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- ↓ 0.01
- ꩜ 0.14
- ↑ 2.95
{P} → Come and Get You
Put up to 3 Duskull from your discard pile onto your Bench.
{P}{P} → Mumble : 30
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Duskull’s victims suffer an intense chill as the Pokémon siphons their life-force away, glaring at them with its bright red eye all the while.
Anonymous
Given that this Duskull is identical to the one from Brilliant Stars in all aspects except for attacks, I had to ask myself which one is more optimal in a deck with no way of fulfilling Psychic Energy costs. My thought process was this; if the only Pokémon capable of copying other Pokémon’s attacks (Excluding something completely unviable like Mime Jr. whose attack can be played around by just about any deck) can only copy the attacks of the Defending Pokémon, the Duskull from Brilliant Stars is objectively better, because in a freak situation where your opponent can only attack with a Mew ex and your only Pokémon in play is Duskull, it would take 6 hits to Knock Out that Duskull. But if attacks of Pokémon on your bench, in your discard pile, etc., can be copied by any Pokémon in the format, this Duskull might possibly be better, since doing 30 damage to a Pokémon ex is less relevant than inflicting Confusion (which you might possibly be forced to attack through if you don’t have the necessary pieces to retreat-switch or to attack with something else), ASSUMING you don’t want to give your opponent access to Come and Get You.
So far I have yet to find anything in the Standard format that lets your opponent choose an attack of any of your Pokémon other than your Active Pokémon to copy. Therefore, unless I am missing something, the one from Brilliant Stars is objectively better. Now, the odds of getting punished for playing the apparently objectively wrong one are minuscule, but if you do get punished for them, don’t say I didn’t warn you.