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- ↓ 0.65
- ꩜ 0.75
- ↑ 4.50
{R}{C} → Will-O-Wisp : 30
{R}{C}{C}{C} → Fire Blast : 120
Discard an Energy attached to this Pokémon.
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feyblade
This card is obviously unplayable, but its stats are DISTURBINGLY high for a starter set pokemon. Charizard was (wrongly) considered THE chase rare from Base Set 1. Nowadays, they feel perfectly comfortable printing something with a supplementary attack, half the discard, 20 more power, 1 less retreat, and 20 more HP.
HEZ
But it’s no Reshiram…
Benjamin Poke Battler
How is it non-playable?
Walrusaurus
It’s legal to play, but it is a bad card.
feyblade
My general rule of thumb (a shallow and uninformed rule of thumb, but still a helpful one) when evaluating evolution cards:
“Can this pokemon function better than Terrakion, ignoring types?”
Applying that rule here:
On the good side, evaluating this card shows that it has slightly better HP and notably better retreat
On the bad side, however,Will-O-Wisp is strictly(and drastically) worse than Retaliate and Fire Blast is on par with (maybe slightly worse than, even) Land Crush.
I see no reason to appraise this STAGE TWO evolution as being any more powerful than Terrakion, a basic. As such, it isn’t even worthy of consideration for competitive play barring some sort of external restriction.
Benjamin Poke Battler
Agreed. HP is good, retreat is good, but not great for a stage 2. Will-o-wisp is a terrible move on any card.
PatriotPerson
Dang…