Dark Dragonair · Team Rocket (RO) #33

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   HEZ

   (13 years ago)

   Sees quite a bit of play in 100 card singleton (150) where searching for a specific card is even more important. Poor attack isn’t so bad as it can just find a Dragonite for itself if it’s forced off the bench.

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   feyblade

   (12 years ago)

   When I was a kid, I was always afraid of evolving dragonair, knowing about the 4x ice weakness ,the lack of an electric resistance,and the rock weakness that the flying type would bring to it. I would hesitate to evolve it.
   I guess the designers REALLY wanted you to hesitate to evolve it, too: TWICE in a ROW, they released a dragonair that was superior to the dragonite it evolved into. In fact, Giant Tail is overall a worse attack than tail strike, energy costs considered!

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   Tatu chín đai

   (2 years ago)

   Since this card, I don’t think there has ever been another Pokemon Power / Poke-Power / Ability that can search out an evolution Pokemon from the bench.
   Future bench-sitting abilities limit your search to Pokemon of a specific type (like BRS Grotle, DRX Gabite) or characteristic (like Rocket’s Persian ex, DCR Team Aqua’s Sharpedo).

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     TwylisTatu chín đai

     (2 years ago)

     I don’t know any others off the top of my head, but the other Dark Dragonair from Team Rocket Returns has it too.

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       TwylisTwylis

       (2 years ago)

       Wait, nope, you already commented that — I always assumed that one worked from the bench too! Never actually read it closely I guess.

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         Tatu chín đaiTwylis

         (2 years ago)

         Yeah TRR Dark Dragonair isn’t a bad card at all! Just a step down from this.

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