Scyther

Scyther is card 26 of 64 in Jungle, released in June 1999, a Rare. It is a Basic Grass-type with 70 HP.

As a Basic Pokémon, Scyther needs no prior evolution to put into play, which made it a practical card in the era's decks.

Illustrated by Ken Sugimori. Sugimori is the lead character designer of Pokémon itself, so his card art carries the tight, on-model look that defined how the creatures appear in the games.

The Pokédex entry printed on Scyther reads: "With ninja-like agility and speed, it can create the illusion that there is more than one of it."

A Bug-Flying mantis Pokémon with sharp arm blades. Jungle holo Scyther was tournament-strong at release. Its 70 HP basic stats with a low-cost Slash attack made it dominant in early competitive play, which means high-grade survivors are scarce.

Based on recent eBay sales, raw copies trade from $6.5 to $23 depending on the print and a PSA 10 trades around $200. The 1st Edition print is the most valuable, with a PSA 10 near $200. The table on this page breaks the price down by print and grade, updated 2026-06-02.

Jungle shipped in 1st Edition and Unlimited, with no Shadowless print. The Edition 1 stamp under the artwork separates the scarcer 1st Edition Scyther from the Unlimited copy. The set also has the famous No Symbol error from its first print run, which adds a premium when the lower-right set symbol is missing.

On Scyther, look at the corners and the framed border first. Non-holo Rares took more handling than the chase holos, so a sharp, centered copy of Scyther in a true PSA 10 is harder to find than the print run suggests.

For Scyther, check centering by eye, edge whitening on all four sides, and surface under angled light. Non-holo Rares from this era are cheap enough that a PSA 10 submission on a clean Scyther can make sense.