Butterfree
- Number
- 09/18
- Rarity
- Promo
- Artist
- Keiko Fukuyama
- Released
- Jul 31, 2001
Sold price movement
- 12 months ago
- $18.92£14.24€16.66
- Today
- $44.99£33.86€39.62
- Change
- +$26.07+£19.62+€22.96 (+138%)
Market activity
| Price type | Pop share | PopulationPop | Sold 90d | Median | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raw | – | 75 | $31£23.33€27.30 | $44.99£33.86€39.62 | |
| PSA 1 | – | 1 | – | – | |
| PSA 3 | 3 | 1 | – | – | |
| PSA 4 | 8 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 5 | 18 | 1 | – | – | |
| PSA 6 | 35 | 2 | – | $45£33.87€39.63 | |
| PSA 7 | 63 | 2 | – | $58.76£44.23€51.75 | |
| PSA 8 | 194 | 4 | – | $79.95£60.17€70.41 | |
| PSA 9 | 377 | 6 | $116.25£87.50€102.38 | $93.67£70.50€82.49 | |
| CGC/BGS 9.5 | – | – | – | $103£77.52€90.71 | |
| PSA 10 | 231 | 2 | – | $440.98£331.90€388.36 | |
About these prices
24.9% of copies sent to PSA come back a 10. Sold and median are 90 days of PSA sales. The 9.5 is a CGC and BGS grade, so it carries no PSA population.
Priced from 624 completed sales, updated Sep 25, 2026.
Price history
Recent sales
624 completed listings on Fanatics Collect, eBay10POKEMON CARD 2001 SOUTHERN ISLANDS BUTTERFREE PROMO #9 GRADED PSA 10$423.89£319.04€373.31Pokemon Butterfree 9/18 Southern Islands English Promo Card NM 2001 9/18$49.99£37.62€44.02
92026 Pokemon 2001 Butterfree 9/18 Promo Southern Islands MINT PSA 9 09/18$84£63.22€73.98Show 288 more, the newest 300 of 624
pokemon company butterfree 09/18 southern islands regular promo english 80 HP 09/18$40£30.11€35.23Pokemon Butterfree 9/18 Southern Islands English Promo Card NM 2001 9/18$52£39.14€45.79Pokemon Butterfree 09/18 Southern Islands Regular Non Holo Lightly Played 09/18$35£26.34€30.828
2001 Pokemon Southern Islands Promo Butterfree #9 PSA 8 NM-MTAuction$103.20£77.67€90.89Butterfree 9/18 Southern Islands Regular Pokemon - Heavily Played 09/18$31£23.33€27.30Pokemon Butterfree 09/18 Southern Islands Regular Non Holo Moderately Played 09/18$25£18.82€22.02Nintendo Pokemon Butterfree 09/18 Southern Islands Regular 80 HP 1995-2001 09/18$25£18.82€22.0210Pokemon 2001 Butterfree 9/18 Promo Southern Islands GEM MINT PSA 10 9/18$425£319.87€374.288PSA 8 Butterfree 9/18 2001 Pokemon Southern Islands Promo NM-MT WOTC #9$84.99£63.97€74.85Vintage Butterfree 09/18 Pokemon Southern Islands Regular Non Halo. Very Rare 09/18$31£23.33€27.30Pokémon TCG Butterfree Southern Islands 09/18 Promo Regular EN 80HP 09/18$25.30£19.04€22.28Butterfree 9/18 Southern Islands 2001 Pokemon Card WOTC Vingage Excellent 9/18$20£15.05€17.61Pokemon Vintage Butterfree 09/18 Southern Islands Rare Promo 2001 Wotc 09/18$35£26.34€30.82Pokemon TCG Butterfree Non-Holo Promo Card Southern Islands 9/18 Vintage WOTC NM 09/18$60£45.16€52.84Vintage Pokémon Card Butterfree 09/18 Southern Islands Regular Damage 09/18$25£18.82€22.029CGC 9 MINT Butterfree 9/18 Southern Islands Promo Vintage 2001 WOTC Pokémon #9$79.97£60.19€70.439Butterfree - Southern Islands 9/18 - PSA 9 2001 Vintage Pokemon Promo Mint #9$129.99£97.84€114.489PSA 9 Butterfree 9/18 Southern Islands Promo 2001 Pokémon WOTC GEM MINT LOOK!! 9/18$90£67.74€79.268Butterfree 9/18 Southern Islands CGC 8 pokemon 5080 w/ sub grades BLUE LABEL! 9/18$60£45.16€52.849Butterfree - Southern Islands 9/18 - PSA 9 2001 Vintage Pokemon Promo Mint$133.26£100.30€117.368Pokémon TCG Butterfree Southern Islands Promo Card 09/18 CGC 8 Graded 9/18$48£36.13€42.27More from Southern Islands
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PSA has graded 1,020 copies. Where they landed:
Why the verdict weights the odds
Only 22.8% of copies reach a 10, which is why the top price is the wrong number to plan around. Weighting each grade’s PSA price by these odds, a submission is worth $163.84£123.32€144.29 on average against $144.98£109.12€127.68 for the card plus $79.99£60.20€70.44 at Regular, the cheapest level PSA will insure it at. That clears $18.86£14.20€16.61, so grading a clean copy is worth the wait.
