Scyther (Wizards Promo 45)

Scyther LV.23
ストライク Strike

Illus. Hironobu Yoshida

Evolution stage

Card name

HP

60

weakness ×2	resistance -30	retreat cost

English expansion	Wizards Black Star Promos
English card no.	45
Japanese expansion	Expansion Sheet 3
Japanese rarity

Japanese Deck Kit	Quick Starter Gift Set
Japanese Deck	Green Deck

TCG GB2 set	Legendary Power
TCG GB2 rarity
TCG GB2 ID	B12

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Scyther.

Scyther (Japanese: ストライク Strike) is a Grass-type Basic Pokémon card. It was first released as one of the Wizards Black Star Promos.

Card text

	Slashing Strike スラッシュダウン	40

Scyther can't use this attack during your next turn. (Benching or evolving Scyther ends this effect.)

Pokédex data

Scyther - Mantis Pokémon
No.	Height	Weight
123	4'11" (1.5 m)	123 lbs. (56 kg)
Pokédex entry
With ninja-like agility and speed, it can create the illusion that there is more than one.
忍者のようなすばやさ。あまりに早く動いた時は何匹もいる様に見える。

Release information

This card was released as a Wizards Black Star Promo through the Pokémon League in April 2002. In Japan, it was first available as a glossy card on sheet seven of Expansion Sheet 3. It was reprinted as a non-glossy Holofoil card in the Green Deck of the Quick Starter Gift Set. All Japanese prints use the Original Series layout, whereas the English print uses the Neo Series layout. The "Benching or evolving" clause is erroneously not italicized on the English print.

Gallery

TCG GB2 Legendary Power sprite

Trivia

Origin

This card's English Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Red and Blue.

This article is part of Project TCG, a Bulbapedia project that aims to report on every aspect of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.