Butterfree · Hidden Fates, what to know.
About the Butterfree card
Butterfree is card 3 of 69 in Hidden Fates, released in August 2019, a Rare. It is a Stage 2 Grass-type with 130 HP.
As a Stage 2, it evolves from Metapod, which places Butterfree deeper in its line and means most collectors hold it alongside the cards it evolves from.
Illustrated by Masakazu Fukuda.
The card's flavor text gives Butterfree a line of lore: "Its wings are covered in toxic scales. If it finds bird Pokémon going after Caterpie, Butterfree sprinkles its scales on them to drive them off."
About Butterfree in the Pokémon world
The bug-flying final form of the Caterpie line. Compound eyes, large purple wings, a butterfly silhouette. Jungle holo Butterfree has a small but loyal collector following. PSA 10 examples are reasonably accessible.
What is Butterfree worth?
Butterfree is a non-holo Rare. In Hidden Fates, value concentrates in the holo rares, so a Butterfree trades modestly, though a clean, well-centered 1st Edition copy in PSA 10 is scarcer than the print run suggests and carries a real premium. Check the live price above for the figure by grade.
Print variants and how to spot them
Confirm the print and finish on Butterfree before pricing it, since variant and rarity set the market more than the card name alone.
Grading and condition
Butterfree grades on centering and edges more than surface. The card was played and traded more freely than the holos, so a clean, well-centered Butterfree is worth more than collectors assume.
If you are collecting Butterfree
For Butterfree, check centering by eye, edge whitening on all four sides, and surface under angled light. Submission math on Butterfree rarely works unless the card has independent demand.
