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Check your printing9 different Butterfree printings exist — is this your card? Base Set 2 #34
Butterfree Base Set 2 #34 Pokémon card
Uncommon

Butterfree34/130 · Base Set 2 Price & Value

2000 · Illustrated by Kagemaru Himeno
70 HPGrassPokémonStage 2

Market value · Near Mint

$1.52
  • PSA 9$29pop 77
  • PSA 10$972 sold · 90d · pop 50
LiquidityOccasional sales
Sales · 90 days5
Last sale$97 PSA 10 · 23 Jul 2026
Range$2$2
Cert-verified10 PSA sales
No completed sales recorded yet. This is a marketplace asking price, which usually sits above what copies actually sell for. It becomes a sold-based price as soon as this card starts trading. eBay + Fanatics + TCGplayer. Updated 5 September 2026. 2 sources agree within 31%. Estimate, not an appraisalhow we price →

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Estimated value · Near Mint
$1.52

What this price is based on

Low confidence

Only 2 sales in the last 90 days.

Range$42.00$133lowest to highest sale
Sales rate1.2/mo17 recorded
Latest sale44d ago2 sales in 90 days

Recent PSA 10 sales

By grade

  • PSA 10$96.555 sales
  • CGC 9$12.504 sales
  • PSA 9$45.793 sales
  • CGC 7.5$7.203 sales
  • PSA 8$15.001 sale
  • CGC 8$14.401 sale

From 17 completed sales recorded between Aug 19, 2025 and Jul 26, 2026. Sold prices only — asking prices are never counted.

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NOT WORTH IT

Based on 17 graded sales and 1,889,841 pop-report entries for a near-mint copy.

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Butterfree is a Uncommon Pokémon card from Base Set 2 (#34, released 2000), illustrated by Kagemaru Himeno. It's a Stage 2 Grass-type Pokémon with 70 HP, evolving from Metapod, weak to Fire ×2. Its current blended market value is $1.52 ungraded, with a PSA 10 worth around $97 — a gem-mint grading premium of roughly 64× the raw value. Prices are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.

Prices last updated 5 September 2026.

Butterfree price history & recent sales

Price history · Raw

1 Oct 20235 Sept 2026
Latest
$1.52
Period high
$3.54
Period low
$1.52
Change
9.0% · 3Y
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Verified sales history14 in 90 daysreal completed listings

Last sold
$97
PSA 10 · 23 Jul 2026
Typical PSA 10
$97
Sales · last 90 days
2
How often it sells
No sales in the last 30 days
every 14 days · 0 in last 30 days

Real completed eBay sales, refreshed periodically. Grade read from the listing title. Implausibly priced listings (lots, proxies, empty slabs) and wrong-variant sales are filtered out. Links to eBay are affiliate links — we may earn a commission.

Last sold price
$6
CGC 7.5 · 20 Jul 2026
Typical CGC 9
$16
Sales · last 90 days
2
How often it sells
No sales in the last 30 days
0 in last 30 days

Real completed sale prices from Fanatics Collect — weekly and premier auctions plus marketplace Buy It Now sales, refreshed periodically. Grade read from the listing title.

DateGradePriceCert
24 Jul 2026PSA 10$96.55#57664739
9 Jul 2026PSA 10$132.50#72522818
24 May 2026PSA 9$29.00#57182859
22 May 2026PSA 7$34.00#147715187
8 Apr 2026PSA 9$40.00#76644241
27 Jan 2026PSA 9$43.60#52847734
7 Jan 2026PSA 9$43.12#52847734
6 Jan 2026PSA 10$99.99#72522818
23 Dec 2025PSA 10$112.47#102417247
10 Nov 2025PSA 9$10.50#114664701

Demand & liquidity

No sales in 30 days · No sales in the last 30 daysInsufficient recent data
Sales · 30d0
Sales · 90d5
HypeOn the radar
PSA 10
$97
CGC 9
$13
PSA 9
$46
CGC 7.5
$7
PSA 8
$15
CGC 8
$14

Last sold $8 · CGC 7.5 · 26 Jul 2026

How often each grade sells · last 90 days, all marketplaces

PSA 102rare
CGC 7.52rare
CGC 81rare

Is Butterfree worth grading?

$29

Expected return across every likely grade, after fees — the realistic average, not the best case. Only 29.9% of copies gem (PSA 10 best case +$25); most land at PSA 9 or below.

Gem rate (est.)29.9%
Expected return$29
PSA 10 best case+$25
Break-evenPSA 10+
VerdictNot worth it

The odds

Butterfree is a Uncommoncard — a guaranteed slot in every pack, not a rarity gamble, so there's no pull-odds figure for it.

PSA 10 (gem mint)30.3%50 of 165
PSA 946.7%77 of 165
PSA graded so far165
Gem Mint 1050
Total graded165

Estimates only. Pack odds come from CardTrack's pack model (the same one behind the pack simulator) — not an official rate. Grading odds are the real cumulative PSA population, which skews toward nicer, resubmitted copies, so it overstates the true first-submission gem rate. Full grade-by-grade breakdown below.

