Pokémon · HeartGold & SoulSilver
Scyther
HS—Undaunted · #36 · Uncommon · 2010
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$1.54
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 36 / 91
- Release year
- 2010
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- HP
- 60
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Scizor
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Wataru Kawahara/Direc. Shinji Higuchi
- Pokédex #
- 123
- Series
- HeartGold & SoulSilver
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Damage Prevention
- Damage efficiency
- 20 damage
- 10 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Also does
Strategy & play
How Scyther plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- A Basic — hits the board turn 1 with no evolution tax.
- Its main attack (Afterimage Strike) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Attacks on any Energy (Colorless cost) — splashable into any deck regardless of type.
- Grass type, weak to Fire ×2 — a Fire attacker doing ≥30 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Seen in 0% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 3 copies.
How to beat Scyther
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥30 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 2.52 copies on average · 27 decks
- Match win rate
- 37.6%
- -9.5 pts vs the 47.1% field average
Plays well with
Cards most often run alongside this one in tournament decks over the last 180 days — ranked by how distinctive the pairing is.
Illustrated by Wataru Kawahara/Direc. Shinji Higuchi
Building around Scyther?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"When it moves, it leaves only a blur. If it hides in grass, its protective colors make it invisible."
CCAfterimage Strike — 20
During your opponent's next turn, if Scyther would be damaged by an attack, flip a coin. If heads, prevent that attack's damage done to Scyther.
Weakness:R×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Pricing reference
Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.
TCGPlayer (USD)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.25 | $1.05 | $19.98 | $1.54 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $18.49 | $24.99 | $322.00 | $34.64 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/03/11| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.74 |
| 7-day average | €0.55 |
| 30-day average | €0.44 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.73 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.49 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €3.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €2.88 |
| reverseHoloSell | €1.61 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.52 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €2.90 |
| Reverse holo trend | €2.99 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Scyther is real?
Scyther is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the back-light test (real cards have a black inner layer that blocks light; counterfeits glow through), the rosette dot pattern on the back under magnification, font weight and kerning on the card name, and the holofoil pattern if applicable. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.
What is Scyther worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Scyther is $1.54; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.
What set is Scyther from?
Scyther is from the Pokémon set "HS—Undaunted" in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series, released in 2010.
What rarity is Scyther?
Scyther is a Uncommon card in the HS—Undaunted set.
Other Scyther printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
