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Butterfree Pokémon Cards

National Dex
#012
Printed
1999–2025
Sets
21
Rarities
7
Total value
$379
raw, near mint
Cards priced
25
20 with PSA 10
Most valuable
$169
Expedition Base Set
Typical PSA 10
54.1×
median of 20

CardTrack prices 25 different Butterfree cards across 21 sets, from 1999 to 2025, worth $379 together. The most valuable is the Butterfree from Expedition Base Set at $169.00 ungraded, about $48,000 in PSA 10. Every price below is a blended raw value from real sold results, updated daily.

Butterfree is a Grass-type Pokémon (Generation I). Evolution line: Caterpie → Metapod → Butterfree.

All 25 Butterfree cards

Filter by set or rarity, sort by value, era, the PSA 10 gap or the 30-day move.

25 cards

Prices updated · How we price →

Where the Butterfree money is

Value is not spread evenly across the printings — the ranking below is by total tracked value, not by card count, the same measure as the most valuable Pokémon cards.

The top 5 of 25 Butterfree cards hold 82% of the $379 total. The remaining 20 share what is left, which is why a “complete Butterfree collection” in the collection tracker costs far less than the headline suggests until you reach the top row.

What grading a Butterfree is worth

Across the 20 Butterfree cards that have both a raw price and a real PSA 10 price.

Typical (median)

54.1×

half are above, half below

Middle half

9.6× – 98.8×

the 25th to 75th percentile

Cheapest card

3.8×

smallest gap

Largest gap

284×

one card, near-zero raw

This is the median, not the average. Averaging the ratios gives 69.1×, which only 9 of 20 cards (45%) actually reach: a card worth a few cents raw with a three-figure slab produces a ratio in the hundreds and drags the mean above almost the whole set. The median is what a card in the middle really does, and it is the figure to take to the grading ROI calculator.

Butterfree value over time

Total tracked value of every Butterfree printing since 2021, from PriceCharting sales history; the top 100 cards across every Pokémon are charted in the market report.

90 days

—

1 year

+116.9%

All time

+171.8%

As of

2026-10

$3792026-10-06+203.2% since 2021Hover the chart to read any month
$0$201$402202120222023202420252026

Indexed over 18 of this set's 25 cards — the ones with enough PriceCharting sales history to track continuously.

90 days is withheld: the weighted index and the basket total disagree over that window, which means the index was re-based rather than the cards re-priced. A number we cannot stand behind is worse than no number.

Strongest Butterfree grading opportunities

Ranked by expected net — every grade weighted by how often this card actually earns it (the gem rate beside each card is its PSA 10 share). Best case is the PSA 10 outcome, which is why it is the larger number and the one to trust least.

All 5 Butterfree grading picks →

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Every Butterfree card, by set

Open the other 22 Butterfree cards, across 19 more sets

Collecting Butterfree cards

Butterfree has been printed in every era of the game, from 1999 (Jungle) to 2025 (Journey Together). The Current (2020–) era holds the most printings, 8 of the 25. The value sits elsewhere: the Vintage (1999–2003) era's 7 cards are worth $264, 70% of the total, against $35 for the Current (2020–) printings.

Most Butterfree cards are cheap to own: 14 of the 25 priced cards sit under $5 raw, the cheapest being the Butterfree, and the median card is worth about $3.93. 1 is worth $50 or more. A set-by-set Butterfree collection is a small-dollar exercise until the last card, which is where 45% of the total on this page comes from.

By rarity the printings split into 7 tiers, led by Rare (13), Rare Holo (4) and Uncommon (3). 20 of the 25 cards carry a PSA 10 price, the figure the grading section uses; those cards are worth about $2.08 raw at the median, against $4.20 for the 5 with no gem-mint price on file.

The grid filters by set and rarity and sorts by value, era, the PSA 10 gap or the 30-day move, so the cheapest Butterfree is one sort away (add the rarity filter for the cheapest holo); the by-set index above lists every card as text for when you know the number. Prices are CardTrack's blended raw value from real sold results, updated today.

Butterfree card questions

How many Butterfree cards are there?

CardTrack tracks 25 priced Butterfree cards across 21 Pokémon TCG sets, printed between 1999 and 2025. 20 of them also carry a real PSA 10 price.

What is the most valuable Butterfree card?

The most valuable Butterfree card is the Butterfree from Expedition Base Set (#5) at about $169.00 ungraded, or around $48,000 in PSA 10 gem mint.

How much is a complete Butterfree collection worth?

All 25 tracked Butterfree cards come to approximately $379 in raw near-mint condition. The value is concentrated: the top 5 cards alone account for 82% of it.

How much more is a graded Butterfree card worth?

A typical Butterfree card in PSA 10 sells for about 54.1× its raw price — that is the median across the 20 cards with both a raw and a PSA 10 price. Half fall between 9.6× and 98.8×, and the very cheapest cards can show far larger multiples simply because their raw price is near zero.

What is the cheapest Butterfree card?

The cheapest priced Butterfree card CardTrack tracks is the Butterfree from 151 (#12) at about $0.20. 14 of the 25 priced cards sit under $5, so a set-by-set Butterfree collection starts cheaply.

Which set has the most Butterfree cards?

Darkness Ablaze has the most Butterfree printings, 4 of the 25. The most valuable set is a different one: Expedition Base Set, whose 2 Butterfree cards total about $197.

Which Butterfree card is worth grading?

On expected profit the Butterfree from Expedition Base Set leads, at about $1,520 profit per submission after fees, with 3% of 766 graded copies coming back PSA 10. The full ranking covers all 5 gradeable Butterfree cards.