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Butterfree 38/165

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Set: Expedition Base Set Released: Sep 15, 2002
Pokémon: Butterfree Grass Type Rare Illustrator: Sumiyoshi Kizuki Pull Rate:1 in 40 packs (2.5%) Evolves From: Metapod

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normal

Found in Booster Packs
31.41 $1.69 (5.69%)

reverse Holofoil

Found in Booster Packs
6.00

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Butterfree #38/165 FAQs: Price, Grading & Collecting

Answers about Butterfree #38/165 from Expedition Base Set — live market value, pull rates, PSA grading returns and tournament legality.

Over the last 30 days, an ungraded Butterfree has moved up 5.7% to $31.41. PSA 10 copies are up 17.7% over the same period.

Butterfree #38/165 appears roughly 1 in 40 packs, which works out at 2.5% per pack. That makes it one of the harder cards to pull from Expedition Base Set.

Butterfree #38/165 is a Rare, one of the higher rarity tiers in Expedition Base Set.

At $31.41 raw, you need a PSA 10 to profit. A PSA 10 sells for $215.03, giving a net return of +$127.67 after grading costs and selling fees. PSA 9 returns +$14.24 and PSA 8 returns −$38.11, so a PSA 9 or 10 can profit, while anything below that loses money on this card.

PSA have graded 168 copies of Butterfree #38/165, of which 72 came back as PSA 10. That is a gem rate of 42.9%, or roughly 1 in 2.3 graded copies.

No. At a 42.9% gem rate, Butterfree grades better than the Expedition Base Set average by 25 points. Most submitted copies come back clean.

Butterfree #38/165 was illustrated by Sumiyoshi Kizuki, who has illustrated 422 Pokémon cards in total.

Butterfree #38/165 was released on 15 September 2002 as part of Expedition Base Set. It belongs to the Vintage era and features a Generation 1 Pokémon from the Kanto region.