Scyther 4 — what does this card actually do?

Name: Scyther 4
Brand: Pokémon
Author: Naoki Saito

This card has 80 HP, a top attack printed at 60 damage and a Fire weakness.

Grass · Basic · Dark Explorers · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026

What does Scyther 4 do in a game?

Scyther 4 is a Grass Pokémon card with 80 HP, printed as Basic.

Its strongest attack, Air Slash, is printed at 60 damage for 3 Energy — 20 damage per Energy card.

Because of the Fire weakness, any Fire attack printed at 40 damage or more removes it in a single turn.

Grass Basic Uncommon Unlimited and Expanded #123 Scyther

Scyther 4Dark Explorers

80 HP · Grass · Basic · retreat 1 · Fire weakness ×2

Top printed damage6020 per Energy Air Slash60 damage for 3 Energy
as of July 28, 2026

Hit points80 HP33.1% of 17,290 in the 80~120 band

Printed damage6022.0% of 16,246 in the 40~60 band

Retreat cost1 Energy49.3% of 17,240 in the 1 band

Energy efficiencyBelow typicalAboveTypicalBelowThis card 20 · typical 34.7
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 3

Price trackUncommonDark Explorers33 printsWhat it costs today, how it moved, and where to buy it

Card classBasic

RarityUncommon

SetDark Explorers

Card number4

Card data readJuly 28, 2026

What it sells for now$33.99Opens the price page — daily prices, every print variant, where to buy · read August 14, 2026 Removed in one hit by40 damage80 HP against a Fire ×2 weakness Turns of setup3 turnsEnergy attaches once a turn, so the top attack waits that long Cards that can do it1,014 cardsCounted across the whole card archive Other prints of this name33 printsPrinted HP and legality move from print to print Cards in the same line31 moreEvery print carrying Pokédex #123 Where it can be playedUnlimited and ExpandedRead from the official format list

How Scyther 4 is built, on five measures

Strongest on Retreat lightness — top 5.6% of the archive. Weakest on Attack cost lightness — bottom 17.4%.

Each spoke is this card's place among every card in the archive that prints that figure. Further out is stronger — retreat and attack cost are shown as lightness, so a cheap card reaches outward. Counted July 28, 2026.

How Scyther 4 is built, on five measures
Measure	Percentile	Printed value
Hit points	38.6%	80 HP
Top printed damage	57.4%	60 damage
Energy efficiency	46.1%	20 per Energy
Retreat lightness	94.4%	1 Energy
Attack cost lightness	17.4%	3 Energy

What it can do

Attack record

3EAir Slash20 damage per Energy card · has printed text60damage

1 attack printed on the card. The badge is the Energy it asks for.

Where it stands

No. 9,046of 17,290 cards ranked by printed HP

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Among the 17,290 cards in every card in the archive that carry printed HP, this one is number 9,046 at 80 HP.

Grass cardsNo. 1,001of 2,387 by printed HP Dark ExplorersNo. 55of 98 by printed HP

This cardScyther 4Dark Explorers80 HP

Printed HP

The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 300 HP above this card.

Highest printed HPMega Emboar ex 273Ascended Heroes380 HP

What stands out on Scyther 4

Hit points 80 HP puts it in the 80~120 band, where 33.1% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
Energy It returns 20 damage per Energy card against 34.7 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 3.
Weakness A Fire attack printed at 40 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Legality 7 of the 33 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.

Scyther 4 at a glance

What it is. A Grass Pokémon card with 80 HP printed as Basic, printed in Dark Explorers.
What it can do. 1 attack printed on the card, the strongest at 60 damage for 3 Energy.
What it fears. A Fire weakness at ×2, which means 40 printed damage is enough to remove it.
What it costs to move. 1 Energy to retreat, discarded from the card itself.
Where it can be played. Unlimited and Expanded only.
What this page does not claim. Deck lists, tournament results and win rates are not published here, because the card files this site reads do not contain them.

Source: Card facts are read once from openly published card files and change only when a source corrects them.

What do the attacks on Scyther 4 cost, and what do they hit for?

The card prints 1 attack. The strongest asks for 3 Energy and returns 60 damage, which is 20 damage for every Energy card attached.

Scyther 4 — every printed attack, its cost and its damage
Attack	Energy cost	Cards of Energy	Printed damage	Damage per Energy	Effect
Air Slash	3 Colorless	3	60	20	Discard an Energy attached to this Pokémon.

