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Southern Islands · 9/18
Butterfree
This page documents Butterfree 9/18 from Southern Islands. Use the printing fields and distinguishing details below to compare the physical card with this exact record.
Set
Southern Islands
Card Number
9/18
Release Year
2001
Pokémon Info
No.
#0012
Species
Butterfly Pokemon
HT
3' 07"
WT
70.5 lbs
Card identification
How to identify this printing
Compare these characteristics with the physical card to confirm the exact edition, finish, variant, or error printing.
Set
Southern Islands
Card number
9/18
Rarity
Promotion
Finish
Non-Holo
Print edition
English fixed-set promotional print
Variant type
Distribution
Stamp
No stamp
Distribution
Collection Product
Distinguishing details
Southern Islands Collection — English fixed promotional set; no rarity symbol; Promotion card-list entry.
Collector interpretation
What this Butterfree 9/18 record represents
This record identifies Butterfree 9/18 from Southern Islands. Its recorded collectible characteristics are rarity: Promotion, finish: Non-Holo, edition: English fixed-set promotional print, variant: English fixed-set promotional print, product source: Southern Islands, and distribution: Collection Product.
No other record with the same set, card name, and collector number is currently linked on CardInfo.Net. That does not prove that no other printing exists; it means no additional version is presently connected through this comparison query.
This record is not marked with a documented error. Centering, wear, scratches, fading, grading results, and isolated factory anomalies do not by themselves change the printing identity shown here.
Tracked finishes
Tracked editions
Variant or error labels
Product sources
Card information
Card Name
Butterfree
Set
Southern Islands
Card Number
9/18
Category
Pokémon
Subcategory
Stage 2
Type
Grass
HP
80
Level
—
Rarity
Promotion
Illustrator
Keiko Fukuyama
Printing & identification
Finish
Non-Holo
Print Edition
English fixed-set promotional print
Variant Type
Distribution
Variant Subtype
English fixed-set promotional print
Variant Attribute
Non-Holo
Stamp
No stamp
Distribution
Collection Product
Product Source
Southern Islands
Gameplay
Attack
Fly
Cost
Colorless ×3Flip a coin. If heads, during your opponent's next turn, prevent all effects of attacks, including damage, done to Butterfree. If tails, this attack does nothing (not even damage).
Attack
Rainbow Powder
Cost
Grass ×2ColorlessFlip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. If tails, the Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned.
Weakness
Resistance
Retreat Cost
Flavor Text
The poison scales on its wings are waterproof, allowing this Pokémon to be active even on rainy days.