Butterfree16/123 · HeartGold & SoulSilver Price & Value
Market value · Near Mint · Normal
- PSA 9$150modelled · pop 6
- PSA 10$153modelled · pop 1
Make sure you have the right card
Every price on this page is for HeartGold & SoulSilver #16/123, 2010. Check yours against the tells below before you buy, sell or grade.
Everything except the illustration window is foiled — the mirror image of a normal holo, where only the picture shines.
No foil anywhere — the non-holo printing.
What's your copy worth?
✨ Is it worth it?
An AI market read of this card — value, momentum, grading economics, liquidity. It lays out the data; you decide.
Butterfree is a Rare Pokémon card from HeartGold & SoulSilver (#16, released 2010), illustrated by Tomokazu Komiya. It's a Stage 2 Grass-type Pokémon with 120 HP, evolving from Metapod, weak to Lightning ×2. Prices below are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.
Prices last updated 12 September 2026.
Butterfree price history & recent sales
Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history
Medium confidence30 sales in 90 days, but prices vary widely. · Very liquid — Sells often
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.
By grade
- Raw$9.9943 sales · 30 in 90d, sells often
- PSA 9$13.002 sales
- CGC 9.5$15.601 sale
- CGC 9$8.401 sale
Is Butterfree worth grading?
Most copies come back PSA 9 — worth $150 against the $84 you put in. The money is in the 1 in 2 that reach PSA 9 or 10 and sell for $150–$153. Averaged over every outcome that is +$18 a card.
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Compare graders, and the live market
The verdict above is PSA's — the grader the population report, the ROI table and the price ladder on this page all use. Trader prices all three graders against each other and adds what the asking market is doing right now.
- PSA, CGC and Beckett side by side — each on its own population and its own fees, with Beckett scored on the 9.5 its market actually pays for.
- Lightly and moderately played — the same expected return for a copy that cannot gem.
- Ask vs sold — what the live listings want, against what copies have really closed at.
- Momentum — the 30-day median against the 90-day, per grade.
- Where it sells higher — the Fanatics-versus-eBay premium, with the sale counts behind it.
- Population history — the weekly PSA census, so you can see how fast 10s are arriving before you post the card.
The odds
Butterfree is a Rare in HeartGold & SoulSilver — the pack's hit slot lands on Rare 67% of the time, split across 21 rare cards in the set, so pulling this exact card is roughly 1 in 31 packs.
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 grade | Est. value | Grading fee | Net vs raw | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | $152.77 | $72 | +$69 | 12.2× |
| PSA 9 | $150.00 | $71 | +$66 | 11.9× |
⚖️ Risk-adjusted return
Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 11 PSA-graded copies:
| Outcome | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | 9.1% | $152.77 |
| PSA 9 — typical | 54.5% | $150.00 |
| PSA 8 | 27.3% | $15.65 † |
| PSA 3 | 9.1% | $12.56 |
† Priced from PriceCharting's graded ladder — we hold no completed sale of our own at that grade. Every other row is our own sold data.
Net = graded value − raw value − grading cost (tier fee + ~$20 round-trip shipping), using PSA fees as of 2026-08-26; 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
1 of the 11 PSA-graded Butterfree copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 9.1%. The rest graded lower.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 11.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 15.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Butterfree 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
Butterfree 16/123 HeartGold SoulSilver Rare Pokémon TCGRaw · eBay$7.45
Butterfree 16/123 - HeartGold SoulSilver Pokemon Card - Tomokazu Komiya ArtRaw · eBay$9.99
Butterfree - 16/123 - HeartGold SoulSilver Non-Holo - LPRaw · eBay$10.15
Butterfree 16/123 Heartgold & Soulsilver RegularRaw · eBay$10.90
Butterfree HeartGold SoulSilver Regular Card 16/123Raw · eBay$10.99
Butterfree 16/123 Rare HeartGold SoulSilver LP Pokemon CardRaw · eBay$10.99Cheapest raw copy $7.45 — 41% below our near-mint estimate of $13
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10pop 1 | modelled$153$130–$176 | |
| PSA 9pop 6 | modelled$150$128–$173 |
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
Price by printingBase vs reverse holo vs 1st edition — priced separately
Price by variant
TCGplayer market price per printing — reverse holo, 1st edition and unlimited often differ sharply.
Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz
Cross-market prices
6% spreadCurrently 6% cheaper on PriceCharting than TCGplayer. These are independent market prices for the same card — a wide gap can mean a buying opportunity. Informational only, not arbitrage advice.
Market signal
Derived from this card's 90-day price history, recent trend and cross-market price gap. Informational, not advice.
Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat
Evolves from Metapod.
Remove 3 damage counters from each of your Pokémon.
Your opponent switches the Defending Pokémon with 1 of his or her Benched Pokémon.
“Water-repellent powder on its wings enables it to collect honey, even in the heaviest of rains.”
About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
In battle, it flaps its wings at high speed to release highly toxic dust into the air.
Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Other Butterfree cards
There are 20 different Butterfree printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is HeartGold & SoulSilver #16 (Rare). The most valuable 7 are below.
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Butterfree (HeartGold & SoulSilver #16) worth?
As of 12 September 2026, Butterfree from HeartGold & SoulSilver is worth approximately $12.56 ungraded (near-mint), and around $153 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 HeartGold & SoulSilver is worth around $153 — roughly 12× the raw ungraded value of $12.56.
Should I grade my Butterfree?
Grading is worth it when the PSA 10 premium comfortably beats the grading fee and the card is clean enough to have a real shot at a 10 — the "Should you grade it?" estimate above works that out per grade, net of the current fee.
Is Butterfree rare?
Butterfree is a Rare card from HeartGold & SoulSilver (card #16).
How do I know if my Butterfree is Reverse Holo?
The card body, not the picture: Everything except the illustration window is foiled — the mirror image of a normal holo, where only the picture shines.
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