Retreating costs a further 1 Energy, discarded from this card, and that cost is paid on top of anything in the table.

Air Slash3 Energy cards

The Energy this attack asks a deck to attach before it can be used, drawn as the symbols printed on the card.

One Energy card attaches per turn, so the number of symbols is also the number of turns the attack waits.

Air Slash 3 Energy60 damage for 3 Energy — 20 per Energy card60

Bars are printed damage against this card's own highest attack (60).

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How does Scyther 4 compare with every other card?

Each bar below is the whole archive cut by one printed figure, with the band this card falls into marked. A number on its own says nothing about whether it is high or low — the shape of the archive does.

Scyther 4 — Dark Explorers — ScytherDark Explorers 4

No.9,046by HP in the archive

Scyther 4 prints 80 HP, which puts it at number 9,046 of the 17,290 cards in this archive that print an HP figure at all. The tallest figure printed on any card is 380 HP (Mega Emboar ex).

57% on printed damage — it out-hits that share of the 16,246 cards that print damage

Bottom 48%Where it sits on printed HP

This card80 HP
Middle half of the archive60–130 HP
Strongest Scyther printed100 HP

The ceiling of this archive is Mega Emboar ex at 380 HP — every bar here is measured against it.

This card prints 80 HP, which is 21% of that ceiling.

Every figure in this panel is counted the same way: from the card files this site reads, read July 28, 2026, over the 17,290 cards that print an HP figure. Each bar is measured against the tallest HP in the archive, 380 HP.

Hit points — where this card sits

~7038.6%6,669 cards

80~120 — this card33.1%5,725 cards

130~18015.5%2,679 cards

190~2306.6%1,148 cards

240~2803.3%567 cards

290~3302.4%412 cards

340+0.5%90 cards

17,290 cards in the archive carry a printed HP figure. This one has 80 HP.

Cards in the 80~120 band typically print 56 damage and ask 1 Energy to retreat.

Hit points — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
~70	38.6%	6,669 cards
80~120 — this card	33.1%	5,725 cards
130~180	15.5%	2,679 cards
190~230	6.6%	1,148 cards
240~280	3.3%	567 cards
290~330	2.4%	412 cards
340+	0.5%	90 cards

Top printed damage — where this card sits

~3042.7%6,938 cards

40~60 — this card22.0%3,566 cards

70~12021.8%3,535 cards

130~1809.0%1,461 cards

190~2503.8%621 cards

260+0.8%125 cards

16,246 cards print damage on at least one attack. The highest on this card is 60.

Cards in the 40~60 band typically have 101 HP and ask 1 Energy to retreat.

Top printed damage — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
~30	42.7%	6,938 cards
40~60 — this card	22.0%	3,566 cards
70~120	21.8%	3,535 cards
130~180	9.0%	1,461 cards
190~250	3.8%	621 cards
260+	0.8%	125 cards

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits

01.8%304 cards

154.4%9,392 cards

226.4%4,565 cards

3 — this card14.7%2,533 cards

42.4%421 cards

50.3%47 cards

17,262 cards have at least one attack with an Energy cost. The cheapest on this card asks 3 Energy.

Cards whose cheapest attack costs 3 typically have 153 HP and print 104 damage.

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
0	1.8%	304 cards
1	54.4%	9,392 cards
2	26.4%	4,565 cards
3 — this card	14.7%	2,533 cards
4	2.4%	421 cards
5	0.3%	47 cards

Retreat cost — where this card sits

05.3%914 cards

1 — this card49.3%8,503 cards

228.6%4,926 cards

312.6%2,168 cards

44.2%729 cards

17,240 cards carry a retreat cost. This one costs 1 Energy to retreat.

Cards with a retreat cost of 1 typically have 81 HP and print 40 damage.

Retreat cost — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
0	5.3%	914 cards
1 — this card	49.3%	8,503 cards
2	28.6%	4,926 cards
3	12.6%	2,168 cards
4	4.2%	729 cards

No. 1,001of 2,387

That is where Scyther 4 stands highest on HP — number 1,001 of 2,387 cards in Grass cards. Cut the archive a different way and the answer moves, which is what the bars below are for.

