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- ↓ 2.20
- ꩜ 5.06
- ↑ 8.30
{M} → Special Blow : 30+
If the Defending Pokémon has any Special Energy cards attached to it, this attack does 30 damage plus 50 more damage.
{M}{C}{C} → X-Scissor : 50+
Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 50 damage plus 40 more damage.
illus. Daisuke Ito · LV.42
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It has a steel-hard body. It intimidates foes by upraising its eye-patterned pincers.
HEZ
Scizor really has something against special energies (see Scizor Prime also) Nice card though, I think the various Scizors will play a key role in any 150 Metal deck.
Warnock 2022
Why was this card so good? 80 damage for one energy is *phenomenal* — and were there enough special energy cards in regular use in 2008 that made Special Blow a reliable attack?
No Name
I imagine that Multi Energy and Rainbow Energy were fairly popular in 2008-2009? And then Double Colorless Energy (a.k.a. the
) was reprinted in HGSS (2010).
https://pkmncards.com/type/special-energy/page/2/
Warnock 2022
This card was also the first Scizor card whose attacks focused on targeting your opponent’s energy cards. (either to be discarded or to boost Scizor’s damage output)
Scizor Prime, Scizor E4, M Scizor-EX, Lost Thunder Scizor and Scizor V all continue this tradition.