo. 10,622 of 17,290

Grass cardsNo. 1,285 of 2,387

Stage 2 cardsNo. 1,717 of 1,749

Base Set 2No. 30 of 100

What actually removes it

A Fire attack printed at 35 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 70 HP.
1,014 cards in the archive clear that bar.
Going the other way, it removes 763 cards in one attack.
Damage from Fighting attacks is reduced before it is applied, so an attack that clears the bar on paper may still fall short.

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Butterfree 34 card record

Butterfree 34 — the printed record, field by field
Hit points	70 HP	Type	Grass
Weakness	Fire ×2	Retreat cost	0 Energy
Evolves from	Metapod	Card type	Stage 2
Pokédex number	#012	Set	Base Set 2
Card number	34 of 130	Series	Base
Released	February 24, 2000	Rarity	Uncommon
Illustrator	Kagemaru Himeno
Tournament legality	Unlimited only

Read from the printed card face, the set listing and the official format list.

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What does Butterfree 34 cost?

This page is about what the card does. The figure below is the one number worth carrying across, read on August 14, 2026.

Market price today

$1.54

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August 14, 2026

One figure only — the price record, the daily chart and the marketplaces live on the price page.

Butterfree 34 priceOne year of daily prices, every print variant, and where to buy it.Open the price page

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Butterfree 34 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Butterfree 34?

Butterfree 34 has 70 HP and a Fire weakness at ×2, so a Fire attack printed at 35 damage or more removes it in one turn. Any other type has to print the full 70.

What is the strongest attack on Butterfree 34?

Mega Drain, printed at 40 damage for 4 Energy — 10 damage per Energy card. Remove a number of damage counters from Butterfree equal to 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 than that, remove all of them.

What is the retreat cost of Butterfree 34?

None. Butterfree 34 carries a printed retreat cost of zero, so it can move out of the active spot without discarding any Energy. The once-a-turn limit on retreating still applies.

Can an older Butterfree print be played in a tournament?

Legality is read from the print, not from the Pokémon. Of the 25 prints listed on this page, 2 are legal in Standard play. The rest can still be played in formats that accept them, and the table on this page names the regulation mark each print carries.

What does Butterfree evolve from?

Metapod. It cannot be played straight from your hand onto an empty spot — the earlier stage has to be in play first.

Can Butterfree 34 be played in a tournament?

It is legal in Unlimited play. Standard events run on a rotating list of sets, so check the current rotation before entering one.

Does this page say how good Butterfree 34 is in a deck?

No. Every figure here is read from the printed card. Deck lists, tournament results and win rates are not published on this site, because the card files it reads do not contain them.

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Where these card facts come from

Card facts are read once from openly published card files and do not change between readings — a printed card cannot gain HP. The places below are where the same information can be checked. Last updated: July 28, 2026 — the counts and rankings on this page were taken from the card files read on that day.

Primary official source

First-party official sources — the body that issues the data itself, such as a government agency, a statutory register or a rights holder publishing its own records.

The Pokémon Company International — official rules, tournament format and rotation announcements www.pokemon.com

Industry source

Second-party sources — marketplaces, trade associations, research institutes and companies that compile data about the market.

Pokémon TCG Data — openly published card files (card text, HP, attacks, weakness, retreat cost, illustrator credits) github.com

TCGdex card database — openly licensed card files (set membership and card numbering) github.com

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Butterfree 34 — what does this card actually do?

What does Butterfree 34 do in a game?

Butterfree 34 performance summary

What it can do

Where it stands

Butterfree 34 at a glance

What do the attacks on Butterfree 34 cost, and what do they hit for?

How does Butterfree 34 compare with every other card?

Is Butterfree 34 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

What does being a Grass card do for Butterfree 34?

What knocks out Butterfree 34 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

What is Butterfree as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

What has to be in play before Butterfree 34 can be?

Is this the strongest Butterfree print, and can the older ones still be played?

What can you use instead of Butterfree 34?

Which other cards share the Pokémon behind Butterfree 34?

What was printed next to Butterfree 34 in Base Set 2?

Which rules apply to Butterfree 34, and where can it be played?

Butterfree 34 in depth — what these figures add up to

What it asks a deck for

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

What actually removes it

Butterfree 34 card record

What does Butterfree 34 cost?

Butterfree 34 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Butterfree 34?

What is the strongest attack on Butterfree 34?

What is the retreat cost of Butterfree 34?

Can an older Butterfree print be played in a tournament?

What does Butterfree evolve from?

Can Butterfree 34 be played in a tournament?

Does this page say how good Butterfree 34 is in a deck?

Where these card facts come from

Before you rely on these figures

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