Look past the front-of-card pokemon and Butterfree is there — 5 times across the TCG, drawn between 2001 and 2024. Mitsuhiro Arita, Tomokazu Komiya and chibi's work shows up most often.
These cameos cluster in Celebrations most heavily; Mitsuhiro Arita accounts for 1 of the appearances.
These cards feature indeterminate, flying, standing and happy in their background art, illustrated by artists like Mitsuhiro Arita, Tomokazu Komiya and chibi.
Butterfree appears as a background cameo across 5 Pokémon cards.
These appearances range from clear sightings to barely-visible silhouettes, scattered across 2001–2024 of the TCG.
Each cameo rewards collectors who pause to look closely at the card art.