Every card in the archive — 20,444 cards No. 9,046 of 17,290 by HP · No. 5,743 of 16,246 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 35% on damage
Grass cards — 2,387 cards No. 1,001 of 2,387 by HP · No. 534 of 2,260 by damage · top by HP: Mega Venusaur ex, 380

top 24% on damage
Dark Explorers — 111 cards No. 55 of 98 by HP · No. 24 of 96 by damage · top by HP: Entei-EX, 180

top 24% on damage

Each bar is how far up this card sits when the archive is cut a different way. The bar is its place on HP; the tick is its place on printed damage. Counted from the card files this site reads, read July 28, 2026.

Hit points 80 HP~~middle half 60–130 HP~~
this card 80
Top printed damage 60 damage~~middle half 20–90 damage~~
this card 60

Lowest to highest printed in the archive
Middle half of the archive
This card

Each row is stretched from the lowest printed figure to the highest, so the two rows are not on one shared scale — read each row on its own.

Read from the card files this site reads, July 28, 2026. The archive tops out at 380 HP and 350 printed damage.

Cards in the same HP band

5,725 of 17,290 (33.1%)

Cards with this much printed damage

3,566 of 16,246 (22.0%)

Counted from the card files this site reads, one card at a time.

Open the group this card falls into

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Is Scyther 4 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 60 damage attack that needs 3 Energy and one that needs two are different cards. Dividing one by the other puts every attack on the same scale.

Damage per Energy card, across the whole archive

1 Energy9,392 cards49.049 damage typical

2 Energy4,565 cards32.565 damage typical

3 Energy2,533 cards34.7104 damage typical

4 Energy421 cards27.8111 damage typical

5 Energy47 cards41.8209 damage typical

Scyther 4 — this card20.060 damage for 3 Energy

Each bar is what cards asking that much Energy typically print, divided by the Energy they ask for. The number beside the bar is that figure.

Cards whose cheapest attack costs 3 typically return 34.7 damage per Energy card. This card returns 20.

Damage per Energy card, across the whole archive
Group	Share	Value
1 Energy	49.0	49 damage typical
2 Energy	32.5	65 damage typical
3 Energy	34.7	104 damage typical
4 Energy	27.8	111 damage typical
5 Energy	41.8	209 damage typical
Scyther 4 — this card	20.0	60 damage for 3 Energy

2501250 damage

012345 Energy

Typical for that Energy cost 6 groupsAir Slash 60 / 3

Further right is a costlier attack, further up is a harder-hitting one, so the cheap and heavy corner is top left. The size of a grey dot is how many cards sit at that Energy cost.

Energy cost against printed damage. Each grey dot is what cards asking that much Energy typically print; the coloured dots are the attacks on Scyther 4.
Group	Typical printed damage	Damage per Energy card	Cards in this group
Cheapest attack costs 0 Energy	45	—	304
Cheapest attack costs 1 Energy	49	49	9,392
Cheapest attack costs 2 Energy	65	33	4,565
Cheapest attack costs 3 Energy	104	35	2,533
Cheapest attack costs 4 Energy	111	28	421
Cheapest attack costs 5 Energy	209	42	47
Air Slash	—	20	—

This card, per Energy card

20 damage

Typical for a 3 Energy attack

34.7 damage

Difference

-14.7 damage

Both figures are damage divided by Energy cost, counted the same way.

Where this sits once the archive is cut by damage instead

The bars above cut the archive by what an attack asks for. Cut the same archive by what an attack prints and the groups come out differently — the damage ranges on record are gathered on one page, which is where a figure like 60 is read as high or low rather than merely large.

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What does being a Grass card do for Scyther 4?

Type decides two things at once — which cards take double damage from this one, and which cards deal double to it. Both are read from the weakness printed on each group, not from a rule of thumb.

Deals double to this card 1,574 Fire cards carry that type A Fire attack printed at 40 damage is enough to remove this card in one turn.

Scyther 4 · Basic 80 HP Its hardest attack is printed at 60 damage.

Takes double from this card 1,884 cards in groups that print a Grass weakness Against Fighting, printed damage from this card counts double.

How the archive splits by energy type

Psychicmost often weak to Psychic13.5%2,335 cards

Watermost often weak to Lightning14.1%2,435 cards

Colorlessmost often weak to Fighting12.6%2,173 cards

Firemost often weak to Water9.1%1,574 cards

Fightingmost often weak to Grass10.9%1,884 cards

Lightningmost often weak to Fighting8.8%1,520 cards

Grass — this cardmost often weak to Fire13.8%2,387 cards

Metalmost often weak to Fire5.4%925 cards

Darknessmost often weak to Fighting7.2%1,249 cards

Dragonmost often weak to Fairy3.1%530 cards

Fairymost often weak to Metal1.4%237 cards

17,249 cards carry an energy type. The note under each name is the weakness printed most often on that group.

