Scizor 33/53 · Wizards Black Star Promos

Wizards Black Star Promos is a set in the Base series. It was released on July 1, 1999. The printed size is 53, and the checklist is the same length. Scizor is 33/53, in position 33 of 53 on this checklist. Before it is 32 Smeargle, and after it is 34 Entei. The listed rarity is Promo.

Scizor is a Stage 1 Metal Pokémon with 70 HP. The card lists level 36. In the Pokédex this is Scizor (#212), generation 2 (Johto). The card says it evolves from Scyther. In this catalog that name is Scyther (#123).

Hironobu Yoshida illustrated this card. The same name is on 38 other cards in the catalog.

Scizor (#212) has 35 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 22 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2001 to 2026. The earliest other card is Scizor 10/75 in Neo Discovery (2001). That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Promo. Kimiya Masago illustrated that card, and Hironobu Yoshida illustrated this one. 34 other cards of Scizor list a different HP.

The attack Leer lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon can't attack Scizor during your opponent's next turn. (Benching either Pokémon ends this effect.) Metal Pincer is another attack lists 30+ damage. The cost is Metal, Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin until you get tails. This attack does 30 damage plus 10 more damage for each heads. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Grass -30. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "Its wings are not used for flying. They are flapped at high speed to adjust its body temperature."

I keep a set binder for Wizards Black Star Promos, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Wizards Black Star Promos set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Scizor can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.