Scyther 26/64 · Jungle

Jungle is a set in the Base series. It was released on June 16, 1999. The printed size is 64, and the checklist is the same length. Scyther is 26/64, in position 26 of 64 on this checklist. Before it is 25 Pinsir, and after it is 27 Snorlax. The listed rarity is Rare.

Scyther is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 70 HP. The card lists level 25. In the Pokédex this is Scyther (#123), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists Scizor, Scizor (#212) under evolves to.

Ken Sugimori illustrated this card. The same name is on 1,112 other cards in the catalog.

Scyther (#123) has 31 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 28 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2024. The earliest other card is Scyther 10/64 in Jungle (1999). Both list 70 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. 22 other cards of Scyther list a different HP.

The attack Swords Dance lists no damage number. The cost is Grass. During your next turn, Scyther's Slash attack's base damage is 60 instead of 30. Slash is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Fighting -30. The flavor text reads "With ninja-like agility and speed, it can create the illusion that there is more than one of it."

I keep a set binder for Jungle, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Jungle set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Scyther can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.