Scizor 205/197 · Obsidian Flames

Obsidian Flames is a set in the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on 11 August 2023. The printed size is 197. This checklist is longer, at 230 cards. Scizor is 205/197, in position 205 of 230 on this checklist. Before it is 204 Houndour, and after it is 206 Varoom. The collector number is above the printed set size of 197. The listed rarity is Illustration Rare.

Scizor is a Stage 1 Metal Pokémon with 140 HP. 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).

Oku illustrated this card. The same name is on 11 other cards in the catalog.

Scizor (#212) has 35 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 23 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 lists 70 HP, and this one lists 140 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Illustration Rare. Hironobu Yoshida illustrated that card, and Oku illustrated this one. 33 other cards of Scizor list a different HP.

The attack Punishing Scissors lists 10+ damage. The cost is Metal. This attack does 50 more damage for each of your opponent's Pokémon in play that has an Ability. Cut is another attack lists 70 damage. The cost is Metal, Metal. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Grass -30. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "This Pokémon's pincers, which contain steel, can crush any hard object they get ahold of into bits." The regulation mark is G.

I keep a set binder for Obsidian Flames, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Obsidian Flames set binder. 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 Bug Pokémon. I still need this card.