What CGC copies sold for
Sold prices from listings that named the grader and the grade, not asking prices, and not a PSA figure converted across. A CGC 9 runs about 0.44x the PSA 9 on the cards where we hold both, but the spread is wide enough that it is only worth quoting where copies actually traded, which is what these are. The count beside each price is how many.
CGC 9 and 9.5 are one row on purpose. A CGC 9.5 sells for 3% more than a 9 across the corpus and is the cheaper of the two on nearly half of cards, so the market is not pricing them apart and splitting them here would invent a distinction. BGS is left split because there the same test says a 9.5 really is worth about 30% more.
| Grade | Median sold | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| CGC 9 or 9.5 | $49.99£37.62€44.02 | 15 |
Card facts
- Card number
- 09/18
- Rarity
- Promo
- Illustrator
- Keiko Fukuyama
- Set released
- Jul 31, 2001
- PSA population, all printings
- 1,020
- Printings priced
- 1
Southern Islands18 cards- Set value
- $2.2k£1.6k€1.9k
- 7 day move
- +1.9%
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The same card in other sets
Legendary Collection021/110$228.41£171.91€201.15
Expedition005/165$180£135.48€158.52
EX FireRed & LeafGreen2/112$42.71£32.15€37.61
Expedition038/165$31.21£23.49€27.49
Neo Discovery19/75$30.65£23.07€26.99
HeartGold SoulSilver16/123$22.76£17.13€20.04
Great Encounters14/106$14.07£10.59€12.39
Jungle33/64$13.36£10.06€11.77What moves the price of this card
The Butterfree on this page is the Normal printing from Southern Islands, and it trades at $49.04£36.91€43.19 in near mint condition. Only one printing of this card was produced, so there is no cheaper version to confuse it with.
Graded, it runs PSA 6 $45£33.87€39.63, PSA 7 $58.76£44.23€51.75, PSA 8 $79.95£60.17€70.41, PSA 9 $93.67£70.50€82.49, CGC/BGS 9.5 $103£77.52€90.71, PSA 10 $440.98£331.90€388.36. PSA has graded 1,020 copies of it. 624 completed sales are on file.
What is a PSA 10 Butterfree worth?
A PSA 10 Butterfree from Southern Islands sells for $440.98. 24.9% of the copies PSA has graded came back a 10, so that price is the best case rather than the one a submission should expect.
Is Butterfree from Southern Islands worth grading?
On the numbers, yes. The average submission is worth $171.44 with every grade weighted by how often this card comes back at it, against $44.99 for a raw copy plus $99.99 to send it through PSA Regular, so it clears $26.46.
Condition does most of the work below the surface. A copy with soft corners or a print line off centre trades well under the market price shown here, and a copy clean enough to grade trades well above it, which is why the PSA 10 sits at $440.98£331.90€388.36. Before you value your own copy, look at the corners under a light and check the centring on the back, where most cards give themselves away.
What Butterfree does
Stage2, evolves from Metapod · 80 HP · retreat 1
Fly30Flip 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).
Rainbow Powder20Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. If tails, the Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned.
Weak to Fire ×2. Tournament legal in neither standard nor expanded.