How the archive splits by energy type
Group	Share	Value
Psychic	13.5%	2,335 cards
Water	14.1%	2,435 cards
Colorless	12.6%	2,173 cards
Fire	9.1%	1,574 cards
Fighting	10.9%	1,884 cards
Lightning	8.8%	1,520 cards
Grass — this card	13.8%	2,387 cards
Metal	5.4%	925 cards
Darkness	7.2%	1,249 cards
Dragon	3.1%	530 cards
Fairy	1.4%	237 cards

Grassweak to Fire

Fightingweak to Grass

Read from the weakness printed on each group. The first row is this card; the rest are groups that most often print a Grass weakness.

What being a Grass card is worth

Groups that most often print a Grass weakness: Fighting (1,884 cards). Against those, this card's printed damage counts double. Going the other way, Grass cards are themselves most exposed to Fire.

Every energy type in the archive

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What knocks out Scyther 4 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

Weakness doubles the damage a Fire attack deals to this card, so the bar it has to clear is 40 printed damage rather than 80.

Cards that remove it in one attack

1,014

Cards it removes in one attack

1,298

Fire damage needed to knock it out

Counted across the whole card archive. 80 HP against a Fire weakness at ×2 decides all three figures.

Removes it in one attackChi-YuMega Evolution 3140 damage

×2Fire weakness · 40 printed damage is enough
40 damage becomes 80 against this card

This cardScyther 4Dark Explorers 480 HP

Why this card was picked to stand opposite

Of the 999 cards in the archive that can remove Scyther 4 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 40 printed damage against a bar of 40. Anything printed higher removes it just as surely, so this is where the line actually sits, and this print is legal in Standard play today.

Scytherweak to Fire ×2

Read from the weakness printed in the lower-left corner of the card.

Fire cards that remove Scyther in one attack
Card	Set	HP	Printed damage	After weakness
Charizard ex (183)	151	330	330	660
Charizard ex (199)	151	330	330	660
Charizard ex (161)	Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos	330	330	660
Mega Emboar ex (31)	Ascended Heroes	380	320	640
Mega Emboar ex (273)	Ascended Heroes	380	320	640
Charizard VSTAR (19)	Crown Zenith	280	320	640

80 HP against a Fire ×2 weakness means any Fire attack printed at 40 damage or more is enough. 1,014 cards in the archive clear that bar.

120 HP Archeops [54]

120 HP Terrakion [63]

120 HP Tyranitar δ [16]

120 HP Armaldo [3]

Team Magma's Aggron 7 — Team Magma vs Team Aqua

120 HP Team Magma's Aggron [7]

120 HP Sandslash [69]

Cards this one removes in a single attack

1,298 cards in the archive are weak to Grass and sit inside the damage this card can deal. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.

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What is Scyther as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

Scyther 4 is one print of Scyther. The figures below are about the Pokémon rather than this single card — how many times it has been printed, how tough those prints run, and how many of them can still be played.

Scyther has been printed 33 times, and the printed numbers move from one print to the next. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.

The three toughest Scyther cards ever printedPokédex #123Prints on record 33Toughest print 190 HPThis card 80 HP

33prints

Legal in Standard7Older prints, not in Standard26

Every Scyther print on record, split by whether it can still be entered in Standard play.

Legality is read from the print rather than from the Pokémon, so an older copy of the same Pokémon is a different card for tournament purposes.

The toughest Scyther printed is 190 HP, and this card is 42.1% of it

Bars are printed HP, measured against the record for this Pokémon

Team Aqua's Kyogre-EX 006/034the toughest Scyther ever printedTrading Card Game Classic190 HP
Scyther 4against that record42.1% of the record80 HP

Read from the printed card face of every Scyther print on record. Printed HP does not change after a card is issued.

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What has to be in play before Scyther 4 can be?

Scyther evolves from an earlier stage, so the whole line has to be built before this card reaches the field.

The Scyther line, oldest stage firstPokédex #123

Scyther22 prints on record · WoTC Promo

+40 HP · +30 damage

Scizor11 prints on record · Aquapolis

Scyther → Scizor

It is not the end of the line either — Scizor evolves from this card, so a deck can keep going past it.
The line runs 2 stages, so the first card has to be in play 1 turn before this one can be.
Every print in the line shares Pokédex number 123.

