Hullo

Hullo. Recently, articles have been posted that say that Scyther, well, sucks. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, and opinions can't be proven wrong. If you remember your High School Geometry class; proponents aren't proven laws, but they hold, and everyone believes that they are right. Much in the way that you can't prove that three points in space are always in a plane, you can't prove that Scyther is a good card. However, everyone pretty much believes that Scyther is good. Some people just don't, though, so I have taken the liberty of writing my own article. Without further adieu, away we go...

Scyther, I think, is good for a variety of reasons. It has 70 HP, great for basics (so many of the poor things have 40 or 50), a free retreat, a weakness to a fairly under-played type, a resistance to a type with a rather large amount of hard-hitting basics, and besides, it looks cool. All of these things may seem minor on their own ("So what!? Chansey has 120 HP, Beedrill can retreat for free, Electabuzz is weak to Fighting, which is arguably rarer than Fire, Gastly has a resistance to fighting, and Charizard has some rather neat looking cards."). However, all of these things have been put into one basic Pokémon.

Something else, Scyther fits into any deck. So do Colorless, yeah, but how many Pokémon are weak to Colorless? You'd also be hard-pressed to find all of the above qualities in a Colorless, as well (Chansey comes close, with a Dodrio parked on bench, but guess what? Scyther doesn't need four energies to do damage, and *gasp* doesn't need Dodrio! But, that's not really relevant, as they are two very different Pokémon.). Fighting resistance is useful, and can be put into any color deck, via our Bug-type friend. I play Lightning. I have plenty of Electabuzz, some Riachu, etc., and they are all really great, but do you know what? They are weak to something. Weak to what, you ask? FIGHTING! Hmmm... What basic Pokémon could fit into the deck, and help it fix this problem? I read that Kangaskhan helps all decks. Unfortunately, it is also weak to Fighting. So, I guess it, wonder of wonders, miracle of miracles, won't help MY deck. Pity. What about that Charmeleon? It's not resistant to fighting, and I'd have to fit that Charmander creature in. But which one? Oh, no! I could spend hours debating one which is better (Not really; I'd probably just flip a coin), but wait! If Hitmonchan is staring Pikachu down, and Charmander is the only fellow on bench, what would I do? If only there were some Pokémon who was basic (making him a bit more dependable), and resisted fighting... But wait! I forgot about Scyther! Fortunately, my Lightning deck, Silly Shockers, has four Scyther.

I'm in no way saying that Scyther helps every deck (although I can't think of one that it can't), but I don't think it can hurt a deck. If you are cool like me, and visit Spike's Shed weekly, then you might have noticed a fix where someone wrote in, asking for assistance on making an Onix Stall deck. Spike helped, and made a wonderful deck. It was a stall deck with... SCYTHER! "But Scyther doesn't belong in Stall. It should stay in those Haymaker things." Well, my Onix Stall, Indestructible Idiom (yes, it was I who asked for help), used four Scyther, which stayed active, Slashing, Slashing away, until they got, oh, 50 or 60 HP of damage, and then retreated (for free, mind you) to the bench. What happened then? Scoop Up, or Fuji (Of course, you wouldn't need to retreat for the Scoop Up) away! Scyther, being a basic with no retreat cost, is great in stall, or really, anything else.

You know what? I just decided to proof read what I had of my article, so far, and I found it to be rather long, so, using the common sense that told me to put Scyther in my Silly Shockers deck, I'm going to finish it off. To summarize: Scyther's goodness can't be proven, and Scyther isn't really "good" at all for one reason; it's good for MANY reasons! Just think of a few things that you like to see in a Pokémon. Little things. Chances are, most of these things can be found in one card, and if you don't know what that card is, I'm sorry, perhaps you just haven't been paying attention. Scyther, because of it's Colorless attack, fits in all decks, even Stall. If you don't believe me, don't post an article about Scyther's short comings. Instead, make a deck with it (If you don't have any use some proxies), and see for yourselves. Alright, I have now contracted Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (if I spelled it wrong, I'm sorry, I guess I'm just stupid), and I'm just tired of typing, anyway, so farewell.