Scyther
Base Set 2 · #17 · Rare Holo · Vintage · 2000
Pulling Scyther in a Base Set 2 pack is about 33.3% (Rare slot). Published, provably-fair odds you can verify.
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Scyther market value
Scyther (Base Set 2 #17) has a live market value of 3,282 Sparks, about $32.82 at the latest market price. That market price for Scyther was last updated on October 19, 2026. On PackLab one Spark equals one cent of card value, so 3,282 Sparks is the figure shown for Scyther in the set browser, on this page and in your vault after you pull it. If you pull Scyther, you can sell it back instantly at 85% of market value, which comes to 2,789 Sparks at the current price. Sparks have no cash value and are only used on PackLab. A Base Set 2 pack is 4,875 Sparks; this card's market value is 3,282 Sparks. Among the 130 priced cards in Base Set 2, Scyther is the 14th most valuable. The median priced card in the set is 143 Sparks, and the most valuable card is Charizard at 39,975 Sparks.
How to pull Scyther
In a Base Set 2 pack, the Rare slot shows a Rare Holo card about 33.3% of the time. In other words, about one Base Set 2 pack in 3 lands a Rare Holo card in that slot. Scyther is one of 20 priced Rare Holo cards in Base Set 2 that can fill that result, so landing this exact card is less likely than the rarity figure. These are the published odds for Base Set 2: the full slot-by-slot table is on the Base Set 2 page, and the odds page explains how each set's rates are built. Every Base Set 2 box commits its card order before the first pack is sold, so each rip can be checked once the box sells out.
Rarity and era
Scyther is a Rare Holo card, number 17 in Base Set 2. Base Set 2 lists 20 Rare Holo cards out of 130 cards in total, about 15% of the set list. Among the 20 priced Rare Holo cards, market values run from 2,171 Sparks to 39,975 Sparks, and Scyther ranks 14th of them. Base Set 2 is part of the Base series and sits in the Vintage era of the PackLab catalog. Vintage sets come from the early years of the hobby, when holographic rares were the main chase and sealed packs were far fewer.
About Base Set 2
Base Set 2 was released on February 24, 2000 and lists 130 cards on PackLab, 130 of them with a live market price. Together, the priced cards in Base Set 2 carry a combined market value of 166,998 Sparks. By market value, Scyther sits just below Ninetales (3,585 Sparks) and just above Chansey (3,199 Sparks).