1ScytherHardest attack printed at this stage: 70 damage100 HP
2ScizorHardest attack printed at this stage: 100 damage. Evolving here adds 40 HP over the stage before it140 HP

Bars are the highest HP ever printed on that stage, measured against the top of this line (140 HP). The note beside each bar is the hardest attack printed at that stage.

Every print of a stage is counted, not just the one shown in the chain above, so the bar is the ceiling that stage has reached rather than one card from it.

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Is this the strongest Scyther print, and can the older ones still be played?

33 prints carry this name in the archive. They share a Pokémon but not a card — printed HP, printed damage and tournament legality all move from one print to the next.

Bar height and the number above each bar = highest HP that year; the two digits below = the year.

Rows run from the toughest print down. Bars are printed HP, measured against the toughest print of this name shown here (190 HP), and the highlighted row is the card this page is about.

Scyther prints — can each one still be played?
Print	Set	Regulation mark	Standard
Team Aqua's Kyogre-EX 006/034	Trading Card Game Classic	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Scyther 5/68	Hidden Fates	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Scyther 004/189	SWSH10: Astral Radiance	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Scyther 001/162	SV05: Temporal Forces	Mark H	Legal in Standard
Rocket's Scyther ex 102/109	EX Team Rocket Returns	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Scyther 004/108	League & Championship Cards	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Scyther ex 102/109	EX Ruby and Sapphire	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Scyther 095/091	SV: Paldean Fates	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Scyther 3/214	SM - Lost Thunder	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Scyther 004/192	SWSH02: Rebel Clash	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Scyther 006/159	SWSH: Crown Zenith	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Scyther 005/189	SWSH10: Astral Radiance	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Scyther 004/197	SV03: Obsidian Flames	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Scyther 10/64	Jungle	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Scyther 017/130	Base Set 2	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Scyther 130/127	Platinum	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Scyther 26/64	Jungle	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Scyther 7/149	Boundaries Crossed	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Scyther 65/90	Undaunted	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Scyther SV1/SV94	Hidden Fates: Shiny Vault	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Scyther 46/100	World Championship Decks	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Scyther 123/165	SV: Scarlet & Violet 151	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Scyther 4/168	SM - Celestial Storm	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Rocket's Scyther 013/132	Gym Heroes	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Scyther 45/53	WoTC Promo	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Scyther 36/90	Undaunted	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Scyther 057/147	Aquapolis	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Scyther 055/105	Neo Destiny	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Scyther 49/100	Stormfront	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Scyther 46/75	Neo Discovery	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Scyther 46/115	EX Unseen Forces	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Scyther 29/112	EX FireRed & LeafGreen	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Scyther 106/147	Aquapolis	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard

7 of the 33 prints listed here are legal in Standard play. An older print of the same Pokémon is a different card for legality, because legality is read from the print rather than from the name — so owning the cheap old copy does not always mean you can enter with it.

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Every card below carries the same Pokédex number as this one, so they are the same Pokémon printed as different cards — different stages, different mechanics and different names all sit in this group.

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What was printed next to Scyther 4 in Dark Explorers?

A card is met inside a set, not on its own, and the number on it is the order that set gave it. The cards either side are the ones a collector actually turns past to reach this one.

Cards printed either side of this one

These are the cards numbered either side of #4 in Dark Explorers. The badge on each card is its printed HP. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.

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Which rules apply to Scyther 4, and where can it be played?

Two kinds of rule meet on one card — the sentence printed on the card face, and the rulebook clauses that apply because of what the card carries.

Rulebook clauses that apply to Scyther 4
Clause	What the rulebook says	Cards it applies to	Share of the archive
Weakness	Some Pokemon have Weakness or Resistance to Pokemon of certain types, marked in the lower-left corner of the card.	16,744 cards	81.9%
Retreat	Retreat your Active Pokemon (only once per turn).	17,244 cards	84.3%
Energy per turn	You can attach Energy just once each turn!	17,180 cards	84.0%

Counted across 20,444 English cards. A clause applies to this card because the card carries the property the clause names, not because we judged it to.

Scyther 4 — tournament formats
Format	Status	What that means
Standard	Not listed	This card is not listed for this format
Expanded	Legal	Can be played in this format
Unlimited	Legal	Can be played in this format

Read from the format list recorded with the card. Formats rotate on a schedule set by the organiser, and that schedule is not published on this page.

