Scyther 6/159 · Crown Zenith

Crown Zenith is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on 20 January 2023. The printed size is 159. This checklist is longer, at 160 cards. Scyther is 6/159, in position 6 of 160 on this checklist. Before it is 5 Tangrowth, and after it is 7 Sunkern. The listed rarity is Common.

Scyther is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 80 HP. In the Pokédex this is Scyther (#123), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists Scizor, Scizor (#212) under evolves to.

Narumi Sato illustrated this card. The same name is on 44 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). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Common. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Narumi Sato illustrated this one. 23 other cards of Scyther list a different HP.

The attack Mach Cut lists 10 damage. The cost is Colorless. Discard a Special Energy from your opponent's Active Pokémon. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "As Scyther fights more and more battles, its scythes become sharper and sharper. With a single slice, Scyther can fell a massive tree." The regulation mark is F.

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