Scyther 65/90 · HS—Undaunted

HS—Undaunted is a set in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series. It was released on August 18, 2010. The printed size is 90. This checklist is longer, at 91 cards. Scyther is 65/90, in position 65 of 91 on this checklist. Before it is 64 Rattata, and after it is 66 Slowpoke. The listed rarity is Common.

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

Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this card. The same name is on 471 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 Common. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this one. 22 other cards of Scyther list a different HP.

The attack Cut lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Slashing Strike is another attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless, Colorless. During your next turn, Scyther can't use Slashing Strike. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It slashes through grass with its sharp scythes, moving too fast for the human eye to track."

I keep a set binder for HS—Undaunted, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the HS—Undaunted 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.