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What the card itself says
Everything below is written on the card itself: how much health it has, what it fears, and what its attacks cost.
- HP
- 80
- Type
- Metal
- Stage
- Stage 1
- Retreat cost
- 2
- Weakness
- ×2
Its Ability
Poison Resistance
Scizor can't be Poisoned.
Its attacks
Snatch
20Before doing damage, you may choose 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon with no damage counters on it and switch the Defending Pokémon with it.
Heavy Metal
30+Flip a number of coins equal to the amount of Metal Energy attached to Scizor. This attack does 30 damage plus 20 more damage for each heads.
What to make of it
Have a look at what it does well, then at what will get in your way. After that you'll know whether it belongs in your deck.
WHAT IT HAS GOING FOR IT
- It has an Ability, Poison Resistance. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
WHAT TO WATCH OUT FOR
- None of the 3,299 tournament lists we have read runs it. That does not make it a bad card — it means we have not seen it on a table yet.
- Weakness Fire ×2. Against a Fire Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,299 tournament lists we have read, 816 run at least one Pokémon of that type.
Who plays it
None of the tournament lists we have read mentions this card. That happens with a card that has just come out, or one players have not tried yet.
The other cards of this Pokémon
Two cards of the same Pokémon can be worth wildly different amounts — it depends on the set, the rarity and the artwork. We put all 35 Scizor cards on one page, priciest first.