Scyther 17/130 · Base Set 2

Base Set 2 is a set in the Base series. It was released on February 24, 2000. The printed size is 130, and the checklist is the same length. Scyther is 17/130, in position 17 of 130 on this checklist. Before it is 16 Raichu, and after it is 18 Venusaur. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

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 27 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. Both list the rarity Rare Holo. 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 Base Set 2, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Base Set 2 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.