First of all I would like to say that Scyther is my favorite Pokemon,
but I tried to do this fairly...here goes...

1st- Health
Scyther has 20 more health than Farfetch'd, meaning that Farfetc'ed
needs 3 attacks to kill him, where Scyther needs 2, or 1 if he used
Sword dance...which leads to my next topic...

2nd- Sword Dance
Sure, Farfetch'd has a 50% chance of doing damage on the first turn, but
Scyther on the second turn can use Sword Dance, then put one more energy
on him and he can attack for 60, killing Farfetch'd and nearly
everything except foils.  He basically can attack on the second turn.

3rd- Intimidation
Scyther is a rare holofoil, and scares people more than a bird with an
onion sprig.  He also looks tight.  When people see a foil out, they
tend to panic, and you can use this to your advantage...(AKA
psychological warfare..hehe).

4th- Retreat Cost
Scyther can retreat for free, whereas Farfetch'd needs one energy.  Not
much, but that prevents Gust of Wind from being used on him at an
inopportune time.

5th- Super Effective Damage
This may be the most important of all- Scyther can do double damage to
things like Gyarados and Dugtrio, because he is plant.  Farfetch'd is
colorless, has a weakness and a resistance, but can't do double damage
to anything!  Nothing has resistance to plant so Scyther will always do
damage (unless there is some attack or trainer which prohibits him from
doing so)!

I hope this has changed your minds about Farfectch'd and Scyther. 
Scyther is by far the better card.  The one point Farfetch'd has is that
he can go in any deck.  Scyther can go in any deck too, but you won't be
able to use sword dance.


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	Andrew W. Horton