Team Rocket Returns

Rocket's Scyther ex

TR102· Rare
Rocket's Scyther ex TR 102

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What the card itself says

Its characteristics and effects in play, with the original text when available.

HP
80
Type
Darkness
Retreat cost
1
Weakness
×2
Resistance
-30
Number
102/109
Set
Team Rocket ReturnsTR
Illustrated by
Hikaru Koike

Its Ability

Dual Armor

As long as Rocket's Scyther ex has any Grass Energy attached to it, Rocket's Scyther ex is both Grass and Darkness type."

Its attacks

Bounce

10

After your attack, you may switch Rocket's Scyther ex with 1 of your Benched Pokémon.

Slashing Strike

40

Rocket's Scyther ex can't use Slashing Strike during your next turn.

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.

  1. A strength

    Retreat cost 1. One Energy to discard and it is back on the Bench, which matters a lot on the turn you need to swap attackers.

  2. A strength

    It has an Ability, Dual Armor. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.

  3. Keep in mind

    None of the 4,126 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.

  4. Keep in mind

    It is an ex card. The turn it goes down your opponent takes 2 Prizes instead of one, and games do turn on exactly that.

  5. Keep in mind

    Weakness Fire ×2. Against a Fire Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 4,126 tournament lists we have read, 972 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.

When it came out

Team Rocket Returns landed here on 1 November 2004.

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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 33 Scyther cards on one page, priciest first.

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