Where this card can be played

This card is legal in Unlimited and Expanded play. It was released on May 9, 2012.

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Scyther 4 in depth — what these figures add up to

Three readings of the same card, side by side: what it costs to get going, where it sits among the cards it will be compared with, and what takes it off the field.

What it asks a deck for

Its hardest attack, Air Slash, needs 3 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 3 turns from an empty card.
That works out at 20 damage for every Energy card attached.
Moving it out of the active spot costs 1 more Energy, discarded from the card itself.

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

Every card in the archiveNo. 9,046 of 17,290

Grass cardsNo. 1,001 of 2,387

Dark ExplorersNo. 55 of 98

What actually removes it

A Fire attack printed at 40 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 80 HP.
1,014 cards in the archive clear that bar.
Going the other way, it removes 1,298 cards in one attack.

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Scyther 4 card record

Scyther 4 — the printed record, field by field
Hit points	80 HP	Type	Grass
Weakness	Fire ×2	Retreat cost	1 Energy
Card type	Basic	Pokédex number	#123
Set	Dark Explorers	Card number	4 of 108
Series	Black & White	Released	May 9, 2012
Rarity	Uncommon	Illustrator	Naoki Saito
Tournament legality	Unlimited and Expanded only

Read from the printed card face, the set listing and the official format list.

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What does Scyther 4 cost?

This page is about what the card does. The figure below is the one number worth carrying across, read on August 14, 2026.

Market price today

$33.99

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Scyther 4 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Scyther 4?

Scyther 4 has 80 HP and a Fire weakness at ×2, so a Fire attack printed at 40 damage or more removes it in one turn. Any other type has to print the full 80.

What is the strongest attack on Scyther 4?

Air Slash, printed at 60 damage for 3 Energy — 20 damage per Energy card. Discard an Energy attached to this Pokémon.

What is the retreat cost of Scyther 4?

1 Energy, discarded from this card to move it out of the active spot. Retreating is allowed once per turn.

Can an older Scyther print be played in a tournament?

Legality is read from the print, not from the Pokémon. Of the 33 prints listed on this page, 7 are legal in Standard play. The rest can still be played in formats that accept them, and the table on this page names the regulation mark each print carries.

Can Scyther 4 be played in a tournament?

It is legal in Unlimited and Expanded play. Standard events run on a rotating list of sets, so check the current rotation before entering one.

Does this page say how good Scyther 4 is in a deck?

No. Every figure here is read from the printed card. Deck lists, tournament results and win rates are not published on this site, because the card files it reads do not contain them.

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Where these card facts come from

Card facts are read once from openly published card files and do not change between readings — a printed card cannot gain HP. The places below are where the same information can be checked. Last updated: July 28, 2026 — the counts and rankings on this page were taken from the card files read on that day.

Primary official source

First-party official sources — the body that issues the data itself, such as a government agency, a statutory register or a rights holder publishing its own records.

The Pokémon Company International — official rules, tournament format and rotation announcements www.pokemon.com

Industry source

Second-party sources — marketplaces, trade associations, research institutes and companies that compile data about the market.

Pokémon TCG Data — openly published card files (card text, HP, attacks, weakness, retreat cost, illustrator credits) github.com

TCGdex card database — openly licensed card files (set membership and card numbering) github.com

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Scyther 4 — what does this card actually do?

What does Scyther 4 do in a game?

Scyther 4 performance summary

What it can do

Where it stands

Scyther 4 at a glance

What do the attacks on Scyther 4 cost, and what do they hit for?

How does Scyther 4 compare with every other card?

Is Scyther 4 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

What does being a Grass card do for Scyther 4?

What knocks out Scyther 4 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

What is Scyther as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

What has to be in play before Scyther 4 can be?

Is this the strongest Scyther print, and can the older ones still be played?

Which other cards share the Pokémon behind Scyther 4?

What was printed next to Scyther 4 in Dark Explorers?

Which rules apply to Scyther 4, and where can it be played?

Scyther 4 in depth — what these figures add up to

What it asks a deck for

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

What actually removes it

Scyther 4 card record

What does Scyther 4 cost?

Scyther 4 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Scyther 4?

What is the strongest attack on Scyther 4?

What is the retreat cost of Scyther 4?

Can an older Scyther print be played in a tournament?

Can Scyther 4 be played in a tournament?

Does this page say how good Scyther 4 is in a deck?

Where these card facts come from

Before you rely on these figures

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