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Cards/Scizor E4
Scizor E4 card from the Rising Rivals set
Illustration by Kouki Saitou. Card image via the Pokémon TCG API.
Basic Pokémon

Scizor E4

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A grass-type Scizor that can strip energy from opponents with a coin flip.

Grass80 HPBasicBeginner to play

What this card does

The card has 80 hit points and costs one Grass Energy to play.

It can deal 40 damage by flipping a coin, potentially discarding an Energy card from the opponent's Pokemon if it lands heads.

Signature attack

Crushing Blow

Flip a coin. If heads, discard an Energy card attached to the Defending Pokémon. (40 damage)

The Crushing Blow attack uses a simple coin flip to decide whether to remove an energy resource from your child's opponent. This makes it useful for slowing down powerful attacks that rely on heavy energy costs.

Attacks

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Crushing Blow40

Flip a coin. If heads, discard an Energy card attached to the Defending Pokémon.

Which deck it belongs in

This card fits into decks built around Grass-type Pokemon and basic energy acceleration strategies. It works well in mid-range decks that need to disrupt the opponent's setup without relying on complex mechanics.

Strengths
  • Disruptive potential
  • Simple mechanic
  • Low energy cost
Watch out for
  • Coin flip uncertainty
  • Fire weakness
  • Basic stage limit
Pro tip

Use this card when the opponent has attached multiple energy cards to increase the chance of discarding one.

From the Pokédex

Scizor is known for its powerful pincers that can crush steel beams like they were made of paper.

Note for the parent

Remind your child that the coin flip is random, so they should not count on this attack every turn.

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