The 2008 Pokémon Great Encounters Butterfree card (14), a Stage 2 Grass-type with Dozing Scales and Parallel Drain.
2008 • Pokémon • Great Encounters
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Raw / Ungraded
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The core identity of the card within the set.
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Featured
Butterfree
Game
Pokémon
Rarity, print treatment, and game-specific stats for this card.
Rare
Sumiyoshi Kizuki
Card Stock
English
120
Grass
Stage 2
36
Metapod
Fire +30
12
Abilities, attacks, oracle text, and flavor text printed on the card.
Attack: Parallel Drain (30)
After your attack, remove from 1 of your Pokémon the number of damage counters equal to the damage you did to the Defending Pokémon.
Attack: Dozing Scales (60)
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Asleep. If tails, the Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned.
It loves the honey of flowers and can locate flower patches that have even tiny amounts of pollen.
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