Grade-by-grade ROI & risk-adjusted outcomesNet vs raw per target grade, plus the probability-weighted distribution
Target gradeEst. valueGrading feeNet vs rawMultiple
PSA 10$97.00$71+$2563.8×
PSA 9$29.00$70$4319.1×
PSA 8.5$8.00$70$645.3×

⚖️ Risk-adjusted return

Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 164 PSA-graded copies:

Likely outcomeChanceValue
PSA 1029.9%$97.00
PSA 946.3%$29.00
PSA ≤823.8%$3.00

Net = graded value − raw value − grading cost (tier fee + ~$20 round-trip shipping), using PSA fees as of 2026-06-28; the paused PSA Value tier is excluded so this isn't overstated. Gem rate is estimated from cumulative PSA population, which skews toward nicer, resubmitted copies — so it overstates the true grade rate. Treat it as a guide, not a guarantee.

Population across gradersPSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — every grade, with gem rates

Only 30% of 165 PSA-graded Butterfree copies are a gem-mint 10 (50 of 165) — the rest grade lower.

PSA165 gradedPSA 10 · 50 · 30% gem
1050
977
8.52
824
78
63
52
41
CGC175 gradedCGC 10 · 29 · 17% gem
1029
9.55
951
8.525
823
7.515
78
6.56
64
5.54
53
41
BGS7 gradedBGS 10 · 1 · 14% gem
101
9.53
93
TAG1 gradedTAG 10 · 0 · 0% gem
81

Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Butterfree 10 is harder to pull.

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All grades & conditions

Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
Graded prices
Ungraded (raw)$1.49
PSA graded price estimates by grade
GradeRelative valuePrice
PSA 10pop 502 · 90d✓ 8 cert-verified$97$39$97
PSA 9pop 77✓ 6 cert-verified$29$13$29
PSA 8.5pop 2modelled$8$8$8
PSA 7pop 8modelled$8$6$8
“Sold” = median of real recent sold listings at that grade (eBay or Fanatics Collect — hover a badge to see which). “Modelled” = no verified graded sale behind the figure; it is derived from the raw price and reference guides, so treat it as a ceiling to check, not a price to quote. Confidence reflects source backing and price spread — not PSA-official values.
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
Raw price by condition
Normal · live market via TCGplayer
NMNear Mint$1.52
LPLightly Played$0.98
MPModerately Played$0.89
HPHeavily Played$0.63
DMGDamaged$0.46
7-day 0.6%
30-day 13.7%
90-day 3.3%
All-time high$2
All-time low$1
What NM / LP / MP actually mean — and how much they cost

For context: a graded PSA 7 slab of this card sells for about $8 (cert-verified) — a heavily-played raw copy shouldn't cost much more than that.

Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz

Cross-market prices

31% spread
TCGplayer · cheapest$2
PriceCharting · dearest$2

Currently 31% cheaper on TCGplayer than PriceCharting. These are independent market prices for the same card — a wide gap can mean a buying opportunity. Informational only, not arbitrage advice.

Market signal

Cross-marketMarkets disagree 31% gap

Derived from this card's 90-day price history, recent trend and cross-market price gap. Informational, not advice.

🔥 Trending in the community

#134 on the radar
Mentions this week1

Butterfree is one of the most-talked-about Pokémon right now across the Pokémon investing & TCG subreddits. See the hype radar →

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Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat

Evolves from Metapod.

Whirlwind20
Colorless · Colorless

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 Drain40
Grass · Grass · Grass · Grass

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.

Weakness Fire ×2Resistance Fighting -30

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

About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
Butterfly PokémonGEN ICaterpieMetapodButterfree

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

Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Number#34
RarityUncommon
Released2000
SupertypePokémon
SubtypesStage 2
TypeGrass
HP70
Evolves fromMetapod
WeaknessFire ×2
ResistanceFighting -30
National Pokédex#12
Card IDbase4-34
SourceAggregated marketplaces

Other Butterfree cards

There are 9 different Butterfree printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Base Set 2 #34 (Uncommon).

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Frequently asked questions

How much is Butterfree (Base Set 2 #34) worth?

As of 5 September 2026, Butterfree from Base Set 2 is worth approximately $1.52 ungraded (near-mint), and around $97 in PSA 10 gem mint. Values are blended from real Cardmarket, eBay sold and TCGplayer prices and update daily.

What is the PSA 10 price for Butterfree?

A PSA 10 (gem mint) Butterfree from Base Set 2 is worth around $97 — roughly 64× the raw ungraded value of $1.52.

Should I grade my Butterfree?

A PSA 10 sells for about $97 versus $1.52 raw — roughly a 64× uplift. Grading is worth it when that premium comfortably beats the grading fee and the card is clean enough to have a real shot at a 10. See the "Should you grade it?" estimate above for net profit per grade.

Is Butterfree rare?

Butterfree is a Uncommon card from Base Set 2 (card #34), illustrated by Kagemaru Himeno. Its current blended market value is $1.52 ungraded.

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