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In battle, it flaps its wings at high speed to release highly toxic dust into the air.
Abilities, attacks, weakness & resistance
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.)
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.
Other cards from Base Set 2
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Butterfree (34/130) is a Grass Stage 2 Pokémon from Base Set 2. It has Whirlwind, a Colorless×2 attack that deals 20 and forces the opponent to switch a Benched Pokémon, and Mega Drain, a Grass×4 attack that deals 40 and removes damage counters from Butterfree equal to half the damage dealt. The card sports a 0 retreat cost, resists Fighting by 30 and is weak to Fire (×2), affecting its match-up and survival options.
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