Feraligatr · Neo Genesis (N1) #5

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   reshikrom64

   (14 years ago)

   This was so good! Who gave it a three???

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     coolestman22reshikrom64

     (14 years ago)

     It’s like Feraligatr prime, except the attack works with it. And you discard the energy.

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   Mantidactyle

   (14 years ago)

   Riptide / Trash Exchange ftw

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     CharmasterMantidactyle

     (10 months ago)

     The more I think about Rocket-Legendary Collection lists, the funny the format’s Feraligatr dynamic becomes. Blaine’s Arcanine Typhlosion had Cinnabar Island Gym to turn off Water weakness, but instead it ran Chaos Gym to prevent Feraligatr from cycling energy. Steelix could have augmented its defenses with Alakazam and Pokémon Center, but instead the best approach was apparently to use Muk to turn off Downpour?

     AND FERALIGATR STILL KEEPS WINNING.

     The wildest part is that Jason lists Feraligatr versus Venusaur and Feraligatr versus Crobat as “fun and close to even” matchups, when you’d expect the Grass type decks to completely STEAMROLL Feraligatr. (Or maybe you wouldn’t expect it.)

     But Dark Weezing Typhlosion isn’t listed as one of those matchups, so it’s GOT to steamroll Feraligatr! Right?… right?

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   Mantidactyle

   (13 years ago)

   I think this is the perfect example of the importance of Weakness in the game.

   Give this card a Grass Weakness. It’s a top-tier.
   Give this card a Lightning Weakness. It’s unplayable.

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     AalacerMantidactyle

     (10 years ago)

     And giving it no weakness make it… A bit overpowered, as always xD

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   MarxForever

   (12 years ago)

   Design wise I liked how this card was the opposite of Blastoise · Base Set (BS) #2. Blastoise let you use your water energy right away and was very supportive of your other Pokemon. Feraligatr threw your water energies away and was rather selfish. Regardless, it was a very creative card and got very popular over here because of it’s speed and power.

   I’ve always wondered if that was the case in Japan though, since their competitive scene allowed every card that were ever printed, there was no such thing as modified over there. Plus they had way more cards then we did. I’d imagine you’d have a hell of a time keeping your Totodiles alive, with all the Gusts of Winds and Scythers that were floating around (one in particular who could deal 80 damage on the second turn to the poor little crocodile). And probably even saw direct competition for potential users by the Rain Dance engine which could shrug off energy removals a lot better, and was given an ever expanding pool of great new combos, like Energy Flow and Pokémon Center.
   Still a good card, but I’m willing to bet it was less easy to abuse-able thanks to a far larger and more diverse atmosphere. I wish there was some place I could read about the about the Japanese TCG competition. I mean, it is where the card game originated and was the type of play the creators would’ve been the most influenced by.

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5. 

   Shiny Shinx

   (10 years ago)

   Interestingly, the artwork on this card is in Ken Sugimori’s newer, more heavily shaded, style, which wasn’t used for official art until Gen III, while the other Feraligatr in this set has art in Sugimori’s more washed-out classic style.

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   djcashtag

   (4 days ago)

   The Japanese Totodile Half-Deck print released after Neo Genesis includes the ruling clarification text “If you cannot return the Energy to your deck then damage is not added” (Japanese: 「山札にカードをもどすことができないとき、ダメージは追加されない。」) which clarifies the Neo Revelation Parasect’s Allergic Pollen which prevents the Energy from being shuffled does in fact prevent damage from being added. We unfortunately did not get this clarification on our English release as the Totodile Half-Deck was released in 2001 after English Neo Genesis.

   Parasect was obviously printed as a direct counter to the king of Neo, I wonder if the designers created it as a counter last minute or if they always planned to counter Fetaligatr a couple sets down the line?

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