Scyther 130/127 · Platinum

Platinum is a set in the Platinum series. It was released on February 11, 2009. The printed size is 127. This checklist is longer, at 133 cards. Scyther is 130/127, in position 130 of 133 on this checklist. Before it is 129 Hitmonchan, and after it is SH4 Lotad. The collector number is above the printed set size of 127. The listed rarity is Rare Secret.

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. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare Secret. 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. 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 "It tears and shreds prey with its wickedly sharp scythes. It very rarely spreads its wings to fly."

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