Rocket's Scizor ex 101/109 · Team Rocket Returns

Scizor is Pokédex #212, generation 2 (Johto). Rocket's Scizor ex is a Stage 1 ex Darkness Pokémon with 120 HP. The card says it evolves from Rocket's Scyther ex. In this catalog that name is Scyther (#123).

Rocket's Scizor ex sits at 101/109 in Team Rocket Returns, position 101 of 111. Before it is 100 Rocket's Moltres ex, and after it is 102 Rocket's Scyther ex. The set belongs to the EX series. It was released on 1 November 2004. The printed size is 109. This checklist is longer, at 111 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Holo EX.

Dual Armor is listed as Poké-Body. As long as Rocket's Scizor ex has any Metal Energy attached to it, Rocket's Scizor ex is both Darkness and Metal type. The attack Rotating Claws lists 50 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. You may discard an Energy card attached to Rocket's Scizor ex. If you do, search your discard pile for an Energy card (excluding the one you discarded) and attach it to Rocket's Scizor ex. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Grass -30. Retreat cost is 1. The card text says: When Pokémon-ex has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

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 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Scizor 33/53 in Wizards Black Star Promos (1999). That card is named Scizor, while this one is Rocket's Scizor ex. That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 120 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare Holo EX. Hironobu Yoshida illustrated that card, and Hikaru Koike illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 1. 31 other cards of Scizor list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Hikaru Koike. I count 46 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Team Rocket Returns set binder is where a full Team Rocket Returns set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Scizor can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Trainer's Pokémon and Team Rocket cards. I still need this card.